Have a safety plan in place. The key thing is knowing your illness, what triggers it, and when it’s getting out of control.
Bipolar Disorder: What Causes it?
There’s no known cause of bipolar disorder. Genes, biology and stress are all possible factors. But you can manage the disorder and manage its risks.
Medicine as Management, Not as a Cure
Medicines used for psychiatric care are not like antibiotics. They don’t cure your illness – they help manage the symptoms.
Bipolar Disorder: What is it?
Bipolar Disorder: What is it? People experience extreme ‘high’ moods and ‘low’ moods called mania and depression. A proper diagnosis is essential.
Know Thy Limits – Stress in the Workplace
We can’t evade stress in our careers or our lives. Life is stressful. We have our health and costs to manage, bills to pay, people we love to care for.
Living with Bipolar Disorder: Fear, The Ugly
Fear and breathing, ah how they are so interconnected. Breathe in faith I once heard, and breathe out fear. I will keep pushing.
Having Bipolar Disorder – It Creates An Invisible Wall
It’s terribly frustrating at times to know that I want to do something, but there is just this wall between me and my brain and just about everything else.
Your Meds and Your Body
We all react differently to meds. What is the worst side effect you have ever experienced? Did you give it up or stick with it?
Living with bipolar type 2
I am living with bipolar type 2. When I see the light surrounding me, I can make irrational decisions. And then I fall back down.
Bipolar, borderline and anxious
While people are supportive about my anxiety and bipolar, borderline carries stigma. It’s wrong that certain disorders are accepted and others are not.
Don’t Suffer in Silence
Stigma is the worst thing about being sectioned. Now I’m no longer alone. I was masking my mental deterioration with drugs & drink. Don’t suffer in silence
I didn’t jump — I don’t want to end my life
I didn’t jump from that bridge. I didn’t want to die. I just wanted whatever was going on in my head to die. I can fight this.