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I saw this on Facebook. This is an extremely good description of how my bipolar disorder affects me.
Author: wotantx
Good Morning. If It Is a Good Morning, Which I Doubt
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Dealing with mental illness means being in a daily battle with your own brain. Up until a few months ago when I found out I have a mood disorder I chalked my normally down moods up to personality. I considered myself to me melancholy in the tradition of artists and poets of centuries gone by. Indeed, for me, those early years where I believe my Bipolar Disorder first started coming out (late teenage through early twenties) were my most artistically creative years. I wrote a fair amount of poetry back then, almost none of it shared with anyone, and most of it now lost. I believe this is a fairly common misconception; personality and mood are not the same thing.
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The Roller Coaster Continues, Just Not As Bumpy
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I haven’t written in awhile, and, truth be told, there’s not been a whole lot to say. I am, thankfully, adjusting well to my meds. I am no longer spending weeks at a time in the grips of depression; when it happens, it resolves quickly. It is also not usually that severe. Though some instances, for various reasons, are.
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Hello, I’m Jonathan, And I’m Bipolar – Part II
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When last I wrote, I was just coming out of a period of very severe depression, followed by a hypomanic episode. My medication really seems to be working now, as I have been free of depression for about two and a half weeks, and free of hypomania for two weeks. I know this journey is far from over, but it is such a relief to feel like myself again for the first time in a couple of years.
My psychiatrist formally entered my diagnosis in the EMR, and it is Bipolar II Disorder. This comes as no surprise, it is rather what I had been expected given my history, but it is nice to see it, finally.
Hello, I’m Jonathan, and I’m Bipolar
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I’m not sure what you will find more surprising, that I have a mental illness, or that I am sharing it publicly. But, I’ve determined that part of what I need to get healthy is not to hide in the shadows and be ashamed, as far too often people with mental illness do in our society. I am determined to get myself through this own my condition rather than let it own me. Continue reading “Hello, I’m Jonathan, and I’m Bipolar”
Welcome
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This blog is called “The Sayings of Wotan.” That title comes from two places. One, my preferred internet alias for the last 20 years has been Wotan (or WotanTX), the German form of the Norse god Odin, from Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. Two, one section of the Poetic Edda of Norse mythology is the Hávamál, or Sayings of Har, which are attributed to Odin.
In this blog, as time allows, I will discuss various things of interest to me. These may include politics, music, sports, philosophy, or any number of other things. It is long past time that I should start being more vocal about things. Now, I just have to have the time to do it.