When I'm manic, I'm so awake and alert, that my eyelashes fluttering on the pillow sound like thunder. Andy Behrman More Quotes by Andy Behrman More Quotes From 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. Andy Behrman friends-and-family who friends family 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 never day different time Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been for me, but nonetheless, it's difficult to deal with. Many get themselves into debt that can take years to clear up, write bad cheques, shoplift and borrow huge amounts from family and friends. Andy Behrman me friends family money In my most psychotic stages, I imagine myself chewing on sidewalks and bulging and swallowing sunlight and clouds. Andy Behrman myself sunlight imagine clouds People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty. Andy Behrman looking me looking-back people