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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Original Technorati articles tagged “bipolar disorder”

• in Technorati Women
  Postpartum Depression to Bipolar Disorder
  I never thought at the age of 34 I would have to say yes, I am the face of mental illness.
  by pamelagold / on Oct 11, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Is Bipolar Disorder Impacting Your Marriage?
  Bipolar Disorder is much more than just moodiness. Bipolar can cause people to experience a deep depression or manic episode for months at a time.
  by hartwelltv / on May 11, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Catherine Zeta-Jones has Bipolar Disorder: An Opportunity to Talk About Stigma
  When celebrities reveal that they have issues, it provides an opportunity for us to have a discussion about that issue.
  by odanu / on Apr 14, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “bipolar disorder”

 

• Do I Have Bipolar Disorder?

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 116
  So I had been bullied all my life, have no friends, I feel like I cant talk to anyone and that I cant trust anyone. I thought I depression but then I would burst out into an episode of high self esteem, wild, impulsive, basically I did some research and realised I fit perfectly to ‘Mania’ But then after a week or ...
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• Bipolar - Guilty about being sick?

  
  Enduring bipolar disorder — Authority: 89
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferroseevans/The skilled archers standing guardHave you at some time in your life felt guilty for being sick due to bipolar disorder?  This question wouldnt normally arise in the case of a person down with a fever, or having some other medical problem that requires him to rest.  ...
  6 days ago

• Counseling the Counselor

  
  Thoughts of Jess — Authority: 79
  I have started my internship for my clinical mental health degree at a wonderful outpatient facility. I have been there for two weeks now, and I am enjoying it. If you are familiar with my blog, you know that I have bipolar disorder. I was diagnosed in 2004 with bipolar disorder II, and then had a manic episode ...
  1 week ago

• The Right To...Tattoo

  
  Crazy? or Crazy Pills? — Authority: 102
  Crazy pill count: AM 250 Nuvigil PM 75 Lamictal, 6/25 Symbyax, 10 Zyprexa Tattoos...I just dont like them.  I hate them actually.  Let me clarify. I dont mind if  other  people have tattoos; some people have tattoos that I like very much - on  them .  Like this ...
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• Life Links 1-18-12

  
  Jill Stanek's Pro-Life & Abortion News Blog — Authority: 617
  by JivinJ , host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Dr. Rajendra Kale , interim editor-in-chief at the Canadian Medical Association Journal , defends his call for withholding information on fetal sex until the 30th week to prevent sex-selection abortions in Canada : Kale said the overall numbers might be ...
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• Op-Ed Contributor: My So-Called Bipolar Life

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 867
  Claire Danes’s character in “Homeland” isn’t just like me. She is me.
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• What’s the Worst Mental Illness?

  
  caught in my bipolar burble — Authority: 89
  I, as a good little webmistress , keep an eye on my web analytics. So yes, I know some things about my audience, and one of the things I know is what people are searching for when they find me. This sometimes influences what I write about, like today: What is the worst mental illness? What is the Worst Mental ...
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• How common is it for someone to be diagnosed with both Bipolar disorder and PTSD?

  
  Interesting Health and Medical Information. Daily Updates! — Authority: 136
  I had to get evaluated by a psychiatrist and therapist today for disability. Id originally applied due to my bipolar disorder. Today after a long day the Psychiatrist spoke to me and told me he believes my bipolar diagnoses is right, but that he believes I also have Post traumatic stress disorder. I didnt know you ...
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• Researchers Identify Possible Receptor for Key Breast Cancer Regulator

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 138
  A key protein potentially involved in regulating breast cancer progression has been identified by researchers at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Led by professor Costel Darie, the team worked to identify the binding partner of Tumor Differentiating Factor (TDF), a pituitary hormone that had previously been shown ...
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• The Shocking Truth About Recovery From Bipolar Disorder

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  ...reveals the results of an important recent study by the National Institute of Mental Health that you will find shocking. There are many who wish the study would remain buried, but as they say, "The cat is out of the bag now!" read more
  2 weeks ago

• The Shocking Truth About Recovery From Bipolar Disorder

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  ...reveals the results of an important recent study by the National Institute of Mental Health that you will find shocking. There are many who wish the study would remain buried, but as they say, "The cat is out of the bag now!" read more
  2 weeks ago

• The fear of failure

  
  Enduring bipolar disorder — Authority: 89
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/Walking, even though they might be small stepsIt is okay to fail.  Failure is proof that you tried.  Failing to try, is what needs to be avoided.  Surely, others have said those words before, and they do make sense.  We can see, fear of failure is understandable for one ...
  2 weeks ago

• Project Medication Free

  
  www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive — Authority: 95
  Ah, Quetiapine. We have a long history. I saw you across a crowded counter, nestled in amongst your Lithium and Depakote comrades, orange, small, almost, dare I say it, cute. I read your information sheet. I scoffed at, “May cause drowsiness”. Me? Drowsy? Pah! I took you first in the sitting room while other ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meetings, socials set in South Jersey

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  Mickleton Garden Club Members of the Mickleton Garden Club will hold their meeting on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. the meeting will be held at Zion Community Church Hall on 242 Kings Highway, Clarksboro. the meeting’s theme will be “Tree Awareness” presented by arborist Paul Beister. the club meets the second ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bipolar and self-reliance

  
  Enduring bipolar disorder — Authority: 89
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/Learning to walk, and building an identityIs self-reliance reasonable for a person with bipolar disorder?  Is it even possible?  These questions ask us to consider how we look at bipolar disorder, ourselves, and those around us.  It would be prudent to begin by defining ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bed Goes Up, Bed Goes Down

  
  Pandamoanium — Authority: 101
  A Simpsons reference for every occasion, including me losing my tiny little mind. I wake to blankness. Probably what the big wigs would call "loss of affect".  I feel nothing. I want nothing. I want no one. Leave me alone. I spend the day flipping pages of magazines, just to give me something to focus on. ...
  2 weeks ago

• This Time Fer Shure

  
  Pandamoanium — Authority: 101
  And now for the newest poison on the block, Lamotrigine. An anti-epileptic, known overseas (and sporadically known here) for its kickass ability to knock the crap out of Bipolar Depression. Not known at all by my gp and she is letting me try it at my extreme insistence.  Also known for its ability to give users ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Choices Of An Absent Bipolar Parent

  
  Grimm's Bipolar Bantering — Authority: 89
  I realize that my contribution is sparse since my supposed re-launch, but I had been spending a good portion of the last few weeks with my 13 year old son who lives on the other side of the country. I was not a part of his life for a number of years out of choice. I did what I could to pay child support, birthday ...
  2 weeks ago

• BP Blog: Sleep Is Your Friend

  
  The Black Snob Feed — Authority: 110
  In todays post for BP Magazines Bipolar Blog , I write about my past battles with insomnia and how I came to realize I needed to take not sleeping seriously when it came to self-care: " Not being able to sleep was usually an indicator that something had gone terribly wrong, because while the high of mania would ...
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• Gluten-free Bipolar Disorder | Channel N

  
  Polygenicblog — Authority: 123
  The controversial link between sensitivities to foods including milk casein , wheat, and gluten, and effects on psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder . pub-5799224524264318
  2 weeks ago

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