The 10 best bipolar blogs

Bipolar disorder is typically a long-term condition. Bipolar blogs, written by people living with the disorder, often provide advice, tips, and self-help techniques on how to take an active part in your recovery and limit the impact of the condition on your everyday life. We have selected the best bipolar blogs.



In addition to support from healthcare professionals and family, coping mechanisms and support can be gained through blogs that focus on bipolar disorder. People who are going through similar experiences as well as experts in the bipolar field usually write these blogs. Here are Medical News Today's choices of the top 10 best bipolar blogs.

Jennifer Marshall

Jennifer Marshall is a mental wellness speaker and writer. Almost 12 years ago, Jennifer experienced two manic episodes, and after several doctor's appointments she was diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder.

Jennifer says that although she has bipolar disorder, it does not define her. "I want to be able to say, for the rest of whatever time I have left, that I beat bipolar disorder; that I was an inspiration to others still fighting. And that I lived my best life."

Through her blog, Jennifer openly shares her experiences of living with mental illness. Recent articles include how Jennifer started blogging and how far she has come after 6 years, how watching a Netflix series landed her in the emergency room, and how receiving her bipolar diagnosis from doctors in a different way would have made Jennifer's journey easier.

Visit the Jennifer Marshall blog.

Bipolar Happens!

Julie A. Fast is an author, columnist, consultant, speaker, and writer of the Bipolar Happens! blog. Julie has a wealth of knowledge on bipolar disorder; her husband Ivan was diagnosed with bipolar 1 in 1994, and she was diagnosed with ultra-ultra rapid cycling bipolar 2 the year after.


Articles on Bipolar Happens! include how the stress of some activities trigger bipolar symptoms and that it is OK to quit them in order to get better, parent success stories of helping children with bipolar disorder, and tips to end severe bipolar depression.

Visit the Bipolar Happens! blog.

Bipolar Manifesto



Bipolar Manifesto provides honest accounts, such as a deconstruction of the call to action "talk to someone" after the death of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, how self-love is the most important ingredient of compassion, and reasons why people may succeed or fail in their recovery from mental illness.

Visit the Bipolar Manifesto blog.

Jigsaw Parenting

Emma White is a wife, mum to six children, and online agony aunt and dear friend to many. She runs the Jigsaw Parenting blog to support mothers with their mental health and provide a platform to give parents a voice - a place where they can blog anonymously.

Emma says that bipolar disorder tried to strip her of everything she held dear and she fought back. Through the blog's daily debates, real life topics, and confessions, Emma hopes that she can help others to turn their lives around so that no woman feels the way she did.


Visit the Jigsaw Parenting blog.

International Bipolar Foundation



The blog includes content such as Michelle's book - My Happy Sad Mummy - that portrays a young girl's emotional response to living with a mom with bipolar disorder, finding strength in Danielle's story, and Serena's thoughts on stigma and having bipolar disorder.

Visit the IBPF blog.




Charlotte's most recent posts include an analysis of her encounters with psychiatrists and how some people find psychiatry helpful, feelings of upset when people ask what you do for a living when bipolar prevents you from working, and an analogy of how only the trees are listening when you are trapped in a dark pit and keep asking for help.

Visit the purplepersuasion blog.

Bipolar Burble




Visit the Bipolar Burble blog.

The Bipolar Blogger Network



Recent posts appearing on The Bipolar Blogger Network include taking on a full-time job with bipolar, when something triggers bipolar and your stability quickly evaporates, and whether you dare to dream when you have bipolar disorder.

Visit The Bipolar Blogger Network.

Pax Nortona



Posts on Pax Nortona include being yourself in a world trying to make you like everyone else, what Joel would want to say in his next job interview, and how people reacted when first told about Joel's bipolar disorder and how he feels now about those days.

Visit the Pax Nortona blog.

Bipolar Beat



Bipolar Beat covers subject matter such as the shifting perspective on bipolar drugs and weight gain, what the difference is between manic and hyperactive, and steps to sleeping better with bipolar disorder.

Visit the Bipolar Beat blog.