religion and madness and bipolar blogs

Bipolar guy has an interesting video up at his sight. An anthropologist talking about the relationship between bipolar and religion.

I'm only kind of interested in it, but if you are, here we go (http://bipolardaily.blogspot.com/).

I really like his blog, as I've said before. I only wish he'd post more.

If you want to read another bipolar blog, but this one's a little while, I can recommend (http://armybp.blogspot.com/). I'm not really sure he updates it anymore, but the archives are... different.

I feel for the guy.

I just want to say that posting to this blog really helps me. It relieves stress in some kind of way. Maybe it's fun being such an exhibitionist (though an anonymous, if that's possible). Maybe it's just sharing some of the stress in my life.

It's neat that some people have read it, and from all over the world (don't mean to brag).

And if you haven't done it, I think you should give it a try.

If you do, send me the link. I'd really like to see it.

Shout out to the Southern Hemisphere

Just wanted to say again how awesome BiPolar Etcetera is.

The guy rocks. I don't care how often he posts, there's a huge number of old ones I haven't read, and they all seem to be quality.

So keep it going, BiPolar guy. And I am really interested in Topamax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topamax)--don't usually ask the psychiatrist to perscribe me what I want--figures he knows; but the press seems good on Topamax, so just might ask.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/BipolarDaily

Stolen from BiPolar Etcetera

"Bipolar disorder (previously known as manic depression) is a psychiatric diagnostic category describing a class of mood disorders in which the person experiences clinical depression and/or mania, hypomania, and/or mixed states. The disorder can cause great distress among those afflicted and those living with them. Left untreated, bipolar disorder can be a disabling condition, with a high risk of death through suicide."

"The difference between bipolar disorder and unipolar disorder (also called major depression) is that bipolar disorder involves both elevated and depressive mood states. The duration and intensity of mood states varies widely among people with BiPolar disorder. Fluctuating from one mood state to the next is called "cycling". Mood swings can cause impairment or improved functioning depending on their direction (up or down) and severity (mild to severe). There can be changes in one's energy level, sleep pattern, activity level, social rhythms and cognitive functioning. Some people with Bipolar disorder may have difficulty functioning during these times."

- Wikipedia.org

Thanks man. After all, bad poets borrow, good poets steal.