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Episode 6: "Day Hospital" has been released into the wild. This episode wraps up the story started in "Commitment," a three part tale of self-committal in a mental health facility in a large metro area twenty years ago. Next time, in Episode 7, we&…

The events described in "No Exit" represent a turning point in my life. It was the end of my old life, and the beginning of a new one. Diagnosed accurately after a decade, I could finally move forward with my life. Very slowly forward. The first ste…

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“Commitment” is about a broken commitment leading to a self-commitment. I had two fairly detailed, though incomplete, journals along with some actual memory to work from. Even so, much of what I wrote is about Bob: I called Bob, Bob call…

Episode 4 of Polarized Lens is coming Sunday, September 10, 2023. "Commitment" begins the story of my hospitalization in 2004 at a private mental health facility. While not exactly recent, my stay may shed some light on what to expect when you seek…

Episode 3 is by no means a unique story. A diagnosis of major depression with anxiety was standard before the bipolar II diagnosis came out in the DSM-IV and for a few years after when all the doctors starting slowly realizing, no, that's bipolar II…

Listed below are some resources you might find helpful in your search for a qualified psychiatrist: Websites American Psychiatric Association, Find a Psychiatrist My Psychiatrist, 10 Tips for Choosing a Psychiatrist NAMI, Finding the Best Psyc…

Here's a list of resources for Episode 2: Bipolar Disorder in no particular order: American Psychiatric Association, What Are Bipolar Disorders? Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, What Is Bipolar Disorder? David J. Miklo…

I have bipolar disorder. So, why am I telling you this? Why am I telling the world in a podcast? Well, it's not the first time I've done so. At some point between 2005 and 2010, I had a WordPress blog called This Is Your Brain on Lithium in which I …