“I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have been, which is when I have been midly manic. When I am my present "normal" self, I am far removed from when I have been my liveliest, most productive, most intense, most outgoing and effervescent. In short, for myself, I am a hard act to follow.” ~ Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness For some time my already-diagnosed rapid cycling bipolar has been in overdrive. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of rapid-cycling, it is best expressed in the postcard someone sent home from Disneyland that reads, "Having a great time. Wish I were dead." My cycles have not reached suicidal extremes but they have seriously impeded my sleep schedule and curtailed my functioning. This past weekend I [...]