Bipolar Disorder

[NoraBrimstone]

I totally hear you there. As an adult, I avoided going to my Doctor about my mood for years. I thought I could cope. Then I lost the ability to read and write. By which I mean I couldn't use my imagination to write anything that wasn't plain disturbing, or read more than a few lines of a book. I found myself spending up to half an hour reading the same page over and over again without taking any of it in, then giving up trying. Reading and writing are important to me, so that drove me to my GP.

It's one of those things most people don't even know are a symptom of depression, or illnesses featuring depressive episodes.