Welcome aboard!!!!
Lets' give this a shot and see what happens....
I'll sacrifice an old entry and we'll go from there so that every one can get the idea and go from there...
""Bipolar disorder.
So and so killed somebody today and the media stated 'they were suffering from a bipolar disorder'. She killed her children because 'she was bipolar'. etc...
It's okay to be bad when you're bipolar, it excuses everything.
That's bullshit.
Sanity still thrives in this disorder, you can't convince me otherwise. I've been off my medicine and did just fine. I was pulled in every direction all the time, but I managed thru it all. I caused a great amount of stress and pain when suffering thru a moment or circumstance, but I managed thru it without killing someone, (thought I did think I wanted to kill someone), I stayed on top even if I was holding onto a frayed string to do so.
But I was not happy. When not on the meds, as I stated earlier, I do enjoy the highs within the mood, but the lows....my, my, my...the lows are something else indeed. Spite never reigned more supreme as when I'm suffering thru an episode. To cut off my nose in spite of my face....it becomes the rule of thumb to live by.
God doesn't shut any doors during this time, so to open another. I shut them with pleasure during the moment and scoff at opening another. That is how it works. Bipolar. When the doctor first told me this is what I was, everything...every single CIRCUMSTANCE, episode, and result of my life before with family, friends, and strangers, all made perfect sense then. I could then say...
It wasn't all my fault.
Now I control how far I go with it. Ever so careful not to let it get away from me. Reeling it back in when I'm about to lose it all with the roll of chance.
But I won't roll the dice this week.""