Comments: More on The STAR-D Study
I have three friends with bipolar disorder, and one of them isn't doing very well.
She was at Barnard for one semester and then had to come back home becuase she was so depressed that she coudln't go to her classes and coudln't really function in any regard.
So now she's at Seattle U where she is still, despite her brilliance, is getting C's and D's as there are some days where she can't even get out of bed.
But then she does get extremely manic too. She and I were at Barnes and Noble the other day, and she was so off the wall, that she trying to put ice cubes in my hair, while giggling and screaching.
The worst part of it all, is that she really percieves her bipolar as ruining her life. When I started telling her all about the college program that I got into, she got all sad saying, "I used to be smart too...".
Poor thing! My heart really goes out for her. And she's such a good person -- she's kind, sweet, great with kids -- she's the best. I love her.
I really think bipolar disorder is so much more dibliating than schizophrenia. With schizophrenia, you get on the right medication and you're perfectly fine (like me). Bipolar on the other hand, really hampers your life in a very acute way.
People with bipolar suffer so much.
Posted by Gwen at March 26, 2006 10:15 AM