I have found my village. Thank God for this site. I have so much to learn, so much to share from The Icarus Project. (Awesome name, by the way) Hi, I'm Dyane.  I'm 38, and both my 72 year-old Mom (gifted actress/speech pathologist) and 82 year-old Dad (Juilliard graduate/brilliant violinist with the L.A. Philharmonic for 30 years) have bipolar.  They are both freaks, but f%^&ing amazing people. Dad is medicated, to no avail (what a surprise! ;) and Mom isn't, but she is sooooo mentally ill, she needs something.  She needs to do what I am doing: alternative medicine.

I was on another bipolar "support" site for the past 6 months. One of the biggest & most respected.  I became so controversial, in my journal posts there & in various other forums on that site, that the board Administrator/Partner went on a private mega-psycho, wackadoodle campaign to intimidate me to leave the board.  

She wrote passive/aggressive emails to me, which I will include here for your reading entertainment.  I finally couldn't take her abuse anymore, as I have been in a major hypomanic crisis (which she ***knows*** about, from reading my journal entries) after going off rconventional medsication (Abilify, a.k.a. "DEBILIFY" as my good friend X., who is THE LOCAL HOSPITAL'S MENTAL HEALTH UNIT CHARGE NURSE, CALLS IT!) and Prozac  six weeks ago, which was THE BEST DECISION I HAVE EVER MADE in 38 YEARS ON THIS PLANET.  Sorry about those caps...I'll try to  restrain that.  I've only slept 2 hours the past night.  Please forgive me.

Thanks for reading my rant. :))  

Dyane