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When a bipolar sufferer takes a positive attitude with manic-depressive bipolar disorder disease...

Bipolar Epiphany

If I don't sleep or choose to not take my
     med.'s in spite of my doctor's orders, I hear
     sinister voices whispering in my ears;
they unnerve me, because no one's nearby

(when I'm bipolar and failing to comply
     with doctor's advice). It's a b*tch, I fear, 
     being committed several times a year
while my whole life's put on total standby.

Life with this disorder is difficult:
     and thriving is the ultimate challenge,
a test to surmount and defeat—to exult
     in when I overcome it, and not cringe
from this disease as some unjust result
     of fate that has me grimly on the fringe.
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Gauthier Avatar
March 21, 2018 at 10:11 PM
Charming poem, Ngoc. I know someone who is bipolar. After a while, they seem to be bored with everything going smoothly and insist they don't need their meds anymore - what a nightmare after that.
Nguyen Avatar
March 22, 2018 at 6:35 AM
Yes, I have been there when it came to my med's. You feel well for a while and then you think you no longer need them and so you stop taking them and before you know it--you end up right back in the hospital again! I'm glad you like the poem and wish to thank you as well for commenting. I also wish your bipolar friend the best, so that he or she can get better. Ngoc.
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