God of Hope - This Bipolar's Right Hand

My Christian faith edifies my soul in ways that help me keep my bipolar symptoms in check and under control. This is being demonstrated to me now. I am in a much better place than when I wrote about faith last March.

I am in a place of increasing bipolar depression following my recent twin peaks manic episode. It's a fight against what seems inevitable. After every manic episode I have had there has been a follow-on deep depression.

These post-mania depressive episodes are not simply periods of sadness, remorse, guilt, or low self esteem that pass after a short time. They are long (years) periods of all consuming depression that rock my core.

Manic Twin Peaks

Well, I thought I was coming off mania when I posted back on June 19th. It turns out I had another manic run lasting about two weeks.

I thought I was coming off the last mania but it seems it was just the lull before another storm. I came crashing off this entire manic episode starting on July 4th. It was my worst Fourth of July ever.

Maniacal Activity But I'm Back!

After I crashed in late May and early June things responded and came flying back in a flurry of obscure but quite fun activity.

It came on like a tornado. It came out of nowhere and touched down long enough to draw attention but not long enough to cause mayhem.

The awesome news is that I bounced back from the twisting manic fury in record time without much undue burden on the family and friends I rely on so much.

The conversion from mania to the normal realm can be tricky. My infallable pattern is for major depression after mania.

But this time I'm BACK!  No major depression so far!!! Praise to God that I lived through another one!