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I am 30 years old and I have Bipolar Disorder. I was diagnosed at age 17 when I was in my first year of university. During the first few years I was in complete denial. I knew people who had depression, but Bipolar Disorder seemed a whole lot scarier. When I was hospitalized I would tell my friends and professors things like, "I hit my head during rehearsal and they're holding me in the psych ward for observation because I was acting funny due to the concussion". It seems funny to me now that I thought people believed me.
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My friend died this week after a lengthy battle with mental illness throughout his adult life. He was 44. I remember a guy taking on the world with fire and passion. He was a musician and a poet. He was writer and a philosopher. On his eleventh birthday we slept in a tent in his backyard. As we grew older our travels took us deeper into the woods. We camped and hiked together as boys, thinking we were men.
We all lost track of Phil over the years. He drifted in every way. His full potential was never realized. |
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I am a person with disabilities who has had some depression which in itself is a mental illness. I deal with it by using a mild nerve medication so it is fine as long as I take my medication, but if I don't I get all shaky and this is probably an after-effect of taking these types of drugs for a long period of time. I only take them in the evening to help me sleep, and they do relax my never-ending thoughts that cramp my brain, leaving me helpless until I can take a pill and relax.
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I waited 32 years before finally finding out that my mental illness/chemical imbalance was Bipolar Disorder. Due to the lack and difficulty of getting proper mental health evaluations and my mother's vanity I knew I had depression but could not explain the times of euphoria, the nights not needing sleep, the spending sprees and of course the perfectionism. When I was 14 my mother went into hospital for a breakdown but it was never spoken of. Later in my 20s I would get depressed but I had no time to think about it as I had four small children five years and under and my husband was out to sea.
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