My name is Karen, I'm 23 and have manic depression, type 1 with rapid cycling. It is not fun. This blog is about me and my life battling the Illness which sometimes I love and sometimes I hate.
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It seems like everyone is down at the moment, the blogs I read anyhow, and I am no different. This time it’s all my fault because I missed two doses of abilify. This is not something I’ve done before. I’ve missed a single dose here and there and...
So far from being rejected, I have a second interview with the accountancy firm. This has shocked me to be honest, I really don’t feel I stood out or made any impact whatsoever, but clearly I did something right. I am both nervous and excited. ...
Today I thought about suicide again. Well, I fantasised for a while anyway. I had a nice little day dream in which I jumped out of the psychiatrist’s third floor window.
So I finally have a psychiatrist again. This is Dr Eight, so a step back...
So I finally heard from the early intervention service, I don’t meet their criteria, unsurprisingly. The EIS deal with people newly diagnosed, not people like me who have coped pretty much alone for two years. Have I coped? Judging on the sole...
I’ve just been watching a programme on brain injuries. It was mostly about comas, but there was one guy who was in a car crash and lost his moods and feelings. They said he was missing out on what made him human. He can’t love, he can’t care, he...