I loved the Bangle's song "Just another Manic Monday" when I was a teenager, As friends and I sang and danced around our bedrooms. I didn't realize the truth this song would hold for my life. Although, looking back now, we think I suffer from Bi-Polar as early as 11. Bipolar disorder is a condition that features extreme shifts in mood and fluctuations in energy and activity levels that can make day-to-day living difficult. (MedicalNewsToday). I don't mind the depression~it's slow and more to my natural pace. I cry and i sleep a lot. (Yes, I know I sleep WAY too much and not good for me, but I prefer it to the MANIA. Mania is a phase of bipolar disorder characterized by sustained periods of abnormally elevated mood and other behaviors considered extreme or exaggerated. (medicnenet.com) I hate the mania!!! Staying awake for days at time. Racing thoughts that I can't harness. Saying things to my husband and the kids that I might say in a more tactful way or not at all if I wasn't in a "manic" state. I can't even calm my mind enough to pray or read my bible during this time ~ which is when need to most. Very few that don't suffer from Bi-Polar disorder can understand it. I've been married for 20 years and this is still a mystery to my husband, Barrett. He does recognized the signs that I'm going into a manic episode before I do. I actually think that the medicine Vraylar"s commercial is the best example of Bi-Polar disorder. It share stories of people who seem really hyper and productive but they are living in house made of cards. This is the perfect example of mania because you know sooner or later you know the house of cards will collapse. Bi-polar disorder, as most mental illnesses, differ from person to person. The treatment have to be personalized to each person, and may only lessen the intensity of the manic episodes. There is actually two types of Bi-Polar disorder. Bi-Polar I and Bi-Polar II. Bi-Polar I is more intense than Bi-Polar II.
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