psychotic breakdown – Marcos M. Villatoro

Bipolar Cocktails

I’m on three medications for bipolar now, let’s call them Huey, Dewey, and Louie. They’ve worked for a few years, but I’ve been going through

It’s now been two months since my psyche broke with reality, on Christmas morning. I started feeling better about three, four weeks ago; at least,

About a week after the breakdown on Christmas day, in a moment of relative calm, I was sitting outside in my pajamas, staring at the

During this winter’s illness, I couldn’t read. It happens every time. The words lift off the page. I could call it lack of concentration, but

I’ve received emails from people, responding to posts about my recent psychotic breakdown. Some of them are friends who ask: 1. If I’m okay and

As chaotic as madness is, there is a pattern to it. This latest episode, for instance: it really began in November, when we set the