Word: bipolar
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...took quite a long time. There was much less knowledge in the '80s and '90s, when I was developing my bipolar, before it became extreme. I went through therapist after therapist, and finally it was when I had just gotten married for the first time, my behavior was just totally out of control. I was aware that it wasn't reasonable anymore...
...eating disorder. It's understandable - it was a very severe eating disorder. It's not like you can blame them for being concerned. The association usually made with eating disorders is that you have depression. That is an unfortunate thing, because there are great many people with bipolar disorder who are misdiagnosed with depression, as I was, and then put on medication that makes them manic. So when I met this doctor, and he diagnosed me, it was a very strange moment. Simultaneously, he described, this is what bipolar is, and asked, "Does this sound familiar...
...still have problems with your bipolar disorder, or do you feel as though it's completely under control...
...Lord, yes. It's a day-to-day thing. I have a type of bipolar that swings up and down all day long. There are significant mood swings within a day, within a week, within a month. I go through at least four major episodes a year. That's really the definition of bipolar rapid cycle. But I have ultra-rapid, so I have tiny little episodes all day long. So the management of it makes it entirely possible for me to live at a highly functional level, to have great relationships, to have a wonderful marriage...
...could be ordinary, without bipolar disorder, would you choose that...