Bipolar Disorder - A Quick Introduction
Bipolar Disorder - A Closer Look
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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- John McManamy
- I am an award-winning author and mental health journalist. I have been writing about mood disorders since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1999, ranging from a website, an email newsletter, a book, articles for HealthCentral, and this blog. More recently, I have been producing videos. Writing about my illness has played a very strong role in my healing and recovery. Writing allows me to come to terms with my past, gives meaning to my present, and gives me the courage to face the future with hope.
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I have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder and have suffered on and off with it for over 40 years. I have been in therapy for almost all of that time and have been hospitalized 7 times for severe depression. Last week (at age 65!!) I was diagnosed with Bipolar II disorder and was given Seroquel to add to the 20 mg. of Prozac I've taken for 20 years. I am very hopeful that perhaps I will finally get some REAL relief. I have learned so much in therapy that I just can't believe God would just dump me at this point in my life! Just reading that Bi-polars are perhaps "God's chosen people" gave me hope. God has brought me through so many difficult depressions that I simply MUST believe He will continue to do the GOOD work in me that He began and promised to fulfill. Thanks so much for the article.
Thank you for this article, for its clarity and wealth of information. But thank you especially for your last paragraph. A little hope goes a long way in healing - thank you for sharing yours!
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