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BIPOLAR DEPRESSION: on the anti-depressant route to hypomania!
RE: It will be another 6 years until I am correctly diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder, which is when the medical “professionals” stopped mis-medicating me with anti-depressants which cause medically-induced mania when used without a mood stabilizer in bipolar patients (i.e. isn’t “learning” fun?!). Friday, August 10, 2001, Age 20 Okay, so I am right…
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MEDICALLY-INDUCED HYPOMANIA: it will be another 6 years until I am correctly diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder.
RE: college-THE BEST SET INTENTIONS :0) Wednesday, August 8, 2001, Age 20 I just made list upon list upon list in attempt to organize self, showered, and packed a bit more (including cosmetics which takes forever!). Now I also know what I’m going to attempt to do tomorrow. Very long list…we’ll see what happens. I’m…
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DEPRESSION: beautiful?
Friday, May 18, 2001, Age 19 Well, I just spent like two hours reading journal entries from the past eight years of my life. It kind of makes me realize how very insignificant everything really is. Strange. Sometimes I feel like such an idiot. I always used to think I was smart…I was. I think,…
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: still relly today ;0D
LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL, CIRCA 1963 …I am cognizant of the inter-relatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single…
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MENTAL ILLNESS: Sexual Assault, Suicidal Ideation and Eating Disorders, oh my!
NOTE: I will not be correctly diagnosed with my primary condition until the age of 26, with numerous additional conditions following from there. Tuesday, August 1, 2000, Age 19 Did you ever think about swallowing a bottle of pills just to see what would happen? Or how about slitting your wrists, just lit-tle cuts, but…