Art Trip to a Bipolar Mind
It’s not raining outside, but I am having a “jumping in puddles” kind of day. For me that’s when it feels like a switch has turned on and I find myself actively moving through my day with sheer happiness. I am jumping from one activity to another, from sweeping, to…
I usually wake up each morning with a sense of dread that I just have to battle in order to get on with my day.…
It’s been four days since I stopped taking Olanzapine per doctors orders, and I have been only on Vraylar and Prozac. I had one more…
Day 13 of my medication change: I have been sleeping well, and that is helping to keep me in the range of normal to mildly…
Day seven of the medication change: It’s becoming clear that I am having fairly rapid mood shifts over the course of a few days. Friday…

I’m Alicia, the creator and author behind this blog. I’m an artist living with bipolar disorder. I write because it soothes my soul.