So she's often so excited, then so scared?

So she's a Sovereign Citizen, then?

That's an interesting symptom of bi-polar disorder. While many instances of those suffering from bi-polar are exemplified by highs of extreme energy and low periods which often show themselves as low energy, (for example: lethargy or apathy), it's rare that your low energy period manifests itself as near commatose.

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At least she's not dead from stomach cancer like the other girl from Family Matters.

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And I thought she would turn out to be the normal one. Nope. Batshiat crazy.

doczoidberg: Don't worry. This chick will soon be pumped so full of brain medications that she'll never want to say or write anything interesting again.

I'm not sure that she's said or written anything interesting to begin with.

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And I thought she would turn out to be the normal one. Nope. Batshiat crazy.

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Those books look like the product of a manic episode. One of the interesting things about bi-polar disorder is that for people suffering from it, their depressed state is often actually the more functional one. Sure, they hate everything and have no motivation, but they also tend to have a more realistic view of the world and their own abilities - if they can make themselves use them.

The same individuals during manic episodes, on the other hand...

While they demonstrate boundless energy, they are also grandiose, unfocused, and often attempt things well beyond their capabilities, with little or no ability to recognize actual success. Everything seems like a brilliant insight.

So yeah. Those books look like she wrote them during a manic episode, and hasn't come down enough yet to recognize what they actually are - a symptom of an uncontrolled problem, rather than examples of brilliance as an author.

mesmer242: Poor girl. Hope she gets some help soon.

Or at least an editor.

What,the,fark,did,I,just,read?

Reminds me of the prison letter ramblings of Charles Manson, only she's making even less sense. I can actually sort of follow what Manson is trying to say. When you're crazier than a crazy person who's been in near solitary confinement for 40 years, someone needs to get you help.

indylaw: KiltedBastich: The same individuals during manic episodes, on the other hand...

While they demonstrate boundless energy, they are also grandiose, unfocused, and often attempt things well beyond their capabilities, with little or no ability to recognize actual success. Everything seems like a brilliant insight.

That's more than just mania, although it does seem pretty grandiose. The intermittent use of commas for every word and the use of words that aren't really words suggest some sort of thought disorder. It's not as if she's trying to use real words and is just a bad speller. She's making up words on the fly, and with no apparent meaning. If she kept that up for two books and still persists in thinking she's published something meaningful, I'm thinking schizophrenia.

Actually, manic episodes in individuals suffering from bi-polar disorder do resemble mild delusional schizophrenia. They tend to be disorganized and unable to recognize the actual quality of their efforts. This is theorized to be because both disorders are related to dopamine levels in the brain. The differences between the two disorders are in the other symptoms. Manic episodes in bi-polar disorder show high energy and grandiosity along with the disorganized thinking, and are interspersed with the depressive episodes where the person is more grounded but shows all the symptoms of major depression.

By contrast, a person suffering from delusional schizophrenia is likely to have a more stable pattern of emotional behavior (can still be depressed or upset, mind you, schizophrenia's not fun for the sufferer) and their cognitive problems are also more stable, that is, they are consistent in their expression, not variable with mood. Basically, schizophrenia sucks, but once you have diagnosed and evaluated the symptoms a given individual has, its sufferers tends not to show the same extreme variability between states as an individual with bi-polar disorder does. Of course, co-morbidity does happen from time to time. Nothing's ever a guarantee with mental illness.

Remember that mood affects your reasoning as well. I'm willing to bet she thought she was being "avant-garde" and "original" in her use of commas and inventing words. Writing stuff like this is very much in keeping with manic behaviour, and if her ego is big enough and she lacks critical self-evaluation skills, she might not be able to tell the difference herself.

indylaw: doczoidberg: Personally, I think they're better off without the pills.

You occasionally hear that argument, that the cure is worse than the disease, and I suppose it depends on the type and severity of the symptoms, but given the choice between taking nasty pills or ending up in jail because I started shouting threats at imaginary villains at the mall, or withdrawing my family's life savings in order to invest in peanut shells, I'd choose the pills.

You say that, but consider Depakote, which is used to treat bipolar. It turns you into a zombie. Patients sleep 16-18+ hours a day, and are sluggish and "not all there" when they are awake, they eat more than normal, and many I've spoken to are semi-aware of how much they lose on Depakote - the others cannot even tell when/how badly they let themselves go.

It's a scary thing, and I've seen it happen (used to work at a psych facility in Baltimore), too many times. It's tough to walk that line - on the one hand, you really don't want people being medicated zombies for months and years at a time (it's just cruel), but you also don't want loose cannons aimed in every direction.

If you're taking Depakote, it's probably because you've got more than a touch of the crazy. Best to stay on it until the coats step you down to something less up-farking.