Category Archives: Manic Depression

Victory Is Both A Name And A State Of Mind

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Gabriel...

Things didn’t get worse last week, which means they got better. According to the doctors at the Ottawa General Hospital, this was supposed to be the week my son should have been born. He would have been almost two months … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Bud, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy | Tagged | 14 Comments

Next Week Our Baby Will Be Born Two Months Premature

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Gabriel...

If the doctors are right my son will be born next week. The surgical procedure they performed on my girlfriend, called a cerclage, has almost entirely failed. A cerclage is a stitch, or clamp, placed in or around around a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Lithium, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy | 10 Comments

Cleaning Up After Nine Months Of Neglect

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Gabriel...

My apartment is slowly becoming less filthy. For most of this past year, and the last few months of 2008, I was living on two-thirds of my prescribed dose of anti-depressants thanks to a pharmacy screw up. It took me … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Poverty | 12 Comments

Proof Of The Life Of Brian And How It Saved Mine

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Gabriel...

I have a large collection of Blues music, but it came to me mostly by accident and from only one source. At the beginning of my College journalism program we were assigned a local celebrity. We had three months to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Memories, Mental Health, Ottawa, UmBiPMaD Stories | Tagged | 6 Comments

Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jig

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Gabriel...

My girlfriend came home on Tuesday night. She spent six days in the Ottawa General Hospital for observation and tests because there’s a very real possibility of her pregnancy ending before our child can survive outside her womb. That risk … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy | 9 Comments

Diabetic Polyneuropathy, My Girlfriend Goes To The Hospital To Save Our Baby And A School Bus Hits My Parents Home

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Gabriel...

Six months ago I started to notice my feet and lower legs were getting numb. Not a total loss of feeling, but numb in the way your arm gets numb after cracking your “funny bone”. After consulting with my family … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Diabetes, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy | Tagged | 9 Comments