Blog Profile / The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
| URL : | http://thesecretlifeofamanicdepressive.wordpress.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Mental Health / Bipolar Disorder | |
| Posts on Regator: | 466 | |
| Posts / Week: | 2 | |
| Archived Since: | December 8, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Now I Am Six: Happy birthday to my blog!
But now I am six, I’m as clever as clever; So I think I’ll be six now for ever and ever. I missed my blog’s sixth birthday! Sorry, m’blog! It was in February. SIX YEARS! That’s an elder statesman blog. No wonder I can’t keep up with all you young hoodlums and your fancy domain […]
Hyperbole and a Half: Depression Part Two
Allie disappeared after Depression part 1. 19 months later, she’s thankfully reappeared with this. It’s the most accurate thing I’ve ever read / seen about depression. I want to print it out and hand it to those close to me, for the...Show More Summary
I don’t accept guest posts
…unless they’re written by another mental health blogger or activist, or are a call out for such things. And I won’t advertise your website. Please stop asking! Filed under: Bipolar Disorder
Saw GP today
Quick post, I am shattered. Went to the GP today and she was absolutely brilliant. Almost cried with relief. Have been referred back to CMHT (boo) but in the hope that psychological therapy (probably CBT I imagine) is quicker. She said too that with bipolar she imagines they would want to have CMHT involvement to [...]
Panic on the streets of London
If you follow my Facebook page (linked to the side) you’d have read me going on and on about the panic attacks I’ve been having lately. Well, for the past few months but the intensity and frequency has gone off the chart lately. I go through cycles of this- I don’t have to be depressed, in fact, [...]
I Smoked All England’s Cigarettes: Mental Illness and Smoking
There’s a lot in the press right now about smoking and mental health. This article in the Independent outlines somewhat baffling advice from the British Lung Foundation... Smoking may be a sign of psychiatric illness, experts say. Doctors should routinely consider referring people who smoke to mental health services, in case they need treatment, they [...]
Working with bipolar disorder: Guardian article and your thoughts please!
Hello! I was interviewed for this article in the Guardian: http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/bipolar-professionals-challenges-workplace It’s estimated that bipolar affective disorder affects one in every hundred people in the UK. Show More Summary
Wow, two months since my last update!
Phew, been a long time! I don’t have time to write at the moment but checking in. The past two months have been an absolute clusterfuck, to put it mildly. But things are on the up now, so I will be back soon! Hope everyone is okay. Filed under: Bipolar Disorder
The new Work Capability Assessment Does Not Care About Your Medication
The WCA is now not going to take the debilitating physical effects of your psychiatric medication into account. Hey! Do what I did! Keep working when you’ve just been released from hospital and spent six weeks with the home treatment team watching you take your medication every night. Keep working when you start medication because [...]
My husband has become a slum landlord.
Moneypenny Homes Infomercial. Filed under: would not be helpful in a hostage situation
The Existential Crisis: Zombie, zombie, zombie
So, I was asked for an update on my, “fascinating” life. Which is not at all fascinating. For the past few months, my life has only existed internally. I have barely gotten dressed in the past four weeks, and have been- though trying on occasion not to be- at my quietest and most reclusive. I [...]
Me on Radio 4 discussing welfare with Big Issue founder John Bird
It can be found here, about 14 minutes in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pnlt0 It was on BBC Radio 4?s Broadcasting House last Sunday (6th January). Sorry I didn’t post a heads up beforehand! The discussion was very brief. The gist of his argument was that benefits trap people and keep them in stasis. The gist of mine is [...]
The Legacy of a Label
On my sick note is scrawled, “BIPOLAR DISORDER”. The medication I’m prescribed is for bipolar disorder. And yet I still struggle to say, “I have bipolar disorder”. In 2007, I said it a lot. Newly diagnosed and in that unavoidable, “overidentification” phase (which you may after, or instead of, denial). Now, even with psychiatric [...]
To the Reader I Met at Belfast International Airport
If you’re reading, get in touch, I lost your card! Filed under: Bipolar Disorder
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I left the house today. Filed under: Bipolar Disorder
Do doctors dismiss your physical health problems as mental health ones?
I’ve been having physical health problems for a long time, namely, weakness in my limbs (my left arm in particular), burning feelings in my hands, numbness, blurry vision which means I zone out while trying to focus my eyes, tremor and being a Clumsy Fucker Who Falls Over A Lot. I should probably see a [...]
Auditory hallucinations: an audio representation
On another note, stick your headphones on and listen to this: Filed under: Bipolar Disorder
The Neverending Story
Hello! I’ve been privating a lot of posts lately, many apologies. I will make this brief. Firstly, thank you for the comments on the post I recently made private. Love is very appreciated. In summary, this is what has happened: Relapse (if you could call it that, which I guess you could) into depression. I [...]
The old posts
I’ve been getting more requests than usual to restore the old blog posts. I privated most of the archives here as I was moving sites and because I was getting hurtfully trolled and didn’t want to give ammo. I will restore the archives when I have the energy, and in the meantime, I’ve put the [...]
There’s a black dog on my shoulder again
Hi chaps. I’m in an awful place right now and I deleted a post at the end of September saying as much, so this one might get deleted too. I always delete posts that reference anything negative these days, for a couple of reasons. One being that, because this blog got all popular, because it [...]