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Clusters – This world is a cruel place

by Nicole Lyons2 Comments on Clusters – This world is a cruel place

Thank you to Feminine Collective for publishing this piece about how bipolar disorder often feels. Clusters

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Six Words

by Nicole Lyons12 Comments on Six Words

It's amazing how much can be said, or not said, in six little words.  

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Twenty-six Pages

by Nicole Lyons9 Comments on Twenty-six Pages
Twenty-six Pages

  Remember when I said I was going to get the pharmacist to print out every single medication I have been prescribed since 2012? Well here it is and it is a whopping 26 pages long. There is shit on here that I had to Google, absolutely no fucking clue what it was, and no recollection [...]

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My Brain is on Fire

by Nicole Lyons11 Comments on My Brain is on Fire

I asked for this medication change. I needed this medication change, but that doesn't make the initial effects of this medication change any easier to deal with. Yesterday was particularly brutal for me. How is it possible for one's head to simultaneously feel so bloody heavy that it's weighing your entire body down yet at [...]

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When Triggers are Everywhere | Embracing Balance

by Nicole Lyons7 Comments on When Triggers are Everywhere | Embracing Balance
When Triggers are Everywhere | Embracing Balance

Source: When Triggers are Everywhere | Embracing Balance

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WARNING! Who’s In Charge of YOUR Stability?

by Nicole Lyons28 Comments on WARNING! Who’s In Charge of YOUR Stability?

“I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.” ― Kahlil Gibran, The Madman For the past four years, my psychiatrists (I’ve had a couple) have deemed it not only necessary, but absolutely crucial, that [...]

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Focusing Agitated Manic Energy, Who Knew?

by Nicole Lyons8 Comments on Focusing Agitated Manic Energy, Who Knew?

Picture "Racing Thoughts" by Anapontes deviantart.com Isn’t it funny, ok not funny as in ha ha funny, how they use the same word in drug and alcohol addiction as they do when talking about slipping out of the stable zone in mental illness? The word I’m talking about is; Relapse. "A relapse is said to [...]

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Mania: Everything That Makes Sense Until it Doesn’t

by Nicole Lyons17 Comments on Mania: Everything That Makes Sense Until it Doesn’t

Practicing self-care when it comes to Bipolar Disorder means that not only do I take my meds and see my doctor regularly, but also over the years I've learned a few tricks to help get me by. These are simple things that make my life, and the lives of the people in mine, much easier. My [...]

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A Bipolar Nemesis: Daylight Savings Time

by Nicole Lyons8 Comments on A Bipolar Nemesis: Daylight Savings Time

In the world of bipolar disorder, being stable for months can be a pretty awesome feat. My meds had been at the lowest dose possible--yay me! I was seeing my psychiatrist regularly, which is both infuriating and insightful, and practicing mindfulness daily. It sounds a lot easier than it really is. As a result, I [...]