Act Quote by Andy Behrman

Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up to normal…

— Tim Sandlin

The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and…

— Andy Behrman

“Bipolar disorder is about buying a dozen bottles of Heinz ketchup and all eight bottles of Windex in stock at the Food Emporium on…

— Andy Behrman

Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

But money spent while manic doesn't fit into the Internal Revenue Service concept of medical expense or business loss. So after mania, when most…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.

— Igor Stravinsky

One of the manifestations of depression for me is that I lose my will. And I thereby lose my ability to focus. I don't…

— Rachel Maddow

Manic depressive people often have incredible energy and a slightly skewed, but nonetheless valid, way of looking at things.

— Kathryn Lasky

But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is decimated, your…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“manic depression is the result of the sum of repetitiveness in life and expecting a different result.”

— Pieter Swaenepoel

I think almost all manic depressives exhibit some kind of criminal behaviour, even if it's something as minimal as shoplifting, but then they often…

— Andy Behrman

“My manias, at least in their early and mild forms, were absolutely intoxicating states that gave rise to great personal pleasure, an incomparable flow…

— Kay Redfield Jamison