bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a psychiatric disorder characterized by severe mood swings between periods of mania with exaggerated euphoria, irritability, or both, and episodes of depression. Over 10 million Americans, including Terri Cheney and Carrie Fisher, suffer from bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is primarily managed through medication.

Since bipolar disorder can have many different symptoms associated with it, it is difficult to diagnose, and there is a controversy surrounding the diagnosis of bipolar children. There is no known cause for this chemical disorder, although research is pointing towards a genetic mutation.

There are many internet resources for bipolar patients and their families.

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• Accidental Masochism?

  
  Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case — Authority: 125
  I’m still trying to organize the family X-mASS jazz.  Mental Mommy called last night, after I had left her a message the day before.  I said I was ready after finally getting all the gifts sorted for the visit to my Great Aunt and Uncles’ place.  The primary reason is not to torture myself via PTSD and family ...
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• Lithium Beats Valproate for Long-Term Bipolar Therapy

  
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  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- People with bipolar I disorder will do best over the long term with lithium treatment alone or a combination of lithium and valproate compared to valproate alone, new research suggests. read more
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• Is Everyone Bipolar?

  
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  Last night at dinner I was having a conversation with a mental health professional. She told me that she was seeing so many patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder and then getting better on the medication. In typical fashion, I wanted to scream. The diagnosis of bipolar disorder should NOT be made based on a ...
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• The klutz factor in ADHD

  
  Medical Search Tips, News, and Information for Healthcare Professionals — Authority: 118
  FEATURED SEARCH: bipolar disorder Researchers from Norway report that age-standardized tests of motor skills and coordination can make the important distinction between ADHD and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Kids with ADHD score less well on motor function tests and are much less coordinated ...
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• Introducing My Son To The Old Christmas Traditions Of Poverty And Family

  
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  “…by far the biggest Christmas miracle of them all has to be when LAPD Sgt. Al Powell puts five shots into the torso of the presumed to be dead Euro-Trash Terrorist, thus saving John and Holly McClane at the end of the Greatest Christmas movie ever made: Die Hard. God bless us, every one.”“In [...]
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• What To Do When Filled With Evil

  
  Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case — Authority: 125
  I wish I knew the answer.  I wish I knew the questions! My brain has just “gone” in a way that it NEVER has before, and I don’t know WHY! I’ve now taken a Valium/Diazepam to try and quell the torrent of tears, but I don’t even know if the Valium/Diazepam is doing shit these days.  I don’t even want to ...
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• Guest Post: Puppies and Pills Part 2

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 611
  About thetroubleis: Thetroubleis is a 19 year old with bipolar disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and dyspraxia. She’s a WOC who is also a transracial adoptee and pansexual/queer, depending on how she’s feeling that day. She enjoys knitting, video games and is a music geek. ...
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• Video: The Season of Angels

  
  Beyond Blue — Authority: 478
  Yes, I do believe in angels. This is why. *  Click here to subscribe to Beyond Blue and click here to follow Therese on Twitter and click here to join Group Beyond Blue , a depression support group. Now stop clicking. Read this post »
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• Happy Christmas everybody

  
  www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive — Authority: 114
  Right, I’m off home today, or at least, I hope I am, given that so many flights are being cancelled.Enjoy the holidays, chaps!  Here is your annual bit of Christmas comedy.http://www.channel4.com/programmes/father-ted/4odCheerio!Posted in Bipolar Disorder
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• Bipolar 1 Disorder’s Manic Phase

  
  Announced Articles & Press Releases — Authority: 151
  Bipolar disease affects millions of families in this country and around the world. In fact, it’s considered to be the sixth leading cause of disability in the world, and it is a condition which is characterized by recurrent episodes of mania and depression.In addition, many bipolar 1 disorder episodes are ...
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• How Can I Help My Bipolar Spouse?

  
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  Are You in a Bipolar Relationship and Don’t Know How to Help Your Spouse?Do you wonder what you can do to help make the relationship better?Find out how to restore hope for the future.Have you already done everything you can possibly think of to try to create a happy marriage with your bipolar husband or [...]
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• You Almost Forget These Nights

  
  Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case — Authority: 125
  It wasn’t so much the suicidal ideation.  No, I needed to use every ounce of what little strength I had to stay away from the knives in the kitchen drawer, last night.  Oh, when did I last feel like that? Friday, August 07, 2009.  Only then, I did do a cutting. That’s a little over four months.  I don’t ...
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• Withdrawal and recovery, lasting and real

  
  Beyond Meds — Authority: 137
  Part of the reason some people are so skeptical about real and complete recoveries is because a lot of people who achieve it move on. The don’t hang around the mental health blogosphere and most of them don’t go into working in mental health like I probably will. Most of them go off and live [...]
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• Bipolar diagnoses in foster children rise, informed consent becomes a bygone

  
  Beyond Meds — Authority: 137
  Informed consent has never existed in any meaningful way in psychiatry. This headline pretends that it has. None the less, what is happening to our most vulnerable children is a travesty and it’s unprecedented.From the Chicago Tribune:Powerful mood-altering drugs were prescribed to hundreds of Illinois foster ...
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• Face the Music…

  
  Into the system... — Authority: 111
  I think it’s time I admitted something. I started to write about this a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t feel up to facing the music. I didn’t post about it at the time because I didn’t want my bloke to know, but now this is over I guess I can admit it. I stopped taking my meds. I know it was stupid, but ...
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• Why is My Bipolar Changing?

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 132
  I am 18 and I have bipolar. I am on Lamictal, Lexapro, and Risperdal. My bipolar is getting worse. I am starting to see people look at me and I get very uncomfortable. I think they are talking about me. I feel like I’m being followed at all times. I hear footsteps behind me. I see shadows in the dark. I can’t ...
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• In your face stuff — wowzee!!

  
  Beyond Meds — Authority: 137
  Love and good wishes to John who is shown in this video and is the dear husband of a dear friend of mine. Posted in bipolar disorder, mental health, mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, spirituality
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• Marriage in Crisis

  
  The Marriage Counseling Blog — Authority: 127
  Stacy was diagnosed with manic depression when she was a teenager. She had battled this disorder, which is also often called bipolar disorder, for many years before she met and married her husband, Jack. Jack was aware of Stacy’s medical condition and had been supportive in helping her manage the disorder, through ...
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• The Monsters Under My Bed

  
  Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case — Authority: 125
  I never had that fear as a child.  I believe it’s because all of the Monsters were in my head.  Yes.  They still are and they’re back. I can’t sleep.  This will be published later, but it has now been over two hours since I have taken my Seroquel/Quetiapine.  I should be passed out by now.  This has ...
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• Out, Loud and Bipolar

  
  broken whole - 6'6 Gay Boy Gone Seriously Crazy in Hollywood — Authority: 115
  Hello, Im Keith, and I have bipolar disorder. Okay, you may already have known that. The question is, should I organize the worlds first bipolar pride parade? My tongue is in my cheek (where does that phrase come from?), but there is a real question here Ive picked up on from my recent presence at on online forum, ...
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