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About Gabriel...

...diagnosed with manic depression when I was nineteen, for the next 14-years I lived without treatment or a recovery plan. I've been homeless, one time I graduated college, I've won awards for reporting on Internet privacy issues, and a weekly humour column. In 2002 I finally hit bottom and found help. It's now 2024, and I have a 9-year old son, and a 14-year old son... I’m usually about six feet tall, and I'm pretty sure I screwed up my book deal. I mostly blog at saltedlithium.com....

Conversations With My Psychiatrist | Welcome To The Sh*t Show Part One: Andrew Is Homeless

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Gabriel...

Andrew is threatening to kill himself. I haven’t written a lot about Andrew here. His mother and I started dating when he was four. We got married when he was seven. We separated when he was ten. It was very, … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Brother Andrew, CSG, Family, Health, Photography, Psychiatry, Suicide | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Another Conversation With My Psychotherapist… Now With Less Mom Talk

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Gabriel...

The overarching theme for my past year in psychotherapy was my relationship with my mother… which seems not a little cliché, but it was something that needed to happen. We only discussed my mother for a few minutes this time. … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Baby Quintin, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Family, Health, Little Victor, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Photography | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Conversations With My Psychiatrist | The End Is Nigh

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Gabriel...

I have two more appointments before my psychiatrist retires. This isn’t a surprise, she told me when we started three years ago that our relationship would be temporary. She also told me I wouldn’t be left out in the cold, … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Health, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Photography, Psychiatry | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Conversations With My Psychiatrist | Dealing With The Aftermath

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Gabriel...

My psychiatrist prescribed Trintellix for me in October of last year. One of my problems over the past ten years and more, has been sleeping. Basically I do too much of it, and I’m still tired all the time. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, Family, Father, Health, Memories, Mother, Psychiatry | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Happy Christmas And A Merry New Year… Or Something

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Gabriel...

We didn’t celebrate Christmas when I growing up. I knew about Jesus and Santa from school, of course, but one of my earliest memories is listening from the top of the stairs while my father argued with some other member … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quintin, BiPolar Christmas, crazy people with no pants, Depression And Christmas, Health, Humor, Humour, Little Victor, Memories, Old men in red suits, Punk | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Conversations With My Psychotherapist Are Coming To An End

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Gabriel...

“…our biggest trigger while I was growing up, was me asking questions about my past. Any questions about the Cult we grew up in, or anything regarding my father, or even anything regarding my father’s side of the family, were … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, Depression, Family, Granny, Health, Mother, Photography | Tagged , , | 11 Comments