Episode 1: The Deluded Menace

I categorize my Bipolar episodes into manic and depressive but I only really count the manic ones.  My first one happened after flying to the USA on a student exchange programme and becoming over excited and eventually into a very deluded person with very grandiose ideas.  I was taken away from my host family by police and to a hospital where I was tested and found to have Bipolar disorder.  My dad had to come out from the USA to get me, so lucky we had all the appropriate insurances.  

I was the happiest I'd been in my life - some of it was probably the disorder but the USA for me was wonderful.  My judgement was probably clouded my the disorder though.  Just imagine Disneyland on a manic high and you'll get an idea of what I was getting up to.  The lows that I was to face in the coming months were unprecedented in my head.  

My treatment plans are better these days but if you don't take your tablets you will have an episode I've been told and the doctor's have been right twice so far when tablets haven't been taken prior to a manic episode.

But that's for another day.  Keep balanced my friends.  I feel I have so much to share, I don't wanna share it all at once.  Bookmark the blog or plug it into Google Reader or be sure to comment to tell me what you want me to write about. 

P.S. I will be talking about the following things in future posts:  "Bipolar and Creativity ", "Famous People with Bipolar Disorder" and "Bipolar Medication and Weight Gain".