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		<title>can I cope with change?</title>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2012/04/08/can-i-cope-with-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a long delay in my blogging again, mainly caused by the swinging of moods, a merry-go-round of meds and the general see-sawing of life. As you can see I&#8217;m in the kiddies&#8217; playground at the moment &#8212; some fun, some falling over in tears and a lot of stupid immaturity (at 55!). It&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarreality.net&amp;blog=8820821&amp;post=633&amp;subd=labboyz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Stable New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zephyr</dc:creator>
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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 that be wonderful! The constant cycling I was having has been replaced by depression and [...]<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>
		<link>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/12/04/hills-and-valleys-a-trip-with-bipolar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zephyr</dc:creator>
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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 mood swings in one day. It is not officially recognised in the DSM-IV yet most [...]<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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zephyr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bipolarreality.net/?p=529</guid>
		<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 me for a long time now, apart from one recent episode of full-on mania and [...]<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, based on all the literature plus information from the pharmaceutical company, came to the conclusion that the [...]<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>
		<comments>http://bipolarreality.net/2011/08/15/another-med-i-cant-have-valdoxan/#comments</comments>
		<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 I&#8217;m seeing a colleague of his at the end of August. I really do not [...]<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 next. Partly due to bipolar mood changes, partly due to environmental factors and my inner [...]<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 is at zero. My concentration is crap and my memory is stuffed; all I want [...]<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 to someone else. I&#8217;m also terribly depressed after my experience at the hospital and also [...]<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 I was aware that the hypo was quickly becoming full-on. I was very agitated yet [...]<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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