bipolar type II Archives

I Spoke in Public!

Thank you, Lianne Sauvage, for inviting me to share my mental health journey at Belmont High School's Mental Health Assembly! For my speech, I adapted content from My Bipolar Thoughts, my memoir work-in-progress. [...]

Kitt O'Malley2022-09-09T16:29:28-07:00May 26th, 2019|Categories: Acceptance, Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Memoir, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Health Blogging, Mental Illness, Mood Cycling, Motherhood, Psychosis, Psychotic Thought Process, Public Speaking, Stigma|Tags: #amwriting, acceptance, amspeaking, Bipolar, bipolar disorder, bipolar thought process, bipolar type II, mental health advocacy, mental health month, Public speaking, purpose|26 Comments

Diagnosing Bipolar II #DavidLeite #NotesOnABanana
Diagnosing Bipolar II #DavidLeite #NotesOnABanana

Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Medication, Mental Illness, Mood Cycling

Diagnosing Bipolar II #DavidLeite #NotesOnABanana

Quoted excellent psychiatric diagnostic interview for bipolar II from Chapter 33 of David Leite's Notes on a Banana - a Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression.

Kitt O'Malley2017-05-04T13:31:38-07:00May 4th, 2017|Categories: Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Medication, Mental Illness, Mood Cycling|Tags: bipolar 2, bipolar II, bipolar type II, diagnostic criteria, misdiagnosis|42 Comments

Not Just Dysthymia

Not until I was 39, was I diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. I am now 50. At 39, I recognized the symptoms of mania in myself, euphoria, the feeling of being called by God [...]