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By Kimberly Read & Marcia Purse, About.com Guides to Bipolar Disorder

Yvonne: Manic Depressive

Tuesday August 9, 2005
Yvonne, known as Myself43 in our online community, designed this humorous piece of clipart contrasting her manic and depressive episodes associated with having bipolar disorder.

Yvonne

Comments

February 22, 2009 at 5:02 am
(1) Yvonne says:

Hi Yvonne, funny sounds just like me – i’m 43 and an yvonne too!!

May 12, 2009 at 5:44 am
(2) julez says:

Hey Yvonne,
That’s fantastic! That would also be a great way to let family members in on a way to know your signs of your swings. Some of them just need a visual, cause they just don’t get it. That really was great!!

May 12, 2009 at 7:00 am
(3) burrlady says:

oh yeah – that’s me. i’m organising our annual art exhibition, starting a writers group and starting up a bellydancing class. meanwhile i get the ideas when i’m “up” manic and have to carry them out when i’m “down” manic. life is chaotic enough but i’m also doing a meds changeover after 5 years. ain’t life grand lol

May 12, 2009 at 10:31 am
(4) Margaret says:

Funny, chuckle, TRUE!!!

May 13, 2009 at 4:39 am
(5) Linda says:

I’m tired and I can’t sleep.
I’m wired and I have no energy.
I’m hungry and I can’t eat.
I itch and I can’t scratch.
I’m hot and no matter how cool I make the house, it’s not cool enough and I’m hot at the same time.

Does this describe manic depressive? I have more but it’s just more of the same. And I’m much better now that I’m on meds. At least now I’m not spending the mortgage payment on purses and shoes. Have a nice day.

May 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm
(6) trisha says:

I just wish I could copy and paste….the visual is helpful….thanks…I get so damned tired of explaining myself…does anyone else?

July 14, 2009 at 6:51 am
(7) ellieme says:

so me…had a manic episode a week ago and i can feel my mood drasticly dropping…pow

July 28, 2009 at 9:44 pm
(8) Carol says:

I do have it since i was born. I am 30 this year from Singapore.

August 19, 2009 at 11:12 am
(9) Karen says:

This image is so perfect. Nice to see a picture that shows I’m not alone in some of the things I struggle with when I’m in different phases.

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