I was diagnosed as manic depressive 25years ago when you had to have severe mania and depression to get the diagnosis - there were no "degrees" of manic depression as there are today. I hold down a job, a marriage and I have raised two children, one of whom inherited this from me.
You can succeed despite manic depression. Is it easy? Hell, no. Are there crappy medication side effects and days that I don't want to get out of bed? Yup. But I do it anyway.
You may be sick of "it's treatable." I'm sick of people using it as an excuse to act like idiots and tar those of us who live despite it with the stigma.
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I was diagnosed as manic depressive 25years ago when you had to have severe mania and depression to get the diagnosis - there were no "degrees" of manic depression as there are today. I hold down a job, a marriage and I have raised two children, one of whom inherited this from me.
You can succeed despite manic depression. Is it easy? Hell, no. Are there crappy medication side effects and days that I don't want to get out of bed? Yup. But I do it anyway.
You may be sick of "it's treatable." I'm sick of people using it as an excuse to act like idiots and tar those of us who live despite it with the stigma.
January 19, 2010 - 8:16pmThis Comment
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