Bipolar Dispatches

Thinking that some therapeutic relationships need to end for now. I'm not thinking about working as much as I am about living, which mig...

The first drug I'd ever taken specifically for Bipolar II was Risperidone.  It's classified as an anti-psychotic.  Before you get ...

I need to call people I love and respect more often. When they call me, I need to pick up the phone and take the call. I seem to always bene...

After a working day and a shift in schedule that put me with an unusually anxious child all day, I am finally alone with some thoughts. T...

The world doesn't need more conformists. If you don't fit in, celebrate that, and then get ready to stand your ground. - Laird Hami...

So many thoughts about leaving MD. Getting here was quite a challenge. We had a near collapse in the opportunity that would bring us here...

It's just getting on to 6 AM. I've been up since 5 due to a stomach whatever-this-is... it's definitely got me questioning diet...

A while back I wrote some thoughts about what people can do in a mental health crisis. I thought about what led up to my crisis and have ...

There's a lot on the news right now. It can be overwhelming to watch what we watch, do the work that we do, and still try and make sens...

Today was my last appointment with my current psych doc. Her parting words of wisdom? "Don't destroy our masterpiece." Ni...