What Bipolar Feels Like

This is part of my original post dated March 20, 2009 from when I had to have my 7yr old admitted into a psychiatric hospital to have her medications adjusted. I felt it was worth repeating;

Imagine all of the emotion that you feel when you are deepest in love, that intense joy you feel. Now imagine the emotion that you feel when you have just been betrayed by that same love, that intense rage and anger. Now imagine that emotion that you feel when you have just lost that same love whether due to a breakup or death, that intense sorrow. In addition, imagine the emotion that you feel because your loved one is missing, that intense anxiety. THAT IS WHAT BIPOLAR DISORDER FEELS LIKE!!!