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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• In Sickness and Health: 8 Ways to Help Your Bipolar Loved One Cope

  
  Beyond Blue — Authority: 501
  Awhile back I published a post about tips to help a loved one cope with bipolar disorder. Holly and her helpers compiled it into a lovely gallery which is part of the bipolar resource page . Ive excerpted my introduction below, but you can get to the gallery by clicking here. Depression and bipolar disorder are ...
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• The Cerclage Is Coming Out So There Goes The Safety Net

  
  ...salted lithium. — Authority: 113
  In a few hours my girlfriend and I will arrive at the Ottawa General Hospital so she can undergo a procedure to have the cerclage removed. The cerclage is used when women have an “incompetent cervix” — which, basically, means the cervix is incapable of holding the foetus inside. It’s a stitch around the [...]
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• Understanding Bipolar Disorder, What really is it?

  
  Community Marketing Blog — Authority: 136
    Understanding Bipolar Disorder, What Really is it? Bipolar disorder, my sister grapples with this dreadful debilitating affection. When you tell people you are Bipolar, they kind of step back, determined you are an axe murderer. Television doesnt assist the situation, it seems that at this point in time, ...
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• Another December (Written 2nd December)

  
  www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive — Authority: 410
  I have spent most of today crying my eyes out.  Hooray!  And I mean that.  Despite my status as Mentalist Ordinaire, I almost never cry.  I am stoic.  I have a perpetual stick up my bum.  I sneer at tears.  But for the past six weeks, I have been crying almost every day.  And on [...]
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• United Of Omaha Coming On Strong!

  
  Ed Hinerman On Life Insurance — Authority: 123
  I wrote my first United of Omaha life insurance application in 1978. Those were the days of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Marlin Perkins and the advent of yearly renewable term insurance. They were a powerhouse company back then with all captive agents and a brand that most companies could only dream of. Their ...
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• Bipolar Disorder on the Job

  
  Bipolar Beat — Authority: 112
  Both poles of bipolar disorder – mania and depression – can make it tough to achieve peak performance at work. Depression can sap your motivation. Mania can trigger conflicts with colleagues and drive you to start dozens of projects you never finish. Appointments with doctors and therapists add to the burden, and ...
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• Bipolar and Me by Grace - Part 2

  
  Mind Your Mind — Authority: 121
  Lets set things straight. It’s not a disease that you can catch; it’s a disorder that you grow into. The disorder is not a label. You can’t say that a person is bipolar. They have bipolar. It’s not a label and it’s not like anyone with the disorder would walk around with a name tag [...]
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• Healing Mental Illness With Raw Food Nutrition

  
  Nutrition & Healthy Cooking — Authority: 150
  NEW EBOOK! My new ebook is now available.It is a comprehensive guide to preparing and transitioning to Raw Food. Get it here www.PreparetobeRaw.com Matthew Warner, The Live Foodist, discusses the connection between what we eat and how we think and feel. Matt offers consultation services and food package delivery to ...
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• Trying to Douse my Burning Hair Right Now!

  
  Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case — Authority: 124
  With my life, there is never a dull moment.  However, sometimes these moments turn out to be completely, absolutely, over the top, panic-stricken-ones!!! Apart from my hair being on fire right now, I also can’t tell if my heart is about to explode , or it’s already stopped altogether. I was busy just a ...
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• Confessions Of Someone Who Was Run Over

  
  ...salted lithium. — Authority: 113
  “I’m not even sure if CSG and I are meant to last… but I’m trying to find out.”“Let Me Tell You About The Risks Of Convenience”; April 17, 2009“I’ve never dated someone this way before. In the past I’ve always been able to get a few days for myself, to recharge. But my girlfriend [...]
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• Got A Better Treatment Idea? Clue Your doctor In!

  
  Ed Hinerman On Life Insurance — Authority: 123
  I’m as guilty as anyone on this. I go to the doctor and they tell me what’s wrong and what to do about it. I go home and decide that either I’ve got a better idea or at least a cheaper one, so I modify the treatment plan and go on with life. There’s a lot of times that works out. A person might have ...
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• Should I Be Me, and How Me Should I Be?

  
  broken whole - 6'6 Gay Boy Gone Seriously Crazy in Hollywood — Authority: 116
  All of a sudden I find myself wrestling with the implications of being, in however minor a way (an author of an book that will probably sell no more than 1,000 copies), a public figure. My book will be called: "Broken Whole: a California tale of Craziness, Creativity and Chaos", which, you may have noticed, is also ...
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• Depressed women can lose weight as successfully as others do

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 641
  SEATTLE -- Women with major depression were no less likely than were women without it to have successful results with a weight loss program, according to an article in the Winter 2009 Behavioral Medicine . Group Health Research Institute Senior Research Associate Evette J. Ludman, PhD, the study leader, concluded ...
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• How Has Bipolar Disorder Changed You?

  
  Bipolar Beat — Authority: 112
  You’re cruising through life with a pretty clear idea of where you’re going. You have dreams, goals, aspirations…. Then, wham! Bipolar disorder T-bones you. When you finally wake up, you don’t know what hit you. You’re still in shock, walking around in a daze, trying to figure out what happened. After you ...
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• Thoughts On Suicide: Larry Taylor

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 133
  Suicide is not a comfortable topic for any of us.  Yet it is a grim reminder of the reality of the world we live in.  Written in 1990 this article is still relevant today.  Larry speaks with the experience of having lost his oldest son to suicide in 1986. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a ...
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• On Black folks and mental health

  
  Tiffany B. Brown — Authority: 433
  From The Christian Progressive Liberal piece The Gift of Good Mental Health on Jack & Jill Politics: We value good physical health, but somehow, many of us believe we don’t deserve good mental health as well. That we deserve to live life to the fullest without dealing with soul-destroying depression, ...
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• Whoops!

  
  www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive — Authority: 410
  Oh bugger, I am a twat.  I had this on 100 posts per page- I have probably crashed quite a few browsers.  Sorry!  Set to the more sane 40 now.Posted in Bipolar Disorder
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• Your Crumble Narrator

  
  www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive — Authority: 410
  Thank you very much for your congratulations in the previous post.  The award is on top of my fireplace.  Its luminescence sets off my Rutles vinyl nicely.I haven’t updated until now because I have quite sad, and it isn’t the done thing to turn around and pout when you’re receiving awards and people are ...
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• Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Gloom of Night ...

  
  broken whole - 6'6 Gay Boy Gone Seriously Crazy in Hollywood — Authority: 116
  Being creative is anything but a problem if youre gliding up to the peak of the bipolar wave. But how about when youve crashed down into the murky waters on the other side? For myself, when Im in a cyclic depression, the words come out like sludge, and curdle on the page. Frequently, Ill churn out a page of writing ...
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• Disorders That Make Us Stronger

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 772
  Because you Neatorama readers are so smart, you might already know how sickle cell anemia makes someone resistant to malaria. This apparent evolutionary disadvantage has actually survived through the generations because it makes individuals more fit for survival in other ways. While sickle cell anemia is the best ...
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