Category Archives: Bipolar

Old Post Day | Looking For Tall Bridges

This selection for “Old Post Day” was about the role suicide fantasies play in our lives. I wrote it back in 2006, about a week after starting Salted. I was towards the end of a major depression which had brought … Continue reading

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Some New Things About My Blog

Just a quick post to say I’ve added a few things to my blog. The first thing is a new feature WordPress released a few days ago called ‘threaded comments’… basically people can now respond directly to a comment by … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Blogging, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 7 Comments

The Bride Wore The Traditional White Gown And Blue Goggles Of Insanity

“It’s roughly five hours from Ottawa to Toronto on the express bus. One of the interesting things I learned from my hour kneeling in front of the public toilet is the chemical tank has an outside vent, so when you’re … Continue reading

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The Dry Heaving Horror Show Back In Row Thirty

People will tell you when we travel getting to where we’re going is supposed to be half the fun. On my way to visit my little brother in Toronto I spent close to five hours in the public bathroom of … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Brother, crazy people with no pants, Diabetes, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 10 Comments

Old Post Day | Breaking Up With Manic Depression

The basic problem with blogs is the more you write, the more gets left behind in the archives. So a few times a month I’m going to leave excerpts from my original posts which I think can really help people … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Lithium, Old Post Day | 5 Comments

Going Back To Toronto To Meet Some Bloggers And Maybe See The Guy I Used To Be

Ten years ago I didn’t so much move to Toronto as fall out of Ottawa. Moving to Toronto wasn’t even on my to-do list two months before I moved there. I’m pretty sure I can even remember telling several people … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, General Tao's Chicken, Health, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Ottawa, Toronto | 13 Comments