Top 23 Quotes by Andy Behrman

About Andy Behrman

These are some quotes by American author Andy Behrman Writer, who was born in 1962.

Most nights, I'm good for only four or five hours of sleep. That leaves the other 20. I have to fill them some way.

Most nights, I'm good for only four or five hours of sleep. That leaves the other 20. I have to fill them some way.

Andy Behrman

I felt like I was the only person on the planet with this 'thing called depression', and I remember being frightened. I was knocked out and dopey, and I cried all of the time.

I felt like I was the only person on the planet with this 'thing called depression', and I remember being frightened. I was knocked out and dopey, and I cried all of the time.

Andy Behrman

Manic depression is a type of depression, technically, and it's the opposite of uni-polar. Manic depression is also called bi-polar disorder. Some people don't like to call it that because they think it makes it sound too nice, when the reality is if you have manic-depression you have manic-depression.

Andy Behrman

People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty.

People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty.

Andy Behrman

Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful - who wouldn't be working twenty hour days? I had everybody fooled with my illness.

Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful - who wouldn't be working twenty hour days? I had everybody fooled with my illness.

Andy Behrman

I am a rapid-cycling manic-depressive, bi-polar one disorder, which means I can have thirty or forty episodes a year, and I used to have thirty to forty episodes a year.

I am a rapid-cycling manic-depressive, bi-polar one disorder, which means I can have thirty or forty episodes a year, and I used to have thirty to forty episodes a year.

Andy Behrman

My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I was Superman.

My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I was Superman.

Andy Behrman

My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary material goods and bizarre generosity with family, friends and even strangers.

Andy Behrman

I think, when it comes to psychiatry, that a lot of people are overmedicated. I think when it comes to ECT a lot of people go through too much. I think there's a lot of guesswork in psychiatry.

I think, when it comes to psychiatry, that a lot of people are overmedicated. I think when it comes to ECT a lot of people go through too much. I think there's a lot of guesswork in psychiatry.

Andy Behrman

As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to 'kick it' and get better instantly. This was the most frustrating attitude for me.

As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to 'kick it' and get better instantly. This was the most frustrating attitude for me.

Andy Behrman

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