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Lately I've been going to bed early--like 6-7PM. I wasn't sure if this was due to bipolar or one of my meds (Depakote, which my GP had said can cause one to feel sleepy) Then, one of my friends on another website said that sunshine affects his bipolar by causing him to feel blue. Which reminded my t...

Thanks for the warm welcome! And hugs to you, too!

Thanks---things are going better now than they had been earlier....

Thanks!

if you were here I'd give you a big hug!

Thanks for the kind words. I've been having a rough day. I hope your life has been improving, too. And WarInside--that's a great "nom de blog." I wonder if that's the way a lot of us feel at least some of the time.

it's so bad that when I have to stand on a ladder or on my bed to change a lightbulb, I get dizzy. Recently there was a news story about a group of blind people who were going to climb Mt. Everest. I couldn't help thinking that a blind person would have an advantage over me in climbing such a high m...

by googling "depression bipolar blogs."

early in life. That's the story of my life. When I was around 10 (this was in the Dark Ages of the late 60's) I was told that I suffered from a "learning disability" which we now call ADHD. For that condition I had to take Dilantin, phenobarbital, and mezantoin for about 6 years. It seems ...

better than some others I've had lately. I had a doctor's appointment where my mood stabilizer was changed from Zyprexa to Depakote and the dosage increased. Because one tablet of Zyprexa per day wasn't doing the job and the little I'd been taking had caused me weight to go up a pound (weight gain b...

and has been broken for many years. And that I've only started the lengthy job of getting it fixed. Only recently (2 weeks ago) was I officially diagosed as bipolar. Thoiugh for years I'd know something was wrong because I'd have short periods where I'd feel energetic and active and upbeat, ranging ...

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