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.

manic or depressed

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


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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.


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Last Updated: Tue 30 Jun 09   new

Daily Blog Startup!!
I've started a daily blog! Click here to go reading it.

The blog and the website serve two different purposes. The blog contains daily stuff which usually, but not always, deal with being bipolar. The website is more like a library, containing information that is to be stored full time. Try out the blog.

New to the Site? Start Here.
When my life started to spiral out of my control, I didn't know the cause. All I knew was that everything I did, every bit of self-control and discipline I exerted made no difference.

My close relationship with my family was disintegrating, I was seeing my friends less and less, and work was something I frequently dreaded to go to. I often felt tired or restless for days on end.

And then there were the odd periods when I would disappear for a few days. Definitely not normal.

I knew things weren't normal, but strongly resisted going to see a psychiatrist. After all, I wasn't crazy or mentally ill. It was just that I was having a difficult time with the amount of work I was doing, or I had just finished a project and I was tired, or I needed some time alone away from people, or...well there was always a reasonable excuse.

But one day, after a period in which everything had gone horribly wrong, more...
 

Added in Last Month:
I was derailed by depression! I'm back on track and new articles to be posted from 4 Jul 09.

BUT I received two more Gold Awards for website quality while I was depressed. Check my awards page. If only I could NOT get depressed.

If You are Prescribed a Drug, Ask your Doctor these Questions about It (new: 19 May 09)

We Need a Safe Space (new: 18 May 09 - part 1)

Blog entries daily (almost).



What's Next:
Extending the Safe Space page. Writing something new - no idea what yet. Editing the Ideas for Staying Stable page. In my down time, I'll continue to edit and interlink existing pages.

If you find things are taking a bit long, remember that I'm bipolar. Projects always take longer with us.



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