So you've just found out that your husband or wife has bipolar disorder..what now? First of all, realize you are not alone. there are many support groups and more than enough information on mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder (or manic depression) to help you with the new challenges you are facing. Below is a [...]
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Your Spouse Is Bipolar – Now What?
Posted by admin on April 2nd, 2012
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No Comments »Teenagers, Bipolar Disorder, and Drugs
Posted by admin on March 31st, 2012
Wherever you go, if there are teenagers, there can be drug abuse, whether it is in high schools or on college campuses. Marijuana is the most common, but many others exist. Teenagers with bipolar disorder are particularly vulnerable to misuse these dangerous substances, as a form of self-medication. while drug abuse is common among teenagers, [...]
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Posted by admin on March 29th, 2012
It may surprise you to know that as many as one person out of every ten suffers from some form of major depression, and of the many millions of sufferers spread across the world, less than 20% receive adequate help or assistance. the WHO, (World Health Organization), states that depression is the world's fourth largest [...]
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Posted by admin on March 28th, 2012
Do you ever wonder why you do the things you do? Do you sometimes feel as if you have no control over yourself or your behavior when you're in a manic episode, or why you can't seem to pull yourself out of it when you're in a depressed episode? Bipolar disorder is a chemical imbalance [...]
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Posted by admin on March 27th, 2012
I have a friend who has been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. his moods usually change abruptly for no apparent reason. Before I knew about his condition, I tried to understand him and tried to accept that maybe he is just the type of person to overreact to things. One second, he could be in a [...]
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Posted by admin on March 27th, 2012
I'm not a famous actress like Patty Duke (Anna Marie in They call me Anna) or Carrie Fisher (in the best Awful); or a gifted psychiatrist like Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison (in An Unquiet Mind); or a flamboyant, young journalist like Lizzie Simon (in Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D); or a notorious newswoman [...]
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Posted by admin on March 26th, 2012
Many people are familiar with the main types of bipolar disorder - bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder. However, not as many people are familiar with the other types of bipolar disorder: hypomania and cyclothymia. If you have three or more of the following symptoms listed below most of the day -- nearly every [...]
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Posted by admin on March 24th, 2012
I look forward to manic episodes, I really do. they lighten my life and pull me out of my depressive darkness. Like all good things though, they come to and end and they come with consequences. Mania is no different. In fact, some of the negative aspects of mania make me wonder why I long [...]
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Posted by admin on March 22nd, 2012
Bipolar disorder, the most extreme form of which was previously known as manic depression, is a significant disturbance of mood characterized by 'mood swings', euphoria, high levels of energy and productivity. it is possibly the only condition where sufferers actually crave the return of some of the symptoms and it remains one of the most [...]
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Posted by admin on March 22nd, 2012
Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, has in past years only been found in adults, while children with similar symptoms have been mistakenly diagnosed as have attention deficit disorder (ADD), or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, in recent years, psychiatrists and pediatricians have found that bipolar disorder definitely rears its ugly head in childhood as [...]
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