Yesterday I was depressed to the point of despondency. Today I'm manic off my ASS. My mind is racing and I'm talking faster than a deranged auctioneer. Let's order a pizza! Don't you love pants? What's your favorite color? Squirrel!
Mental Health Awareness Month: This Blog
My 2008 bipolar diagnosis suddenly made sense of all the weirdnesses floating around in my head: plunging depressions, paranoias, social anx...
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I’m starting my series of essays with something I know on a cellular level: I was diagnosed bipolar II over a decade ago, and I’ve spent a l... -
Next to Normal —a searing, brilliant, Pulitzer-winning rock opera examining the lives of a family whose mother is desperately struggling wit... -
My seizure medication (Lamictal, which is being slowly titrated up from 400mg/day to an eventual 800mg/day) hasn’t killed my cigarette-smoke...