Category Archives: Living With Depression

Just An Honour To Be Nominated

Salted Lithium has been nominated for an award, and my sincere thanks to whoever did it, but I think I’m voting for the other guy. The Canadian Blog Awards is an annual event on the Canadian Blogosphere in which Canadian … Continue reading

Posted in Awards, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Canada, crazy people with no pants, Diabetes, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Ottawa | 17 Comments

My Little Brother

When we were younger my brother and I both listened to punk music, but he dyed his hair and tore the sleeves off his shirts while all I wanted was a T-shirt with a plastic Corvette logo. He spent most … Continue reading

Posted in Brother, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, No Post Day, Punk | 9 Comments

Setting Fire To My Father’s Paper Trail

“…my father believed he was a great man who was in the middle of a great revolution, and things get sacrificed during revolutions. Like family…. The truth is pretty simple, however, my father told lies that corrupted and nearly killed … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Family, Father, Health, Living With Depression, Salted Truths | 7 Comments

Four Movies And Nine Pairs Of Socks

My psychiatrist’s office is in the next town over, so I generally rely on the graces of others for a ride every two weeks. The alternative is a $40 round trip cab ride with a driver who, more often than … Continue reading

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Movies, Zombies | 14 Comments

Tired Of Burning My Candle At Both Ends I Tossed It Into The Fire Now Look At Me Burn

My diet has really gone to hell over the past few weeks because of my reaction to this whole “EMDR” experience… and it’s just happenstance but changing medications just before starting off on a light jaunt through my most significant … Continue reading

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Diabetes, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Sleep | 13 Comments

Still Self Destructing After All These Years

For the second time this year I have burned through my disability cheque before the second week of the month, so for the next sixteen days I’ll be eating 0.19 cent packages of monosodium glutamate and wondering where the food … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, ODSP, Poverty, Salted Truths | 24 Comments