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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Still here, still on the ward. I’m not booked in to see the consultant until Monday, so I guess I’m here til at least then. It’s tough blogging from my phone so I’ve been writing entries on paper ready to type up when I get back to the real world. On...
Every word is a struggle so I’ll be brief. It’s a struggle partly because I’m on my blackberry and partly because I feel like an absolute mess. On the bright side, it’s good typing practice.
I know I said the other day that you don’t get admitted...
I’m still here, still breathing.
I saw the CMHT Monday morning. They were good, they asked me all the usual questions we know so well, no more no less. Then they left the room for a while while they decided what to do with me. You don’t get...
So my mother phoned the crisis team last night. I was spacey, suicidal and hearing the Voice in my Head. I say was, I in fact still am spacey, suicidal and hearing the Voice. I’m putting a trigger warning on this next bit as it includes a rant...
Things are not good at the moment. That last dip turned out to be nothing more than a blip, but this time around it’s getting bad. I’m plotting my death, gathering Equipment. I’m not really up to writing much at the moment, I’m not really up to...