... I went through a very lethargic period ... I was just sort of getting through every night and every day.

From the moment we walk out the door until we come back home our sensibilities are so assaulted by the world that we have to soak up as much love as we can get, simply to arm ourselves.

Women who put on a few pounds after starting lithium sometimes say the cure is worse than the disease. The weight gain shoots them straight into depression.

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

I was just sort of moving through time.

I know that without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my creativity in such a successful way.

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks