Isn’t there a good chance Peg has adult ADD/ADHD as much as or even more than hypomania?
Speaking as an underinformed layperson that seems possible to me.
Have any of her therapists thought of treating that?
What does she take, anyway — lithium bicarbonate, or what?
As someone who is bi-polar, or manic depressive, Peg is a character who has really touched me. I am now correctly medicated, but some of the meds they tried me on before made me quite ill too, as they have no way to know which ones will work till they try them. I’m now on my 6th type of med and 9th combination of 3 different drugs.
I know what its like to have a life changing event trigger off such an illness (although thats not always the case, it is quite often), to have a mind racing at such manic speeds that it feels like you’re losing control, but that feels better than stopping and letting the past catch up because you’re too damned afraid to face it on your own.
Whatever happened in Peg’s past (possibly Steve?), seems to have hurt her enough that she can only be at peace when she feels comfortable with a person and protected, looked after. I’ve had friends like this and girlfriends and being a large, strong, gentle and sensitive guy, who at times understands more than he wants to, I’ve been the one, like Ace, who they’ve fallen asleep against. I’ve also had to wake them up when they’re screaming from the nightmares. And sometimes it was me being comforted or woken up. It is so upsetting and makes me so angry that some people can damage another like that, to make them so fragile, so that they can only ever find tiny snippets of peace, before having to go into red alert 24/7 again, living purely on nerves and adrenaline sometimes.
I might have only just found this web comic, but thank you AndyO!, very nicely done dear sir, with a keen understanding of people, their insecurities, idiosyncrasies and beauties and a wicked sense of humor!
This does make me wonder: when is she going to show up at the “They all love Ace” table?
Maybe, maybe, maybe she doesn’t love Ace, after all?
SCARY!!! and poor, poor Peg.
nice tattoo though.
Isn’t there a good chance Peg has adult ADD/ADHD as much as or even more than hypomania?
Speaking as an underinformed layperson that seems possible to me.
Have any of her therapists thought of treating that?
What does she take, anyway — lithium bicarbonate, or what?
As someone who is bi-polar, or manic depressive, Peg is a character who has really touched me. I am now correctly medicated, but some of the meds they tried me on before made me quite ill too, as they have no way to know which ones will work till they try them. I’m now on my 6th type of med and 9th combination of 3 different drugs.
I know what its like to have a life changing event trigger off such an illness (although thats not always the case, it is quite often), to have a mind racing at such manic speeds that it feels like you’re losing control, but that feels better than stopping and letting the past catch up because you’re too damned afraid to face it on your own.
Whatever happened in Peg’s past (possibly Steve?), seems to have hurt her enough that she can only be at peace when she feels comfortable with a person and protected, looked after. I’ve had friends like this and girlfriends and being a large, strong, gentle and sensitive guy, who at times understands more than he wants to, I’ve been the one, like Ace, who they’ve fallen asleep against. I’ve also had to wake them up when they’re screaming from the nightmares. And sometimes it was me being comforted or woken up. It is so upsetting and makes me so angry that some people can damage another like that, to make them so fragile, so that they can only ever find tiny snippets of peace, before having to go into red alert 24/7 again, living purely on nerves and adrenaline sometimes.
I might have only just found this web comic, but thank you AndyO!, very nicely done dear sir, with a keen understanding of people, their insecurities, idiosyncrasies and beauties and a wicked sense of humor!