I just had a brother die of pancreatic cancer. It was tragic in the sense of the human suffering, three children and a wife left behind. I really miss him already. It will be a week on wednesday.

At one point I was trying to sleep and my head would not turn off. I started to get a little uneasy that I would have a relapse even though I am on meds. My sleeping patterns have changed, cannot get to sleep, and sleeping a lot during the day.

Stress can really really mess a bipolar person up. Its like scrambling all the neurons that one has worked so hard to stabilize with medication.

I have a brother who has schizoaffective/bipolar disorder. Two diagnoses.
At the funeral I told my DAd that he was getting irritated and could cause a scene.
His remark was...."should we give him some more medication ?" Then he remembered who he was talking to so he stopped.

I am sure glad Tom Cruise is not my Doctor.

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