information.

If you are manic depressive, or think you might be, or have a partner or child or friend who is, this award winning website will help you understand them. Or yourself.

practical.

What to expect, what can go wrong, and what to do next to cope. Everything from dealing with medication to how to handle a relationship with a depressed boyfriend.

real life.

The descriptions here are not in dry medical terms, but in the living breathing daily details of our lives, from someone who has lived it all. You don't have to deal with this alone.

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manic or depressed

I think I might be depressed or manic.
What do I do?


bipolar diary

My Bipolar Diary

The Bipolar Diary covers a five year span of my life from diagnosis to relative stability. This was a blog before blogs existed, and it describes our mood swings in great detail, and how they affect everything we do, and the struggle it is to take medications, and to learn to stabilise and to accept ourselves.

The Diary is the core of this website, and I've been told many times that there is nothing else like it on the web. Start reading it and see for yourself if it describes you or your partner.


how to cope

I've been diagnosed as bipolar.
What do I do next?


family issue

My boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse,
child or parent needs help.


What about anti- depressants and
other mood stabilising drugs?


My life is a mess. How do I cope?


Why Me! and other thoughts.