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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• Guest Post: Puppies and Pills Part 1

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 667
  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. How I ...
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• Are Many Conditions Possible All At Once?

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 134
  Hello, I am a 49 year old woman who experienced physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse while growing up in poverty - often going hungry with 11 children in our family. When I was 17 my father committed suicide with a rifle. All my siblings experienced the same conditions as I and all have mental illnesses: ...
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• Why I Love My Pharmacy Even More

  
  Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case — Authority: 121
  I am so lucky.  I seriously am.  I really think they have gone above and beyond “Customer Service,” this time. Because I am still not working, I am on a stoopid guvmunt plan where I need to pay out of pocket for my meds.  As you can imagine, this is rather painful when you are on a limited income.  Especially ...
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• Impact of substance use on the physical health of patients with bipolar disorder

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 144
  Impact of substance use on the physical health of patients with bipolar disorder, A cta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2009 M. P. Garcia-Portilla Abstract: Objective: To describe the impact of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis on metabolic profile and cardiovascular risk in bipolar patients. ...
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• Am I Bipolar?

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 134
  I feel like I’m bipolar.. am I??? My dad is bipolar, and has been my whole life, He has gotten worse because of his heart attack in June. When he’s manic, I love it! He does funny, and risky stuff, and I take part. My younger brother (15) doesn’t like it as much as I do and I don’t know why. I feel like I also ...
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• My (Very Early Morning) EEG

  
  Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case — Authority: 121
  Ugh.  I’m still waiting for the Tea Faeries to alight upon my shoulders, with blessings of sweet caffeine relief, but to no avail…  Yes, I was up very early this morning (after staying up a little late?) for another EEG! Let’s just say the whole thing started off with a bang.  Literally.  The hospital’s ...
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• The "Problem Child", Scapegoating and the Family System

  
  Kellevision — Authority: 124
  Another family brings by the "problem child" and drops them off for me to fix.  She* is the oldest child of five and has been exposed to severe domestic violence , physical abuse and substance abuse .  And she is responding to it as any teenager would - by acting it out.  The familys first attempt to treat the ...
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• Becoming Someone New…..

  
  Homeless Tales — Authority: 414
  I’m becoming someone new due to a medication change. It hits me between the eyes now and then that I am changing…and thankfully changing for the better.I suffer from a very serious case of Bipolar Disorder. I think there is a sprinkle of Schizophrenia in there but my former doctor did not feel that my [...]
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• It’s All About Quantity

  
  From Smiler, with Love. — Authority: 126
  5,553 words. That’s the exact amount of words I need to write today if I want to stay on track with my NaNoWriMo daily average. I just like to stay ahead of the game. Not that I’m competitive or anything...But then, today doesn’t lend itself to long bouts of writing what with a couple of outings on the agenda ...
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• madness

  
  kickin tina — Authority: 127
  Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. - VOLTAIRE (1694-1778) its so challenging to be in the throes of a chemical imbalance and feel in balance. no matter what is happening on the outside, what goes on inside can easily be equated with hell. there is no ...
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• Bipolar Disorder Reports Skewed?

  
  Bipolar Beat — Authority: 411
  Bipolar disorder gets a lot of bad press, even among those of us who have struggled with it in our lives. I have noticed this particularly online, from exasperated family members and exhausted individuals with bipolar who haven’t yet found effective treatment. I wonder whether it’s just the nature of the beast. ...
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• Psychosocial interventions to prevent relapse: a case study.

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 144
  Psychosocial interventions to prevent relapse: a case study, Mental Health Practice, 2009 Sep; 13(1): 28-33 Katherine Lloyd is an early intervention practitioner at the Liverpool South Early Intervention Team     Abstract: Katherine Lloyd used ...
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• Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jig Part Two

  
  ...salted lithium. — Authority: 112
  My girlfriend is home. After four weeks of living on the high-risk pregnancy ward of the Ottawa General Hospital, including six days in quarantine with H1N1, she’s back downstairs in her apartment.We came home Tuesday night. On Monday we were told she’d have to stay in quarantine until Thursday, then on Tuesday a ...
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• Dr Whiting on Stress, Cortisol, and Natural Anti-Depressants

  
  Supplement Review — Authority: 141
  anxiety and depression associated with un-manageable stress subsides. The formula we use with our clients at our Centers is called Stress-Eze. Our stress supplement is available from Phoenix Nutritionals. 1-800-440-2390 … “Stress Management” “Stress Supplements” Nutrition Anxiety Panic “Panic Attacks” ...
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• Anthony Michael Hall gets restraining order against his ex-girlfriend

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  New York, Nov 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The “Weird Science” actor Anthony Michael Hall has been ordered to stay away from his ex-girlfriend Diana Falzone, who ironically is a relationship expert, after he allegedly attacked her in her New York home. She was amazed at his violent streak and she filed restraining papers ...
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• Bipolar Drugs May CAUSE Psychiatric Disorders, Sudden Death

  
  Brain Power for Bipolar People — Authority: 112
  Although SSRI antidepressants (such as Prozac, Lexapro, Zoloft, Paxil and others) are generally described as safe for the heart , a host of cardiovascular side effects -- including irregular heart... This is summary content only, visit our website to get free reports, fun articles, fabulous photos and videos, and ...
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• BasseyWorld: We All Need Help Sometimes

  
  The Black Snob Feed — Authority: 123
  By Bassey Today is the 5th anniversary of the day I was hospitalized. I’m stronger than I ever give myself credit for. But I also acknowledge when it is necessary to ask for and accept help. I thank her every year but @dianewah literally saved my life. She came to my apartment and took me to my doctor and then to ...
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• Something about John

  
  Coping with Life — Authority: 112
  John Clear walked out of a jail two years ago, declared that he found religion and went home, to Point Pleasant, N.J., where he thought he could find a new life in an old place. Maybe he could patch things up with his father, he thought, even though the two of them never really got along. Maybe he could find old ...
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• The ECT Experience…

  
  Into the system... — Authority: 107
  Whilst I was having ECT I never really wrote about it. I was in hospital with only mobile access to the Internet. I was exhausted, often in pain and not really in the mood for writing. Recently though I’ve been inspired by this blog and Seaneen’s appeal for ECT info to document my experience. I’m worried ...
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• *Sigh*…

  
  Into the system... — Authority: 107
  I don’t really know what to say. I have posts I want to write about specific topics, but I don’t know where to start. Head is a bit fried really and I’m just so unbelievably exhausted. My social worker came yesterday. I had forgotten she was coming and had a bit of a panic when my phone alarm went off. To put ...
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