What do you imagine a mood swing looks like? In the dump one day and on top of the world the next? A fiery outburst at work followed by a calm reconciliation? A typical mood swing is very two dimensional compared to a bipolar mood swing. I’ve lived in a world that looks like an …
I don’t remember much symptom-wise before the day I broke down crying uncontrollably in class. 11th grade algebra. That’s when it started. I sat in the counselor’s office for the rest of the day hunched over shredding tissues. An amplified emotion was blasting through my brain, deafening my thoughts. This was the Big Bang. The …
“And what medications are you taking?” Yeah, I’m on a cocktail of 4 drugs for a mental illness, 2 of which are antipsychotics. “And what are you taking these for?” Bipolar disorder. I’m sure you’ve heard of one or two murderers who’ve also been diagnosed with that. But I swear my stomach pain has nothing …
I told my employer…in more detail than necessary. I messaged my boss one day “I have a mental illness that involves mood swings and psychosis. I need to take a week or 2 off.” I had no intention of ever telling him. He doesn’t seem the sympathetic type. But he appeared understanding and told me …