I like my psychiatrist. He’s a little quirky, but he is kind and very good at what he does. He doesn’t just prescribe my medication, he is also interested in how I’m doing on a larger scale. I see him every four months, so a lot can happen in my life in between my appointments. …
Dear Medicine, thanks for stabilizing me…
When I was first diagnosed, my doctors did not have to go through the entire pharmacy to find what medication worked for me. I am taking the same medicine I took when I was diagnosed in 2011. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder. It’s characterized by extreme moods. People with bipolar disorder have mania up …
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My take Fridays: My take on dogs (Part I)
On Fridays I will choose a topic on which to give my take. Take being a nice word for opinion. I will simply share my thoughts on whatever random topic comes to mind. I look forward to seeing where this section leads us. Dogs are the best. There is just no way around it. Growing …
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The saints who are my parents
The week after going 75+ hours without sleep, and the ensuing psychotic break, I started going to an out-patient facility during the day. My mom and dad both worked, and there was no way I could stay home alone, so the facility was our only option. I would go from about 9:00 am until 4:00 …
I am not bipolar, or am I?
To save time and energy, when I tell people I have bipolar disorder, I actually phrase it, “I am bipolar.” I’m all about mincing words, so describing it as “I am bipolar” cuts out an entire word. Winning! Some people have tried to convince me that saying I am bipolar is demeaning towards myself. They …
It’s a beautiful thing…
I have always had an aversion to taking medicine. In middle school and high school, I often refused to take pain killers even when I had the makings of a migraine. Going to the doctor has been similarly disdained by me. But guess what? My illness is not conducive with an aversion to medicine, nor …
My take Fridays
On Fridays I will choose a topic on which to give my take. Take being a nice word for opinion. I will simply share my thoughts on whatever random topic comes to mind. I look forward to seeing where this section leads us. My take on friendship If being passive aggressive were an Olympic event, …
It’s only fitting…
I have named my blog "Between Two Poles" to be somewhat ironic. I do not feel as if I live between two poles; I feel as if I swing from one pole to the other like a pendulum—never stopping at one for long, then thrown back to the other side. How fast I go is always …
Between Two Poles 