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		<title>Happy Stable New Year</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2012/01/01/happy-stable-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Year is here; 2012 has landed. I never make New Year resolutions but I always have a wish for the year ahead and this year I want to have the stablest year I&#8217;ve had for a very long time. Wouldn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2012/01/01/happy-stable-new-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=573&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>hills and valleys, a trip with bipolar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve been switching between lows and highs within the one day. I&#8217;ve had Mixed State episodes a number of times where I can be hypomanic yet crying but this time I&#8217;m ultradian cycling. Ultradian cycling is where you experience multiple &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/12/04/hills-and-valleys-a-trip-with-bipolar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=536&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>stupid drivers and foolhardy pedestrians</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/10/10/stupid-drivers-and-foolhardy-pedestrians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zephyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been living recently with both depression and panic attacks but they&#8217;re not my friends, they&#8217;re my enemies. I have to fight them in order to function and gain some sort of normality in my life. The depression has been with &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/10/10/stupid-drivers-and-foolhardy-pedestrians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=529&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>my week with valdoxan</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/09/02/523/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week from hell! My psych decided to risk the fact that Valdoxan might flip me into mania and gave me a sample pack to take for a week. He did a lot of further research before taking this step and, &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/09/02/523/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=523&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>another med I can&#8217;t have &#8211; Valdoxan</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/08/15/another-med-i-cant-have-valdoxan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zephyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My psych has researched the possibility of prescribing Valdoxan, including speaking to the drug company. It seems that, like other medications, it could well make me switch into mania. How annoying and disappointing. However, he wants a second opinion and &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/08/15/another-med-i-cant-have-valdoxan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=518&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Valdoxan, circadian rhythms and good conversation</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/07/06/valdoxan-circadian-rhythms-and-good-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zephyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was an interesting session with my pdoc. As usual we covered the &#8220;how was your week&#8221; question, sleep quality and meds. My mood has been up and down: High energy and enthusiasm one hour, depressed, crying and lethargic the &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/07/06/valdoxan-circadian-rhythms-and-good-conversation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=511&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>depression and frustration</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/06/27/depression-and-frustration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zephyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m frustrated, really bloody frustrated! Firstly because I&#8217;ve been horribly depressed since my flying-so-high-I&#8217;m-fantastic mania. Damn medication is not working and I&#8217;m so sick of trying to drag myself out of bed each day just to do nothing because my motivation level &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/06/27/depression-and-frustration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=492&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>my caring psychiatrist</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/06/14/my-caring-psychiatrist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had my first post-manic, post-scheduling session with my psychiatrist. I was very apprehensive as my behaviour last week had been so bad and I really thought he might say that it would be better if he referred me &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/06/14/my-caring-psychiatrist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=485&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>how to get scheduled</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/06/11/how-to-get-scheduled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My crazy week got worse, much worse. Yesterday I became severely hypomanic again just before another appointment with my psych. I could feel it coming on when I woke up and it gradually got worse. Sitting in the waiting room &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/06/11/how-to-get-scheduled/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=472&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>my crazy week</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/06/08/my-crazy-week-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zephyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OMG, what a week! I went into a really bad mixed affective state! Crazy, crazy, crazy bipolar woman. One the first day I was flying high as a kite, the bouncing off the walls experience of hypomania. I remember that &#8230; <a href="http://bipolarreality.net/2011/06/08/my-crazy-week-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=440&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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