Never realized 'bipolar disorder' is LOWERCASE. Not my BiPoLaR DiSoRdEr!

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the ‘b’ in bipolar and the ‘d’ in disorder are LOWERCASE. That’s news to me! In my opinion, bipolar disorder is quite worthy of capitalization status. And I shall be writing it as such for the rest of this newsletter. Actually, maybe I should alternate the letters so it’s BiPoLaR DiSoRdEr - Get it? Because of the mood swings…

Now I’m gonna tell you a tale of Bipolar mania that I experienced in Washington, DC in 2017, and then you tell me if this chronic mental illness should be freakin’ capitalized or not. I was manic out of my gourd, convinced that the National Security Agency (NSA) was after me because who knows why. During this time, I was burning through all of the money I had made from the show I was on, Redacted Tonight. That’s a symptom of mania - Reckless spending. Delightful.

One manic day, I found myself inside the fast-casual restaurant, Cosi. They’re known for their flatbreads. I tried to order said flatbread, and my card was declined. I BUGGED OUT. I believed that the NSA had frozen my funds. I thought to myself, “Fuck it. I’m hungry.” So I grabbed a garbage bag and started shoveling banana bread off of the shelf into the garbage bag while yelling something about hating the government.

Obviously, I was freaking everybody out. So what did they do? They all exited the Cosi, employees and patrons, alike. And, then, they locked me INSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT. They locked me IN. Genius. And hilarious. Next, they called the cops who eventually showed up and arrested me.

The Banana Bread Incident led to one of about half a dozen arrests that occurred during this manic episode which lasted multiple months. That right there is some GODDAMN UPPERCASE BIPOLAR DISORDER TYPE SHIT!!! Am I wrong???

If you’re in NYC on Thursday, August 14th and haven’t yet seen my show, I’M ON LITHIUM, come support. I’m very proud of it, and the feedback has been incredibly encouraging. 7pm show at Baker Falls in the LES. Click pic to reserve tix.

And if you’re anywhere in the world, check out my new podcast with co-host Andrea Allan called ‘Episodic.’ It’s a comedy mental health podcast and it’s very fun. Click the pic and jump right in.

Love,

JFOD