World Bipolar Day
Today, March 30th, is World Bipolar Day. Just for transparency’s sake, I’m writing this post while feeling the most depressed I’ve been since December. I’m frustrated and tired, because despite doing everything “right” I’m back here, feeling like shit and barely being able to take care of myself. After a couple months of a pretty decent mood, earlier this month I experienced my first mixed episode, which had me seriously considering a trip to the hospital, even though I’d sworn I would never step foot in that building again. I was starting to think maybe life can be consistently Okay, meds are doing their job well, and my bad days can be just that, but apparently that's too much to ask for. So I’m afraid I don’t have the most positive outlook on bipolar-related things right now. Okay, you've been warned. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (or “manic-depressive psychosis” as one of my records still calls it for whatever reason) in 2022, after a particularly bad, and my only, ...
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