Bipolar Disorder

Guilt is the Shadow in the Mirror

May 25, 2022 Looking for the Light

May is Mental Health Awareness month and I wanted to share a post written in 2015. Suicide is one of the reasons we need awareness,

How Keeping a Mood Chart Changed My Life

May 24, 2022 Looking for the Light

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I wanted to share a tool that helped me better communicate with my doctor about my mood swings

Learning Doctor Talk

June 23, 2019 Looking for the Light

Repost from 2014 I started seeing my Psychopharmacologist in 1992 and he intimidated me. He’s not a chipper guy and it took years to see through his

Survivor & So Much More First Posted 4/21/2014

May 14, 2019 Looking for the Light

I am alive, happy, productive and helping other Survivors. I’m very blessed. My childhood and teenage years were so difficult I truly believed suicide was the

Hypo-Mania Allowed Me To Travel

June 14, 2017 Looking for the Light

I love to travel, my goal is to see the world. When your Bipolar, hyper mania can make it possible. I was an Executive Sales person, number one in the company and making big bucks. I felt so lucky hyper mania stayed for 10 years. I went to Russia by myself, traveled with my […]