Category Archives: Manic Depression

I Wish Some Day Things Would Just Get Better

…I wish some day things will get better I’ve been trapped in this black hole for too long Can’t understand a word of what you say I never bother to listen anyway And I know some day things will get … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, Depression, Granny, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | 12 Comments

Little Victor Sunday Update March 14, 2010

A few minutes ago my girlfriend woke up in a panic thinking our son was being drowned by the babysitter. She’s starting to relax. She and Victor were sleeping on my couch when she woke herself up while yelling “no, … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Poverty | 3 Comments

Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | February 26, 2010

By the time I got to my psychiatrist’s office I had been overdosing on Extra Strength Tylenol and ES Advil, as well as taking large doses of penicillin, for five days, and living with the pain of an abscessed tooth … Continue reading

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Bud, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Granny, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Psychiatry | 5 Comments

Little Victor Sunday Update March 8, 2010

Victor was baptized this week. I think it was his first serious exposure to hypocrisy… he survived, but I think the rest of us are going to Hell. Other than the Priest and the Holy Spirit, there wasn’t much in … Continue reading

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Someone Reads 287 Of My Posts In Just Three Days Plus A Video Of My Son On The Eve Of His Baptism And I Ramble A Little

Over the past three days I’ve been getting progressively more freaked out because someone has been spending a lot of time reading my blog. Like, a lot of time… as in, by the time I’ve published this post, the person … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Theology | 13 Comments

After Thirty Years Today I Finally Told Her To Go F**k Herself

This was a long time coming. When I told my family about the pregnancy last Father’s Day, everyone stood up and congratulated me. Except my grandmother, who slumped back in her chair and stared at me like I had just … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Granny, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy | 28 Comments