Transcript of original artwork for Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
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[Top panel]
Added Celexa
What a fabulously huge relief! Ah!
An antidepressant—very risky for bipolars!
WORKED!
Had we LANDED on my EFFECTIVE COMBINATION of MEDS?
drum roll!
…NO.
My platelet had gotten too low from the Depakote.
[Patient talking] It’s okay. I’ll carry bandaids! I can deal with bruises!
[Doctor talking] Yes but a brain hemorrhage would be bad.
[Patient talking] Oh.
[Center panel]
Switched to Neurontin
This was psychopharmacology’s BIG HOPE for a while.
medicated yet manic
Rrrt! game show “wrong answer” buzzer
This is not prescribed much anymore.
[Bottom panel]
Added ZYPREXA
as needed
neuroleptic (anti-psychotic) + also very effective MOOD STABILIZER in a sledgehammer kind of way.
Thunk!
whew
BEWARE:
SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE…
EMPTY WALLET: It’s expensive!
WEIGHT GAIN: Brain is not sated after eating. Brain sez: Eat more!
If unmonitored, TARTIVE DYSKINESIA (TD): permanent tics that range from twitching hands to tongue thrusting. A sure way to look crazy, regardless of anything else.
