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Bipolar and Me: A brief history

In the past I have been diagnosed with and/or treated for Social Phobia, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I was first treated for severe depression… more →

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Bipolar and Me: A brief history — 4 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 8 months ago: In the past I have been diagnosed with and/or treated for Social Phobia, Generalised Anxiety Disorde … more →

Tags: seroquel, Personal Experience, Bipolar Disorder, Quetiapine, mixed mood, Depression, history of depression, Bipolar Depression, Hypomania

Good Morning Anxiety — 4 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 8 months ago: This morning I woke up to Anxiety pounding on my chest and yelling “get up!” So ambled throughout th … more →

Tags: Self-management, Stress Relief

I don't want any new friends, thanks. — 11 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 9 months ago: 300mg Quetiapine (The withdrawal has ceased. There is no timeline to begin again).  Bipolar and me; … more →

Tags: quetiapine withdrawal, Self-management, Personal Experience, Bipolar, living with bipolar, coping with bipolar, patient perspective, Arthritis, living with arthritis

We all fall down — 15 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: 275mg Quetiapine I don’t understand how people write when they’re depressed. I can never write anyth … more →

Tags: seroquel, Personal Experience, Quetiapine, Depression, Bipolar Depression, mental illness, bipolar writings, living with bipolar, patient perspective

"I need you to help me kill myself" — 12 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: “I need you to help me kill myself”. The room is silent as my parents stare across the room at me. T … more →

Tags: Personal Experience, Bipolar, mixed mood, bipolar recovery, mental illness, bipolar writings, living with bipolar, coping with bipolar, patient perspective

Hypochondriasis — 11 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: 275mg They say I’m a hypochondriac: my parents, The Olympian, my friends. They say it because it’s t … more →

Tags: fatigue, living with bipolar, bipolar journals, hypochondriac, Lack of Support, unexplained symptoms

PMS is a Bitch — 7 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: 275mg I feel this hole in myself. I feel a sense of emptiness, somewhere inside of me that I cannot … more →

Tags: quetiapine withdrawal, Self-management, seroquel, Bipolar Disorder, Quetiapine, Withdrawal, Depression, Bipolar Depression, bipolar recovery

A fairly boring update — 20 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: 275mg (still waiting!!!) I’m shutting myself down, locking myself away. I feel the need to get away … more →

Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Bipolar Depression, bipolar recovery, fatigue, bipolar writings, living with bipolar, coping with bipolar, bipolar journals

What You Expect is What You Get — 3 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: Natasha Tracy, author of Breaking Bipolar at Healthy Place recently published a couple of posts abou … more →

Tags: Personal Experience, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Bipolar Depression, fatigue, bipolar writings, living with bipolar, Lymphoma, death

4 Years of Christmas: This year, I just want to be me. — 8 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: 275mg (and staying there, for now) It’s a slippery slope, when I begin waking up at 6am. It’s what I … more →

Tags: quetiapine fumarate, seroquel, Bipolar Disorder, mixed mood, Depression, Hypomania, living with bipolar, mania, new year

Me and November: Together we make Hypomania. — 4 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: 275mg The road has been bumpy. I was depressed last week, and it lasted for a week. As my Dad pointe … more →

Tags: seroquel, Bipolar Disorder, Quetiapine, Depression, DSM-IV, mysterious illness, Hypomania, symptoms of hypomania, Exam

Everyday — 4 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: 275mg (not tampering with this until end of November, due to withdrawal effects) If I could have wri … more →

Tags: Britney Spears, bipolar recovery, mum, everyday

275mg and The Insidious Depression — 1 comment

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: Today, my world is dark. The sky is grey, and the rain is heavy. I mean that literally. Not metaphor … more →

Tags: quetiapine withdrawal, chronic fatigue syndrome, Depression, history of depression, Bipolar Depression

Saturday 6th August

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: 281.75mg I have accomplished nothing today. I woke up late. Two hours after I scheduled too. I was t … more →

Tags: Bipolar Unplugged: Writings from my journal, quetiapine withdrawal, Bipolar Depression, fatigue, bipolar writings, living with bipolar, coping with bipolar, patient perspective, Being Bipolar

Brain Fog — 3 comments

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: It’s my first day studying again, and I am finding it hard to concentrate. My mind is slow, and fogg … more →

Tags: quetiapine withdrawal, Bipolar Depression, living with bipolar, coping with bipolar, bipolar I, bipolar brain fog, Brain Fog

The Standstill

The Bipolar Project wrote 1 year ago: It’s been too long since my first post; almost eight weeks. Things got a little crazy. At the time o … more →

Tags: quetiapine withdrawal, seroquel, Bipolar Disorder, Quetiapine, nightmares, PMS, bipolar journals


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