This was meant to be titled “What I Learnt About Being Bipolar in Nigeria, While Writing Gaga Crazy; Friends To Lovers Romance” but my headline analyzer predicted it was a long title and it is.

According to the Federal Governemnt of Nigeria, three in ten Nigerians suffer from one form of mental disorder. Hence, i decided to seek information online of Nigerians suffering from bipolar disorder.

I found this about a young man named Femi who occasionally experiences manic depression but it doesn’t say much.

Another is of the popular politician and his model wife hurling bipolar and schizophrenia as insults to each other due to custody of their kids. It shows how some individual hurl words that carry so much meaning as insult to each other.\

There’s also the part of how volunteers are helping mental health survivors and the effect of stigma in communities which potentially results in suicides, this in turn led me to finding out about Mentally Aware NG.

I also found out Hauwa Ojeifo of She Writes Woman was diagnosed of Bipolar and post traumatic stress disorder and she wears it like a badge, doing great things.

Bassey Ikpi a phenomenal spoken-word artist, writer, and mental health advocate shared how she reacted to her bipolar diagnosis and even wrote a book on it. I was able to read excerpts on Amazon and Elle magazine.

Pulse NG put a twist to recognizing bipolar disorder and I gleaned information from them on the depression phase.

This post from Guardian Life helped a lot, while this blog site listed these famous Nigerian artists with bipolar disorder.

In conclusion, there were few first-hand experience articles on bipolar disorder in Nigeria. I found a lot from individuals in western countries, on different platforms and even videos. There’s still some sort of stigma and I hope we get to the point where there are more than enough facilities besides Yaba left to help people in situations like this.