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
“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
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 didn't realize there was a ranking." I said. "Sadie frowned. "What do you mean?" "A ranking," I said. "You know, what's… — Michael Thomas Ford 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
“When I am high I couldn’t worry about money if I tried. So I don’t. The money will come from somewhere; I… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
If I were to peruse a survey of label options, as they exist now, they either sound like a time bomb disorder… — Paul Dalio 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
“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
“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
“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma… — Carrie Fisher 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
“[ ] manic sex isn't really intercourse. It's dicourse, just another way to ease the insatiable need for contact and communication. In… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar… — Ned Beatty Copy Share Image
I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] ... and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Depression is a painfully slow, crashing death. Mania is the other extreme, a wild roller coaster run off its tracks, an eight… — David Lovelace 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
“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting… — Sylvia Plath 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
“Suddenly I wanted to get better. Mania wasn't fun anymore. It wasn't creative or visionary. It was mean parody at best, a… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
“For some reason the word “chronic” often has to be explained. It does not mean severe, though many chronic conditions can be… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had… — Charley Pride 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've been accustomed to mysteries, holy and otherwise, since I was a child. Some of us care for orphans, amass fortunes, raise… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image