I work best under pressure. My best essay writing in university always happened in the middle of the night, close to when the paper was due. My mind has been racing as of late. I have been in this mostly hypomanic state for more than a month, full of nervous […]
Why can’t I focus? What happened to my brain? I used to be able to focus. I was able to concentrate whether I was in a noisy environment or quiet – it didn’t matter. My brain was always working, always thinking- I was a superstar at work. I am/was an […]
What do Rene Russo, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Carrie Fisher, Demi Lovato and I have in common? We all have Bipolar Disorder. These women have all publicly acknowledged and opened up about their illness, and now it’s my turn. Hi, my name is Melanie. I am 30 and 3 months away from […]
(This post first appeared on one of my blog sites, “PS I’m Bipolar”, where I decided to write under a pseudonym.) No matter how well you explain yourself, there are certain people who just won’t understand what mental illness is. Bipolar is not an easy illness to understand and there […]
Bipolar Musings 