Oct 10, 2022 | Bipolar II, Mental Health
I learned this morning that today is Mental Health Day. What does that mean? Is this another Hallmark opportunity to sell stuff? If today is Mental Health Day does that mean the other 364 are not? Like February being Black history month implying that the other 11...
Jun 28, 2022 | Bipolar II, Bipolar Spectrum, Mental Health, News
Created by Dr. Ron Pies and Dr. Jim Phelps It took 25 years and 5 psychiatrists for me to finally get the diagnosis that savedmy life: I have a bipolar II brain on the bipolar spectrum. The doctor whodiagnosed me correctly was dedicated to understanding the complexity...
Jan 19, 2022 | Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. Here’s what it’s like for those of us on the bipolar spectrum. Imagine you wake up every day with an excruciating, immobilizing headache. Your limbs are...
Jan 12, 2022 | Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. Because you are fluid with the darkness, you can be fully present with other people’s fears. There is no place their fears can take you that you have not...
Dec 15, 2021 | Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. I’m advocating that bipolar depression II is misnamed, misunderstood and misdiagnosed when we refer to it as a “mental illness.” If I had a knife in my...
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