“manic depression is the result of the sum of repetitiveness in life and expecting a different result.” — Pieter Swaenepoel Copy Share Image
My manic depression was ravaging my life, but because nobody could see it, many people thought it was a figment of my… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
“Manic depression is like tunnel vision for the good things. But the trouble really begins when you're out of the tunnel. The… — Matthijs Desendere Copy Share Image
“It gets harder as times go by, because memory is the first casualty of manic depression. When I'm manic, all I remember… — Terry Cheney Copy Share Image
In total, I was diagnosed with depression by eight psychotherapists and psychiatrists over a period of thirteen years. Diagnosed wrong. Absolutely wrong.… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
I was diagnosed with ADD - see also: raised on sugary cereals and cartoons - and manic depression. So I was prescribed… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“The black devil and the blue devil: that was how he’d come to think of the two opposing sides of his nature.… — Grace Callaway Copy Share Image
The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
“I don’t exist metal pressed to pages spilling blood, ink in vein each thought rages Sunlight shooting through a forest of pines… — Abby Musgrove Copy Share Image
“In our family "whim-wham" is code, a defanged reference to any number of moods and psychological disorders, be they depressive, manic, or… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
“I know the empathy borne of despair; I know the fluidity of thought, the expansive, even beautiful, mind that hypomania brings, and… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“At least when I was an adult, I had a name for what was wrong with me: manic depression. It's easier to… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with… — Daniel Johnston Copy Share Image
You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“I now know for certain that my mind and emotions, my fix on the real and my family's well-being, depend on just… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of… — Adam Ant Copy Share Image
“I've got to that point in life when there's very few thrills and lots of pills seems we all end up this… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
I feel like schizoid is a precursor to schizophrenia or manic depression. I feel like I'm manic. I have parts of schizoid,… — Jim Shaw Copy Share Image
“Bipolar illness, manic depression, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis. That’s a nice way of saying you will feel so high that no street… — Christine F. Anderson Copy Share Image
The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
When you are mad, mad like this, you don't know it. Reality is what you see. When what you see shifts, departing… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
