Today’s Real Mental post
Posted in bipolar, links, real mental on May 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today’s post, “Purge,” is up at Real Mental.
Posted in bipolar, links, real mental on May 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today’s post, “Purge,” is up at Real Mental.
Posted in Clutter, bipolar, food, lawyer, meds, writing on May 21, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Lamictal is my friend
good sleep, good mood.
I shall never leave you (again).
* * *
Crap, a real legal job offer.
At someplace I’d like.
Not too many hours.
* * *
Freelance piece on barbecue.
Tasty, fun. I really want
a salad.
Posted in bipolar, links, meds, real mental on May 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
A long-winded whinge (long-whinged?) about having to take pills, day in, day out, and a link to an excellent perspective on Bipolar Caregiving, over at Real Mental today.
Posted in Love Thursday, Shutter Sisters, bipolar, friends, good things, links, meta, photos on May 15, 2008 | 30 Comments »
… or y’all, for my southern readers. What you see above is one of my favorite places—at my computer, with you, emailing with you, IMing with you, writing for you, reading your posts and comments, drinking my tea and enjoying the pleasure of your company.
When I started this blog, it was as a woman thrashing, [...]
Posted in Clutter, bipolar, crank, good things, links, medicine, meds, music, sparkly on May 14, 2008 | 13 Comments »
An assortment of things in my head right now…
I am enjoying the new/old chair with the fancy upholstered seat my friend L. re-cycled to me after getting a new dining set. It’s just the right height and depth for sitting at the table with my legs up on the chair across from me, while [...]
Posted in bipolar, links, meds, real mental on May 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This week’s post, “Mornings are better” is a series of thoughts on this withdrawal I’ve been going through, as well as a link to an important and thought-provoking article in the NYT about the “Mad Pride” movement.
Posted in bipolar, crank, meds on May 8, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Depakote? Trileptal? If you’ve had an experience you’re willing to share, I’d appreciate any info you’d be willing to give, either in comments or at bipolarlawyercook @ gmail.com.
Thanks. I swear I’m just going to get certified in Traditional Chinese Medicine and be done with it. (Don’t laugh. I actually find massage and acupuncture healing. TCM’s [...]
Posted in Love Thursday, Shutter Sisters, bipolar, flickr, links, photos on May 8, 2008 | 9 Comments »
, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
I love tulips. I love spring. More encompassing, however, I love color– riotous color, that isn’t prissy, restrained, or proper. I’ve spent so much of my life in periods of depression that were charcoal grey, sooty, greasy, heavy, light-obscuring. Color is a jolt to my system, a [...]
Posted in bipolar, crank, medicine, meds on May 5, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I swear, I post about all the side effects mostly so that it pops up in layperson’s terms when someone’s having weird side effects to particular medications. Which is my way of justifying that I am also whining a little. OK, a lot, but I think I am justified, since I am turning into the [...]
Posted in bipolar, links, real mental on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
… “Brave, sad girl” is up at Real Mental. It’s a link to a story about teen suffering with bipolar, and how we sometimes fail even when we have loving, fighting advocates.