"We are all born mad. Some remain so."
Samuel Beckett

12/23/10

So here I am, embarking on blogging about what I consider one of the biggest challenges and gifts of my existence- life with manic depressive illness. Part of me feels unsure and uncomfortable about doing this, but my hope is that somehow someone may stumble on some helpful information here, read something that makes them feel less alone in their experience, or that they may have additional useful comments to share. And, hopefully there will be plenty of posts here to induce laughter, and that are seriously less than serious.
Mania in my case has definitely forced me to lighten up a whole lot, being that I have made a bigger fool of myself than I could ever have imagined, and if I didn't laugh about my outrageous behavior, I would certainly die of embarrassment. Meds, of course, will be covered here, great joy that they are. I am 5 years into my love/hate relationship with them, finally convinced that unfortunately I can not do without them, no matter how hard and what alternative treatments I did try. I paid the high price of hospitalization 3 times before even coming to terms with accepting my diagnosis, and I hear that's not uncommon.