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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....

Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | April 3, 2009

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Gabriel...

My doctor and I rarely start with the heavy stuff straight away. Actually, after I walk into his office and we shake hands, our routine consists of my weighing myself on his gravity scale, then I sit down and straighten … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Psychiatry | 12 Comments

Infection Infected Infectious

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Gabriel...

I started feeling a pain in my throat last weekend. I knew right away it was an infection and wouldn’t get better without treatment, but I thought I’d have a few days until it got really bad. And I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, crazy people with no pants, Diabetes, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Ottawa | 12 Comments

Third Date With CSG And The Punks Come To Town For A Wild Meat Party

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Gabriel...

My girlfriend (CSG) met with legal aid last Thursday morning. She’ll hear back this week, but it looks like she has a lawyer and will be eligible for full funding. It also looks like her soon-to-be-ex-husband (STBEH) is about to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 3 Comments

My Second Date With CSG And We’ve Become Grease For The Village Gossip Machine

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Gabriel...

One more disadvantage to living in a small, rural village is you can’t buy decent flowers after five o’clock. Convenience Store Girl and I had our second official date on Friday night. After CSG finished work we drove into Ottawa … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 4 Comments

Old Post Day | In Search Of An Intervention

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Gabriel...

I was untreated for eighteen years… for some of them I was homeless, for almost all of them I was surviving on two dollars a day. What I was capable of was making an appointment and, eventually, getting to an … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Old Post Day | 3 Comments

Flowers Make CSG Cry And Other Things I Learned On Our First Date

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Gabriel...

We had our first official date on the weekend. Until now whenever Convenience Store Girl (CSG) and I (I) got together it was either at her store for a few minutes while I paid for my orange juice, or in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 11 Comments