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Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert

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I'm a 26 year old guy living somewhere in England and the bits of my brain that deal with sleep and mood don't work properly. My current diagnosis is bipolar affective disorder (also known as manic depression). I'm also waiting to go to a sleep clinic where they might, if I'm very lucky, diagnose... Full Bio
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… by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder It’s been more than a year since my last post. And things are mostly good with me. But I have to write this and the place it needs to go is here. I’m still well. Thing ... Read on »
Swimming by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder Another milestone. I went swimming today. That probably doesn’t sound like much, but it was a huge step forward for me in a number of ways. Firstly, there’s the scars ... Read on »
Christmas with my parents by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder I’m coming to realise that my mother is just as broken a person, in her own way, as my father. She has a wheat allergy and fibromyalgia, but really I think that avoiding ... Read on »
Andrology by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder I went to the andrology lab to produce a semen sample today. I walked there after work, so I was still dressed in office clothes, which just made the whole thing even mo ... Read on »
Thanks For All The Fish by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder In a week’s time I’ll have been writing this blog for two years. When I started, I’d reached the point where all my efforts to fix myself had failed and I simply couldn’ ... Read on »
Teeth / Sperm by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder My wisdom tooth is gone. The process was incredibly painless. Seriously, the most painful bit was the injection(s) of anaesthetic. And they weren’t much more than a pinc ... Read on »
Back at Work by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder So that was my first week back at work. It went well. In fact it went by without any real incident, so it’s difficult to talk about in any detail. I have to go through t ... Read on »
back to work / teeth (again) / stew by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder I saw my therapist on Friday, which was pretty cool. So I did get to tell her how well things are going. And tomorrow I go back to work. Wow. My last day at work w ... Read on »
Mostly Good Stuff by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder There’s a lot going on at the moment, most of it good. So this is how life is meant to be? I had no idea. Over the last few weeks I’ve become more involved with my vo ... Read on »
Melatonin / infertility / cake by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder So the melatonin is still working. If I’m up late I’ll set my alarm to wake up at a reasonable time, but I find that mostly I wake up before it goes off. I’ve been havin ... Read on »
Sleep, substances, stuff by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder Sleepiness feels a lot like getting high. Not so much with the euphoria or itchiness, but there’s that opiate cotton-wool feeling, all wrapped-up, warm and fuzzy. I wond ... Read on »
The Sleep Disorder Vanishes by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder This is just ridiculous. It’s 11pm and I’m getting tired. I’ll be going to bed after I finish writing this. Nine days ago, it was 11pm and I was getting tired. In betwee ... Read on »
I’m a what now? by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder We think http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com is written by a woman.        Read on »
Glass Sleeper by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder Day two of the melatonin. Took it at 8 as scheduled. It’s 11 and I should be going to bed soon. I feel sleepy but not exhausted. The Seroquel, the temazepam, they made m ... Read on »
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Teeth, mind, sleep by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder My mouth is numb and my voice is slurred. No! I haven’t been on a weekend drinking binge (that’s next weekend), I’ve been to the dentist and had a back molar filled. I h ... Read on »
Things I’d say to me if I could go back in time and have a conversation with my younger self by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder So, kid, I’m you from 10 years in the future. Hard to believe? Well, let’s see… The worst moment in your life was when you twisted Polly’s arm and thought you’d broken i ... Read on »
Infertility update by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder So I went to my doctor today to get the results for my blood test. The weird low-FSH thing is now confirmed (the measurement was 0.8 mIU/ml; testosterone and LH were nor ... Read on »
See, this is why I hate the council by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder So my wisdom tooth is still firmly lodged in my mouth. Why? Because I was half an hour late to my appointment. Why was I half an hour late? Because I got lost on the way ... Read on »
Work/Money/Phone by Experimental Chimp .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Bipolar Disorder So yeah, the work thing on Wednesday went really well. I met with my manager (who is a different person to the manager I had last time I was there) and one of the two CS ... Read on »
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