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In my last post I wrote and quoted about the gut and brain connection.  Having been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder and allergies to gluten, soy and dairy I started looking for more information that my allergic condition could relate directly to my diagnosis of Bipolar.  I haven’t had the biopsy of my intestine to show definitively that I have Celiac disease, but just assume that I can never have gluten again.  Even if you don’t... Read More

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I'm Sarah. I am almost 29, married with an almost 2 yr old daughter. I have been being treated for Bipolar disorder for about 7 yrs. now, although, I have suffered my ENTIRE life with mental, emotional, and personality problems. They say i also have ADD (Innatentive). Anyway...Last week...after 4 or 5 days of pretty bad mania I woke up feeling great! Had a wonderful day without mood swings and really enjoyed that feeling I don't get much of. Sure enough...it was VERY short lived! The next day... Read More

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Ok, I understand depression, I have severe Bipolar depression that is untreatable with meds. I know what it feels like to not want to get out of bed and to feel like there isn't anything in the world worth getting up and getting dressed for. I do. I've been there, but I don't let myself stay there and I don't understand why anyone else would either. It doesn't feel good. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't like to not feel good. I don't like to wallow when I'm not well. I just don't s... Read More

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My name is Sarah, I am 30 years old. I am Bipolar and BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), but I don't let the "stigma" of that stop me. I tell EVERYONE I know about it. Not at first though. I tell them after they get to know me and when I do tell them they always say "But you seem so normal!" (All of my friends will gladly tell you I am oddly quirky, but not one of them would have ever fingered me for "acting" like what they thought a person with a "mental illness" would act like.) ... Read More

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