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Today’s post, “Purge,” is up at Real Mental.

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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.

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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.

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… 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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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, 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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… “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.

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