What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder Quotes

“Every mentally ill person should have two goals with their medication: ​1. It makes the mental illness manageable. ​2. It makes their life livable.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“I choose psych meds today because I want a better tomorrow.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Bipolar Disorder, if left unchecked, also causes physical degeneration of certain sections of the brain which cause the Disorder to get worse with age.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Unwell cycles do not move in straight lines. There are ups and downs.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“A trigger specifically relates to a circumstance that causes the person's mind to depart from their baseline operational range into an unwell cycle.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“20%+ suicide rates in untreated Bipolars, 10+ years shaved off of your natural lifespan, and the clusterfuck that your life becomes as a result of instability.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Mental wellness is a marathon, not a sprint. It doesn't come overnight. Whatever we can do to survive the long haul, the ups and downs that will come with it, the better chance we have to come to a successful conclusion.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Depression is a void, an emptiness, nothingness. It is a black hole that devours anything and everything it touches, positive or negative, including sadness.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a theory presented by Abraham Maslow in the 1943 paper “A Theory of Human Motivation”.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Excessive, inappropriate guilt or feelings of worthlessness; believing things that are not true.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Decreased ability to process, think, or concentrate; or indecisiveness nearly every day”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“A person with Bipolar Disorder or Depression cannot trust their own brain.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Hypomania and mania can feel great, just as good as any drug.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Each Bipolar person experiences the Disorder in a different way.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Rapid Cycling is defined as having four or more unwell cycles in the span of 12 months.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Type 1 Bipolars experience mania, which typically includes psychotic symptoms. Type 2 Bipolars experience hypomania, which is a milder form of escalation with no psychotic symptoms. Cyclothemics experience brief cycles of hypomania and their depressive cycles are not as severe as a Type 1 or Type 2. NOS Bipolars fall on the spectrum but do not necessarily have consistent symptoms.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Types that fall under the Bipolar Disorder umbrella include Type 1, Type 2, Cyclothemia, and Not Otherwise Specified (NOS).”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“The DSM-3 added Bipolar Type 2 and Rapid Cycling. Today, there are four different types of Bipolar Disorder with different components acknowledged in the DSM-5.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“The DSM-3 added Bipolar Type 2 and Rapid Cycling. Today, there are four different types of Bipolar Disorder with different components acknowledged in the DSM-”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“In 1980, Manic-Depression was reclassified as Bipolar Disorder in the DSM-3.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“It was German psychologist Emil Kraepelin that coined the phrase “manic depressive psychosis” in the late 19th century.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“earliest mention of this mental illness was over a thousand years ago in 'The Canon of Medicine' by the Persian thinker, Avicenna.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Many people wrongly believe that Bipolar Disorder is a new or made up mental illness.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Mood Disorders may also be known as Affective Disorders.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Bipolar Disorder is part of the family of Mood Disorders, along with Depression and Anxiety.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“No one experiences mental illness in exactly the same way.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“Fear and stigma drive many of our decisions. Those fears can be dispelled with reality and truth. That does not mean it will be easy.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“I have found it is common for Bipolar people to be misdiagnosed as Depressed with an Anxiety Disorder. It makes sense because a lot of escalated symptoms can look like an anxiety disorder.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder

“​The people at work just see the outgoing, hard working, charismatic, and idea-driven side. They don't see the screaming at the loved ones or children, the inability to be patient, draining bank accounts, exploding personal relationships, or the inability to sleep at night.”
― Dennis Heil, What They Don't Tell You About Bipolar Disorder