Whoever told you that bipolar disorder is all cupcakes and kittens sliding down rainbows forgot to tell you the cupcakes sometimes have bugs in them and the kittens sometimes fall and break their legs. Sorry to sound like the black hole of emotional need but I had to tell someone I'm crashing in new and profound ways and you 1,500 people were the closest by.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
YESTERDAY: Perky, engaged, productive, awake, normal
TODAY: Foggy, confused, slow, buried in mud, unsteady on my feet ... and I seem to have lost the dexterity in my right hand
Whoever told you that bipolar disorder is all cupcakes and kittens sliding down rainbows forgot to tell you the cupcakes sometimes have bugs in them and the kittens sometimes fall and break their legs. Sorry to sound like the black hole of emotional need but I had to tell someone I'm crashing in new and profound ways and you 1,500 people were the closest by.
Whoever told you that bipolar disorder is all cupcakes and kittens sliding down rainbows forgot to tell you the cupcakes sometimes have bugs in them and the kittens sometimes fall and break their legs. Sorry to sound like the black hole of emotional need but I had to tell someone I'm crashing in new and profound ways and you 1,500 people were the closest by.
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