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		<title>The preface &amp; first chapter of my book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would welcome any and all feedback!  Thanks in advance for reading&#8230;I have more chapters on the way. Quest for Rest: My Surprising Struggle with Postpartum Mania, Hypergraphia and Bipolar Disorder Preface As a writer, it has always been my dream to write a book, but I thought I had nothing substantial to contribute to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=125&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What a difference a med makes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still quite can&#8217;t believe it!  I started taking Geodon with lithium a few weeks ago, and it has been working for me.  This is such a miracle, and I am hoping that it isn&#8217;t too good to be true.  I am feeling more like my &#8220;old&#8221; (pre-diagnosis) self again.  I want to be around [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=114&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here drinking coffee at the ungodly hour of 6:00 a.m., I&#8217;m trying to figure out how to just write a simple post!  I haven&#8217;t done this regularly in 3 years, and I&#8217;d like to get back into it.   Perhaps it&#8217;s because I just turned down a professional blogging job for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=94&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expectations can backfire&#8230;duh!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday I had a really intense experience meeting with a renowned genius of a female shrink.  Her many qualifications would make up a lengthy post; trust me, she&#8217;s brilliant.  She&#8217;s a kind person too  - not an arrogant bitch like the one I met with at a local nuthouse.  So on Friday Madame Shrink [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=91&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It is time to write again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dyane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t written in this blog forever&#8230;and that&#8217;s not good for me. I&#8217;ve always been one to pour my thoughts out into a journal ever since I was a pre-teen. I stopped journaling after the bipolar diagnosis, or &#8220;B Day&#8221;. I want to return to writing about my feelings in living with bipolar and anxiety [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=82&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emails to my Mom&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dyane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks Mom, for your latest email. I am so happy about Obama.  His speech last night was amazing. I understand why you wrote the way you did (see her email below) about labels.  However, I feel that labels can sometimes help&#8230;.although the word &#8220;bipolar&#8221; (and the term &#8220;manic depression&#8221;) both sound off-putting and are extremely stigmatized [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=77&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My song &#8220;The End of the Day&#8221; about having bipolar disorder&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://proudlybipolar.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/my-song-the-end-of-the-day-about-having-bipolar-disorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past 20+ years I have written songs, and played a wee bit of guitar.  I also have sung at local open mikes, performances and in the UCSC Concert Choir, once upon a time. I wrote the following song &#8220;The End of the Day&#8221; when I was in solitary confinement at the hospital in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=71&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What happened October 15th, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day began well. I jumped out of bed with anticipation, after sleeping soundly through the night. (That in itself was a huge accomplishment, as I had only slept between 2 hours and 6 hours for weeks on end.) But my life soon started to go awry.  First I had what I call a &#8220;freak-out&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=69&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Before I post my latest adventure, here&#8217;s a spiel about shame &amp; pride in having bipolar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! It is very interesting to gauge people&#8217;s responses when I tell them I have bipolar disorder. I have been telling many people who I encounter that I have it, and I oftentimes hand out our support group flyers too &#8212; and it is such a relief for me to &#8220;come out&#8221;. One of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proudlybipolar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5118933&amp;post=66&amp;subd=proudlybipolar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Check back here for a riveting story&#8230;it starts when I was handcuffed by four (yes, four!) police officers last Wednesday&#8230;I&#8217;ll be back later this week to share the adventure with you.</title>
		<link>http://proudlybipolar.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/check-back-here-for-a-riveting-storyit-starts-when-i-was-handcuffed-by-four-yes-four-police-officers-last-wednesdayill-be-back-later-this-week-to-share-the-adventure-with-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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