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	<title>Bipolar Survivor &#187; Opening Post</title>
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	<description>Get an inside look at what its like to have bipolar disorder with Michele Soloway Sexton.  Michele, a survivor herself, shares regularly on the ups and downs of dealing with the disorder, along with personal insights, lessons learned, and encouragement for others who also have bipolar disorder.</description>
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		<title>Bipolar: Same Time Next Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to have a problem, could be called &#8220;Same Time Next Year.&#8221;  It meant that every year at the same time I would go into a bipolar episode.  It was like I couldn&#8217;t help myself.  Like the moon and stars would align themselves or something, I don&#8217;t know.  Not really.  But I would get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Bipolar Day</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/a-good-bipolar-day/704/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a good bipolar day.  Nothing exciting.  Nothing new.  Nothing happening at all, in fact.  So what makes it such a good day?  The fact that my bipolar disorder seems to be &#8220;in remission&#8221; is what makes this a good bipolar day. Today I have no active symptoms of my bipolar disorder.  And that, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like a Bipolar Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/like-a-bipolar-dog/702/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to live life like my dog.  I&#8217;m sure she has bipolar disorder.  She is moody.  But mostly she&#8217;s just this bundle of joy.  She just attacks life.  Like her biggest worry is whether I&#8217;m going to feed her in the morning.  Like why should she worry about it?  She gets fed at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar Day Off</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/bipolar-day-off/699/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life never gives you  a day off, so neither does your bipolar disorder.  But there was a point when my doctor actually ordered me to take a day off at least once a week &#8211; a day where I did absolutely nothing.  But, believe me, that was hard for me to do. See, at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar Changes in the New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, it&#8217;s a brand new year, a blank slate &#8211; so what am I going to do with it?  What changes am I going to make for the coming year?  These are the questions I ask myself every New Year&#8217;s, as I consider (yet again) whether I&#8217;m going to make any resolutions this year or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar After Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/bipolar-after-christmas/694/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s after Christmas, and I had another great one.  I hope you did too.  I got everything I wanted this year, and then some (I have a great husband, who knows what I like - of course it didn&#8217;t hurt that I gave him a &#8220;list&#8221;!).  The important thing was that I gave everyone else [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cherishing Bipolar Stability</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I were just reminiscing about times when we were hospitalized for bipolar episodes in the past &#8211; not happy times, to be sure.  Things are so much better these days, and I am so cherishing my stability with my bipolar disorder, as it has been years since I had a bipolar episode [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar at the Holiday Season</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/bipolar-at-the-holiday-season/690/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we put up our Christmas tree.  It&#8217;s not as hard to have bipolar disorder at the holidays this year as it has been in previous years.  Some years I practically went manic with all the holiday preparations, other years I was depressed because of unmet expectations and not being able to see my parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change is Necessary with Bipolar Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/change-is-necessary-with-bipolar-disorder/687/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got my hair cut the other day.  No biggie, right?  Well, for me it was.  I don&#8217;t do change very well.  Not too good for someone with bipolar disorder, because change is a necessary evil for those of us with bipolar.  Change is just inevitable with life in general, but especially for us. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Thanks Despite Bipolar Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/giving-thanks-despite-bipolar-disorder/685/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so it&#8217;s put me in the mind to give thanks today.  Today I am most thankful for my sobriety, my stability, and my serenity. I am also thankful that I have a wonderful supporter &#8211; my best friend and husband &#8211; who also has bipolar disorder, and always knows exactly what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar and Grateful for Life</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/bipolar-and-grateful-for-life/683/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, the son of the woman upstairs from me was killed in a driveby shooting.  A senseless killing.  It has devastated our closeknit apartment complex.  You see, Jose was only 17. The thing is, it&#8217;s not like we live in a gang-infested area, either.  This just shouldn&#8217;t have happened here!  That&#8217;s what&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Bipolar Day Not Necessarily Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/bad-bipolar-day-not-necessarily-bad/680/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was feeling kinda down.  I just had a bad bipolar day.  It was one of those days where everything was wrong but nothing was wrong.  If you have bipolar disorder, I&#8217;m sure you know what I mean.  We all have days like that.  I just call them bad bipolar days. The thing about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Substance Abuse and Bipolar Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/substance-abuse-and-bipolar-disorder/678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are dually diagnosed.  In other words, they have a substance abuse disorder along with their bipolar disorder.  I am one of those people.  Even though I have been clean and sober for over 8 years now, I still can never forget where I came from and what I am. I had thought I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar &#8211; Getting Better With Age?</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/bipolar-getting-better-with-age/676/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/bipolar-getting-better-with-age/676/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom has bipolar disorder like I do.  Her psychiatrist told her that her bipolar will get worse as she gets older.  Now, I&#8217;m not sure that I agree with that &#8211; but I&#8217;m not a psychiatrist, so who am I to argue? All I know is what has happened to me.  I don&#8217;t know, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing Over the Horizon with Bipolar</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsurvivorblog/seeing-over-the-horizon-with-bipolar/673/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to see over the horizon when you&#8217;re dealing with bipolar disorder.  Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to see anything but what&#8217;s just in front of you.  I was thinking about that today, when I was thinking about my husband and his recovery from the major car accident he had back in April, where he [...]]]></description>
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