A few years ago, I began to have symptoms of another episode of my bipolar disorder. I had been diagnosed about ten years prior, and I was on medication.
I had just had about five years with no symptoms, and during those stable years I made some wonderful new friends. When the symptoms started, I was scared — not just about what might happen during an episode, but I was scared that when my new friends saw what I was like during a bipolar episode, they might get understandably scared off.
When manic, I’m unpredictable and tend to do dangerous things until I land in the hospital. When I’m depressed, it can last for months, and I’m very tedious during that time.
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