FratFiles

• Save Paper

Reflection Paper

I haven't had much personal experience with anyone that has a mental Illness diagnosis, nor have I been diagnosed with one. However, I work with a young female that we will call Jen. Jen has been diagnosed with Bipolar and Depression. I interviewed Jen and I will let her describe her diagnosis, her symptoms, how she has learned to cope with them, and the medications that she is taking to manage her symptoms.
"My name is Jen and I am Bipolar. I also suffer from severe depression and with my bipolar come serious mood swings. I did not know that I was Bipolar until the beginning of 2002. I quit drinking for ten months in 2002, and then relapsed in 2003. It wasn't until I got sober for the ten months in 2002 that I realized that there was something wrong with me mentally. I had no idea what was going on with me, I just knew that I was depressed. I would hear voices sometimes when my mind races, which scared me, when I went to my doctor, he said that was......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 707
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. A Beautiful Mind
   

   A Beautiful Mind. A Beautiful Mind As a young boy, John Nash detached himself
   from all outside contact and surrounded himself with books. ...

2. Beautiful Mind
   

   Beautiful Mind. ... But even in that context, the campaign against "A Beautiful
   Mind" has struck many in Hollywood as particularly brutal. ...

3. A Beautiful Mind
   

   A BEAUTIFUL MIND. A Beautiful Mind is an inspiring story about triumph over
   schizophrenia, among the most devastating and disabling of all mental disorders. ...

4. A Beautiful Mind
   

   A Beautiful Mind. A Beautiful Mind A Beautiful Mind is a very well thought
   out and directed movie. In my opinion it's one of the ...

5. A Beautiful Mind
   

   a beautiful mind. A Beautiful Mind is an inspiring story about triumph over
   schizophrenia, among the most devastating and disabling of all mental disorders. ...