Author Archives: ahiddibah

If you’re reading this blog, then you may have read my book. If you haven’t read my book, what are you waiting for??? LOL After several people reading my book, it has been brought to my attention that there are MASSIVE typos. YES, I had an editor. Together she and I worked very hard onContinue reading “Please Forgive the Typos”

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Appalonia. She lived in a small village surrounded by forests. Appalonia lived with her mother, father and little brother near the center of the quaint small village. Their front doors opened to the town’s center. On weekdays, they could hear and see the market fromContinue reading “A Story For My Niece- Appalonia Goes into the Forest”

It’s a brand new day. My eyes are clear. The noise in my head is gone. I’m starting to have some concentration again. It begs the question…why did I wait so long? I think this is the trouble with our mental health. Even with someone like me who really knows myself pretty well, we tendContinue reading “Made the Right Call”

After much hemming and hawing, I did take the pill after I posted last night. I then took my 1 milligram pill this morning after breakfast. I am currently in a subdued state of mind. Slight headache. Cotton mouth. No energy. Sluggish. The racing thoughts are gone. The rapid fire is gone. The concentration isContinue reading “Medication Adjustment 1mg”

I’m at a point where I think I might be getting into trouble. I had another bad night of sleep. On top of the bad sleep I did some manic spending which I had forgotten about until I opened my bank app this morning. Last night, I watch Brad Paisley do a free concert onContinue reading “When Do You Take the Rescue Meds?”

You just never know what’s going on inside your brain. I write about how I try to know myself and schedule myself pretty well. I plan and plan and take me meds. I try to get good sleep. What happens when one cog falls out of the machine? In previous posts, I have noted thatContinue reading “Managing Moods on the Rise”

It is Mental Health Awareness Month. I guess it was fortuitous that I publish my book on the first of this month. I take my mental health very seriously. The above picture is me having a mixed episode. This is me being medicated. This is me managing my medication and attempting to manage my swing.Continue reading “Mental Health Awareness Month”

I have only been selling my wares through the kindness of my friends and family on facebook. I have this website set up. I have a moderate amount of traffic coming through but I don’t know that every click on Amazon or BnN is an actual book sale. It could just be a someone browsing.Continue reading “Book in Review”

Ten years ago, around this time, I was at work in Myers’ classroom and my phone rang. It was Tom. He was mad and started yelling at me that he was going to kill himself. Less than twenty minutes later he did. My life has never been the same. In the past ten years, IContinue reading “A Decade Without My Brother”

I think this picture was taken at my Aunt Tillie’s place while we were visiting one summer, but I could be totally wrong. I have no idea where I got the picture. It’s a picture of a picture saved in my phone. My brother being captured laughing at something. He was always laughing. He hadContinue reading “I Don’t Want Tomorrow”