Category Archives: Manic Depression

No Post Day: All-Time Stats

The wrong way to signal a lane change — photo by Me . “Pretend We’re Dead”; L7 Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . WordPress is spending some time towards improving their stats features… eventually they’ll be … Continue reading

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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?

“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

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Happy Birthday To Me Happy Birthday To Me 13,879 And A Half Days Old But I Don’t Look A Minute Over 10,953

“I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”; Tom Waits Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . . At some point today I will have been outside my mothers womb for exactly thirty-eight years. I’ve always had a weird relationship … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Friends, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mary, Memories, Ottawa | 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

“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

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

No Post Day: Confessions From An Incidental Internet Troll

Life — photo by Me . “450”; eXtério Using a cat as a weapon is FUNknee… Québécois Punk. YAY! Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . Mostly this post is about getting my fathers photo off the … Continue reading

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