Hey, curlydee. I don't like holidays like this because they are made-up really. Man-made calendar, man-made holiday. Sounds like something special, really just another day.

And the things they tell us to use to cheer ourselves up. HA! If I were a bored 5-yr old, it might help, but I'm a depressed 65 yr-old. Are they serious? Yeah, I guess they are. Fools.

I'm sorry it's gonna takes the meds longer to kick in. That sucks. It's true, though, what Soup & Leo say: it will get better. It always does, that's the way this disorder works. We've been through it many, many times. If you just hang on, it gets better!

I faced down my alcoholism first, and in a way that was good training because it taught me to live life, "One day at a time." In dealing with being bipolar, and fighting depression, that philosophy really gives me a leg up. Whenever I think I can't handle the pain any longer, I always amend that to say--"I can take this just one more day. Then, well, I don't know. I'll have to reconsider."

So that's how I do it.