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August 2008 
What has altered your life most dramatically?
Posted on Mar 22nd, 2008
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Inukshuk
Inukshuk
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for February 08, 2008:
The most recent and dramatic alteration in my life (November 2007) was a diagnosis by a psychiatrist of having bipolar affective disorder, II, rapid cycling, at age 51.
It is a chronic disorder (used to be called manic depression) and I will probably be on pills for the rest of my life. I was suicidal before Christmas because my medications hadn't been sorted yet (still a work in progress).
One thing I know for certain from my short experience being bipolar is that some of the billions going to cancer research should be directed instead to mental health facilities and staffing and research. Cancer (particularly breast cancer) is a popular cause; mental health issues are not.
It is a chronic disorder (used to be called manic depression) and I will probably be on pills for the rest of my life. I was suicidal before Christmas because my medications hadn't been sorted yet (still a work in progress).
One thing I know for certain from my short experience being bipolar is that some of the billions going to cancer research should be directed instead to mental health facilities and staffing and research. Cancer (particularly breast cancer) is a popular cause; mental health issues are not.
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