That’s how long it’s been since my suicide attempt and my diagnosis as bipolar. I couldn’t be happier. My husband keeps me in check and makes sure I don’t get too manic or depressed. My psychiatrist has helped me get medication under patient assistance (I’m uninsured and taking 200mg Lamictal and it’s super expensive).
Overall, I’m pretty happy with the way I am. I no longer need to try to be “normal” because I am normal for me.
dandibandit's Life List
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1. finish a journal
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2. read more
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3. be more honest
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4. tour with a band
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5. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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6. ride the Amtrak
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7. Get my B.A.
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8. become a copy editor
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9. Travel to all 50 States
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10. be fluent in French
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11. Write every day
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12. consume less
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13. get published
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14. Simplify.
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15. stop procrastinating
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16. do work I enjoy
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17. live on the east coast
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18. Become a Polyglot
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19. publish a graphic novel
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20. Never stop learning
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21. Visit the Museum of Modern Art in NYC
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22. take less medicine
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23. visit each continent
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24. exhibit my photographs in a public place
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25. be more discerning
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26. see Motion City Soundtrack in concert
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27. have a career in journalism
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28. fast for ramadan
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29. write more letters by hand
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30. exercise more
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31. Write a book
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32. celebrate bipolar disorder
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33. see the Rocky Horror Picture Show
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34. see Wilco live.
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10 months ago
I’ve done it for the past two years…
I just realized that it’s ten days in. I guess I’ll have go into October.
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10 months ago
I wrote an article about students at my Christian college participating in Ramadan… unfortunately, my quote from the Qur’an was taken out.
