Category Archives: Classic

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

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

When Relying On Small Victories To Move Through Depression There’s A Very Real Risk The Small Defeats Will Carry Us Under

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Gabriel...

Caring for yourself, looking after your physical health, just isn’t a priority for someone who constantly wants to die. It wasn’t like I was in pain, my teeth were usually in pretty good shape, but I wasn’t flossing or rinsing … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Dentist, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Poverty | 17 Comments

Have You Ever Felt A Pain So Powerful So Heavy You Collapse I’ve Never Had To Knock On Wood But I Know Someone Who Has

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Gabriel...

Have you ever been close to tragedy, Or been close to folks who have? Have you ever felt a pain so powerful, So heavy you collapse? I’ve never had to knock on wood, But I know someone who has… Which … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, BiPolar Christmas, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression And Christmas, Health, Intervention, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Punk, Salted Truths, YouTube | 18 Comments

The Fish That Bit Off A Finger Plus This One Time My Father Died And Other Lies I Have Told

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Gabriel...

Me. December 08, 2007… Photo by Me. . “How I Could Just Kill A Man“; Cypress Hill Let me know if the YouTube’s missing… . . Lies are, mostly, ridiculous. And yet I’m pretty sure I’ve lied on multiple occasions … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Father, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Ottawa, Punk, Salted Truths | 17 Comments