Category Archives: Bipolar Disorder

Got Lithium? Research Says It Reduces Suicide, Inhibits Herpes And Boosts The Brains Grey Matter So Why Isn’t It The First Thing We’re Prescribed?

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Gabriel...

“The product, originally named “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda”, was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. It contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug. It was one of a number of patent medicine products popular in the late-19th … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Canada, Classic, crazy people with no pants, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 16 Comments

Happy Birthday To Me Happy Birthday To Me 13,879 And A Half Days Old But I Don’t Look A Minute Over 10,953

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Gabriel...

“I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”; Tom Waits Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . . At some point today I will have been outside my mothers womb for exactly thirty-eight years. I’ve always had a weird relationship … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Friends, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mary, Memories, Ottawa | 16 Comments

Looking Back The Only Things I Gave Up Were A Million Cockroaches And The Idea Manic Depression Ever Meant Something To My Self

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Gabriel...

“Depression is a thin coating, it’s a thin sheet of reflective ice concealing an ocean. It corrupts our ability to Reason, and without that ability we can’t defend ourselves against the thoughts inside our heads, so we find excuses we … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Intervention, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | 10 Comments

Women Are From Venus Men Are From Mars And Dating An Untreated Manic Depressive Will Suck Both Into A Black Hole

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Gabriel...

One of the first things I did after I was diagnosed with manic depression, when I finally had a name to put on the destructive set of behaviours I had been living with, was admit myself into a hospital the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Intervention, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mary, Mental Health | 22 Comments

Rhetorical Question

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Gabriel...

This man fathered three sons… but none of us call him father — photo by Me . “National Disgrace”; Atmosphere Let me know if the YouTube’s missing… . . . Do you miss your father? Sometimes it feels like there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Father, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Punk, Salted Truths, UmBiPMaD Stories, YouTube | 15 Comments

No Post Day: Your First Time

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Gabriel...

My File — photo by Me . “Trouble Man”; Waylon Jennings “…then he took out his pocket knife and cut off my horns.” …let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . Yes, that is my File. I took … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, No Post Day, Psychiatry, Punk | 10 Comments