How Do You See Your Bipolar Disorder?
Friday October 19, 2007
Magic Angel, a member of our forums, asks, “I wonder how you see your BP. As a curse? Just bad luck? A hidden gift? I have some thoughts that this is something to trigger me to take my next step in my spiritual development. What do you think? Is there a meaning?” Join Magic Angel in her discussion.
These are questions people often ask about having this disorder. We’ve gathered some of these into a series called Bipolar Disorder Is ... The answers to these questions each contain a unique perspective. If you have bipolar disorder, you will feel less alone reading these answers; if you care for someone who is bipolar, you will gain a deeper understanding of the illness.
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BIPOLAR DIDORDER IS: Losing what was ME at the tender age of 20, and living medicated through three hospitalizations, until I reach the giddy old age of 59. I had my dream job at 20 - working in the U.S. Senate in D.C., and losing it ALL (fiance, first apartment, identify), until I was finally diagnosed at 30 with bipolar disorder. It is flights of fancy and delusions of grandeur and spirituality that STILL dominate my subconscious, especially when I am with my bipolar friends. I wish I COULD go back to 1968 and START ALL OVER AGAIN. Finally found out (I’m adopted), that my maternal grandfather was parnoid schizophrenic, so I was doomed from the beginning - my genes are in CONTROL. Bipolar disorder had become the “designer disease” of the Millenium - there are more people, and children, diagnosed now than ever before. It seems if you don’t have it, then you DO know someone who does. GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE…