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Aug. 31, 2023

Arriving September 10: Episode 4

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…

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Aug. 27, 2023

You Need to See a Psychiatrist

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…

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Aug. 11, 2023

Why a Podcast About Bipolar Disorder?

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 …

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