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Bipolar Disorder on the Rise? Maybe Not So Much
2008-05-12 15:30:00 Now we just need another study on the overdiagnosis of bipolar in kids, and we’ll have two studies pointing us in the right direction. From the Projo: A major swing in diagnosing bipolar disorder By Felice J. Freyer, Journal Medical Writer A few years ago, Dr. Mark Zimmerman, a psychiatrist at Rhode Island Hospital, started noticing that ...
By: Kmareka.com
How effective is natural treatment for Bipolar Disorder?
2008-04-22 00:00:00 Does it sound unbelievable to treat bipolar disorder in a natural way? Maybe you have the idea that bipolar treatment should be strictly medical. After learning a bit about natural treatments and neuropathy, however, your mind might be changed. Bipolar disorder is something that comes about naturally, so it makes sense that a natural and ...
Bebe Moore Campbell Writes About African-Americans and Bipolar-Disorder
2008-04-16 20:51:00 No matter your gender, class, ethnicity, race or religion, mental illness doesn’t discriminate. According to the National Mental Health Association, an estimated 2.3 million Americans have bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depressive illness). The rate of bipolar disorder among African Americans is the same as all Americans, except African Americans are less likely to receive ...
Bipolar Disorder: What You Should Know About This Illness
2008-03-28 06:00:00 It is important for people to function daily in the society in order to work, and whatever their daily activities are. In order to function properly, your health should also be in good condition especially your brain. You have to consider that your brain is what controls most part of your body and as well ...
By: Resources zone
Life Insurance Success Continues With Bipolar Disorder!
2008-03-23 00:00:00 We have talked a lot about and frankly I am excited about the results we are getting for clients with bipolar disorder with their applications for life insurance. Where the need seems to be the greatest is among professionals and business people who need substantial amounts of life insurance and, until we were able to ...
How To Overcome Your Bipolar Disorder And Depression As A Parent
2008-03-13 00:00:00 It can be tough for a parent who has depression to manage the household. Not only do you have to take care of the kids, you also have to deal with your issues. Sometimes your depression, bipolar disorder or your fears can interfere with your job as a parent. What can a parent do to ...
Shelley Beattie Committed Suicide After Suffering from Bipolar Disorder
2008-03-12 17:40:00 Shelley Beattie was an inspiration to the deaf community, overcoming her disability to become a professional bodybuilder, a television personality and a competitive sailor."The only thing I can't do is hear," she used to say.Beattie could speak clearly, despite losing her hearing as a child after an accidental overdose of aspirin.Last month she discovered one other thing she couldn't do: live with bipolar disorder. While under a doctor's care during a six-week stay at a psychiatric hospital, she took her own life.It was a tragic ending for a young woman, just 39, who had achieved so much."If it can defeat a strong person like her," said her father, Jack Beattie of Keizer, "it can defeat almost anybody."People with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, tend to experience extreme mood swings or episodes.Beattie once described it to her life partner, Julie Moisa, as waking up in the morning and feeling better than she had her whole life, only to be consumed by feelings o...
Bipolar disorder? New York Governer Eliot Spitzer, fierce prosecutor of org
2008-03-11 15:28:00 Princeton undergraduate, Harvard Law School graduate, perfect score on New York State Law Boards, former New York State Attorney General, fierce prosecutor of organized crime and prostitution rings, current Governor of New York State Eloit Spitzer linked to a prostitution ring and organized crime. This is classic bipolar disorder behavior."People often behave recklessly during a bipolar episode—gambling away savings, engaging in inappropriate sexual activity, or making foolish business investments, for example. They may also become angry, irritable, and aggressive, picking fights, lashing out when others don’t go along with their plans, and blaming anyone who criticizes their behavior."This is a bombshell for the general public, probably not a bombshell for people familiar with the inappropriate behavior associated with bipolar. I doubt this was the first time Spitzer had engaged in this activity. Governor Spitzer has been married for twenty years and has three...
Bipolar disorder? New York Governer Eliot Spitzer, fierce prosecutor of org
2008-03-10 20:16:00 Princeton undergraduate, Harvard Law School graduate, perfect score on New York State Law Boards, former New York State Attorney General, fierce prosecutor of organized crime and prostitution rings, current Governor of New York State Eloit Spitzer linked to a prostitution ring and organized crime. This is classic bipolar disorder behavior."People often behave recklessly during a bipolar episode—gambling away savings, engaging in inappropriate sexual activity, or making foolish business investments, for example. They may also become angry, irritable, and aggressive, picking fights, lashing out when others don’t go along with their plans, and blaming anyone who criticizes their behavior."This is a bombshell for the general public, probably not a bombshell for people familiar with the inappropriate behavior associated with bipolar. I doubt this was the first time Spitzer had engaged in this activity. Governor Spitzer has been married for twenty years and has three...
Five Criteria For Affordable Life Insurance If You Have Bipolar Disorder!
2008-02-27 00:00:00 Let me just reiterate from previous posts that if you have bipolar disorder, you can expect for almost all life insurance companies to decline you. They don’t care to what degree the disorder impacts your life. They put the completely functional CEO of a company in the same boat as the person who is on ...
What is Bi-polar Disorder ?
2008-02-21 09:10:00 ? Bipolar disorder, previously called manic depression, is a condition that affects your moods, which can swing from one extreme to another. If you have bipolar disorder, you will have periods, or episodes of depression and mania. The two extremes are characterised as follows: Depression where you feel very low, andmania where you feel very high. If your symptoms are slightly less severe, it is known as hypomania.Both extremes of bipolar disorder have other symptoms associated with them (see symptoms section). Unlike simple mood swings, each extreme episode can last for several weeks or longer. The high and low phases of the illness can be so extreme that they interfere with your daily life. The exact cause of bipolar disorder is not fully understood, but the condition seems to run in families. It is a relatively common condition, with around 1 person in 100 being diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. It can occur at any age, but often develops between the ages of 18 an...
By: Train Your Mind
Britney Spears? love of ice cream could make her bipolar disorder worse
2008-02-13 21:34:00 Britney Spears, who is believed to suffer from bipolar disorder, may not be able to eat one of her favorite foods, ice cream, because it could supposedly worsen her disorder. Britney’s parents have been urged by none other than PETA (the animal rights group) to keep her away from dairy products. PETA president Ingrid Newkirk wrote to ...
7 tips to take control of Bipolar Disorder
2008-02-07 20:49:00 Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a life-long illness affecting the chemistry of the brain. In classic cases, it causes severe mood swings from manic episodes of extreme highs to...
Treatment Options For Bipolar Disorder
2008-02-07 20:42:00 Bipolar disorder treatment is not new. Men of medicine were treating for it before they even knew what it was. Yet every year new medications and methodologies are added to the bipolar disorder...
Britney Being Treated At Hospital Specializing In Bipolar Disorder
2008-02-01 00:00:00 A source tells UsMagazine.com that the prospects for Britney Spears to get help at the UCLA Medical Center if the pop tart is suffering from bipolar disorder are much better than where she previously was, Cedars Sinai. "They have a much stricter unit
Britney Spears on medication for bipolar disorder
2008-01-31 08:50:00 Britney Spears is reportedly on medication for bipolar disorder. She has seen several psychiatrists and has one that visits her regularly.
It?s a Brain Thing: Bipolar Disorder
2008-01-26 05:22:00 This is a 6-part look at bipolar disorder, just one block of lectures in a series called “It’s A Brain Thing” by Dr. David Henley, Public Affairs Representative to the Indiana Psychiatric Society, in which he uses Vincent Van Gogh as a case study to explain the disorder. Note: this has been re-posted as a ...
Britney Spears Raising Bipolar Disorder Awareness
2008-01-25 00:00:00 Terri Cheney, author of 'Manic: A Memoir', weighed in on the speculation that Britney Spears has bipolar disorder as someone who has researched and lived with the condition in a column for the Huffington Post. Cheney said she was sent the following e
Britney Spears Behaviour: bipolar disorder, drug abuse & postpartum depress
2008-01-05 21:09:00 With Britney Spears public meltdown just hours ago shown by emergency medical technicians loading her into an ambulance outside her Los Angeles. We wonder what next for the lady that continues to sell music even after personal problems that could have made people stop buying her music. The Globe and Mail reports that Britney Spears troubling ...
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Bipolar Disorder And Pregnancy!
2008-01-04 00:00:00 Well controlled bipolar disorder can run into double trouble when a woman with the disorder becomes pregnant. Tough choices need to be made by the patient and treating physician concerning the continued bipolar treatment into and through pregnancy. Often the decision is made to discontinue treatment through pregnancy to avoid any impact that the anti psychotics ...
Hopes Dashed Once Again!
2008-01-03 23:22:00 I called our son’s Case Worker at Rushford Behavioral Center today to share the great news of us going home, and while she was very excited and happy, there were a few things she had to check on. This is what I told her I would like to have done before we get home, ...
We are Finally Going Home!
2008-01-03 23:05:00 Well, we are finally going home to CT! On Saturday, January 13th, 2008, our son and I will make the long drive back to Connecticut after almost three and a half months of waiting and separation. My husband and I are so excited that we can barely stand it! Our son has a scheduled ...
Mood Swing
2008-01-02 18:58:00 Hope everyone had a happy New Year! I'm just coming out of a terrible depressive episode. It's was so disappointing since I'd been well for so long. I'm not yet sure what to do with this blog but while I make my mind up, I'll continue posting.What truly bothers me is that when I begin the slide into the abyss, there's no place to go that's uplifting. I'd like to be with people but I can't sustain conversations with friends. And I don't know anyone, except Syd (from Bipolarity but she lives so very far away), who could be with me and realize that I can't talk, and my feelings change from one day to the next, and everything looks bleak until it doesn't.And yet it would nice to have a support group, but the only ones I've found are so downbeat as to be really depressing. The idea of sitting in a room with people who feel worse than I do and hear their sad stories--is truly depressing.In fact, I'm not interested in listening to people talk at all. I only feel better when ...
Sleep Away Bipolar Disorder!
2007-12-29 00:00:00 Oh, if it was just that easy! Bipolar can be one of the toughest of mood disorders to get a handle on. Some are lucky enough to find the break in one medication. For some it can take several medications. One of the biggest challenges with bipolar disorder is finding the right combination of medication and ...
Bipolar Disorder Is Not An Automatic Decline!
2007-12-25 00:00:00 Since studying and becoming more active in the life insurance needs of people with mood disorders, it has become apparent that many life insurance agents and companies have a knee jerk reaction to anyone with bipolar disorder. And those knees aren’t jerking in favor of the clients. I would not be blowing things out of proportion ...
New Research Adds to Understanding of Bipolar Disorder
2007-12-20 00:00:00 Three new studies of Bipolar disorder, a serious and common comorbid condition of ADHD, have...Read full story
A Medical Emergency
2007-12-04 18:30:00 Well, I have learned something very important. If you are receiving SAGA benefits and you are physically out of the State of CT for more than 30 days, then you will automatically lose your benefits. This means that you cannot get the limited health benefits that SAGA provides, and you cannot get any ...
A Miracle!
2007-12-04 18:25:00 Yesterday, we received a call from Senator Dodd’s office that our son’s Social Security appeal had gone through and he was approved for disability benefits! This is a HUGE milestone, and we will never be able to thank Senator Dodd’s office enough for their invaluable support and assistance in getting that accomplished! If it weren’t ...
Bipolar disorder
2007-12-01 05:11:00 More about Bipolar Disoder at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki-/Bipolar_disorderBipolar DisordersBy Mario Maj DownloadBipolar Disorders 100 Years after Manic-Depressive InsanityBy A MarnerosDownloadThe Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide What You and Your Family Need to KnowBy David J. Miklowitz DownloadPassword: www.AvaxHome.ruBipolar Depression A Comprehensive GuideBy Rif S. El-MallakhDownload
Tangling With a DMHAS Staff Member Part 4: The Attempt at Plan Implementati
2007-11-29 00:53:00 Tangling With a DMHAS Staff Member Part 4: The Attempt at Plan Implementation So, after explaining the plan for our son, and after talking with our son and several experts on the matter, we came to a general consensus. Our son should not go to a respite center, even in an interim placement, as it ...
Tangling With a DMHAS Staff Member Part 3
2007-11-29 00:14:00 Tangling With a DMHAS Staff Member Part 3: The Plan The caseworker from DMHAS assured me that he had a plan to get our son and I back to CT within the next few weeks. I listened to his plan, but was hesitant from the start. Here it is: The caseworker was going to get a ...
Bipolar Disorder in Children is "Rare" Says Researcher
2007-11-26 01:07:00 A major researcher from NIMH, Ellen Leibenluft, MD, Chief, Unit on Affective Disorders, Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, has made an unequivocal statement about bipolar disorder in children. Not surprisingly, she asserts bipolar disorder is "rare" in children. This article is a follow up to this one. Psychiatry Weekly ?Clearly,? Dr. Leibenluft says, ?some children do meet the DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder. However, these children are relatively rare. Far more common, perhaps as many as 3% of children in the community, are those who are extremely irritable and have ADHD-like symptoms, but don?t meet the DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder. A diagnosis of bipolar disorder requires distinct manic episodes, during which time one?s mood is altered, sleep and activity patterns change, and there are differences in reward-seeking behavior. More commonly, children present instead with chronic and nearly constant irritability.?...
By: Dare To Dream
Friends (Part 2)
2007-11-21 09:01:00 In her book, Among Friends: Who We Like, Why We Like Them, and What We Want To Do With Them, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, using herself as an example, writes about why friends withdraw when someone is ill."I have a problem with illness. Armchair analysis suggests it is because my mother died of cancer when I was young and I have never been able to visit sick people or hospitals without stirring up these memories. But it may be something more ignoble: cowardice, laziness, a primitive fear of "germs" or the unknown, a self-serving denial of human frailty and the fragility of life. Whatever the cause, it is humiliating to own up to such behavior, and like any coward, I do so only having discovered that others are guilty of it too."I am disturbed by her sentiments but I find her honesty appealing.I wonder how many of you were deserted by your friends when you were ill with bipolar disorder. How did it make you feel? Did you welcome these people back to the fold when you were well? How did you...
Bipolar Disorder. Treatment
2007-11-20 14:53:00 Lithium carbonate remains the mainstay of treatment in bipolar disorder, although sodium valproate is equally effective in acute mania. Carbamazepine is also efficacious. The response rate to lithium carbonate is 70 to 80 percent in acute mania, with beneficial effects appearing in 1 to 2 weeks. A prophylactic effect in prevention of recurrent mania, and, ...
Differential Diagnosis
2007-11-20 14:38:00 Differential Diagnosis The differential diagnosis of mania includes ruling out activation by stimulant and sympathomimetic compounds as well as secondary mania induced by hyperthyroidism, AIDS, or neurologic disorders, such as Huntington’s or Wilson’s disease, or cerebrovascular accidents. This distinction may be difficult to make, because comorbidity with alcohol and substance abuse is common, either because ...
Bipolar Disorder
2007-11-20 14:35:00 Bipolar disorder affects approximately 3 million persons in the United States. It is characterized by unpredictable swings in mood from mania (or hypomania) to depression. Some patients suffer only from recurrent attacks of mania, which in its pure form is associated with increased psychomotor activity, excessive social extroversion, decreased need for sleep, impulsivity and impairment ...
Having bipolar disorder is no means to an end
2007-11-17 15:22:00 Stephen Puibello was diagnosed as being HIV positive and having bipolar disorder at the same time, in 1997.But life doesn't end, even after getting a double-whammy.So last year, Stephen came up with www.BiPolarbear.us, a website that serves as a clearinghouse for people who experience the illness - including contact information and medical referrals.It also provides personal stories - like this website - that resonate with people who suffer from bipolar disorder and educate those who have no connection to it at all.But it also should inspire, because having bipolar disorder and HIV has not brought the Cliffside Park, N.J. resident down. In fact, the dual diagnosis has picked him up, and inspired him to act.He said he was inspired to create the website after participating in an AIDS awareness ride last year."On the ride, HIV riders were offered a RED Flag if they chose to promote awareness," he said. "Being bipolar, I wanted to promote that as well, and when you arrive at the site y...
By: Coping with Life
Current Breast Cancer Drug Looks Promising for Mania re Bipolar Disorder
2007-11-16 17:12:00 Here is another article I received via a news feed. This looks promising! A current drug for breast cancer may have promising results for people suffering from bipolar disorder when they are in a manic state. Check out this article: Channel 8 Drug Article Commentary is welcome!
Another Tragic Mental Health Casualty in Connecticut
2007-11-16 17:02:00 I learned about this mental health tragedy this morning, when I received a feed about a news article regarding the death of a young woman being cared for in the Connecticut mental health system. This is a HORRIBLE story — and our hearts go out to this family and the young woman’s friends and ...
Bipolar Disorder and Pregnancy
2007-11-13 00:00:00 Pregnancy is a magical time of every woman’s life. Having bipolar disorder makes the pregnancy harder and future moms to worry a lot. They worry about the medications they’re taking and their impact on child. Because bipolar disorder emerges during young adulthood and persists throughout the lifespan, women of childbearing age are at risk for this ...
Bipolar disorder - symptoms and treatment
2007-11-04 00:00:00 Bipolar disorder causes unusual changes in person’s mood, energy level and ability to function every day. It is also known as manic-depressive illness. This disorder cannot be confused with normal ups and downs that every person has. People suffering from bipolar have symptoms much more severe than just regular anxiety and sadness. These symptoms can result ...
Forbes Magazine: Bipolar Disorder In The Workplace
2007-10-31 03:21:00 Here’s a good article about Bipolar in the working environment from FORBES Magazine Bipolar Disorder in the Workplace : Read the Article “Those with bipolar disorder face a basic decision: Tell the boss about the condition or remain silent. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a person with a disability is not required to disclose it unless ...
By: The Bipolar CEO
YouTube Comments On Bipolar Disorder
2007-10-29 11:25:00 before sleeping, or the nights i cant sleep, at bed, i imagine myself doing great stuff, im like very optimistic about the future, about having like a beautiful wife, blah blah blah, but at day its all fucked up, i get very pessimistic.. like all day.. damn i think im bipolar.. some times i feel like "damn im going to make this" and other times like "no, its impossible", theres times when i sleep so much like all day and times when i just cant freaking sleep.. when im in a group of friends i feel like i need to talk or i get kind of depressed or mad Wasn't Albert Enstein Bi-Polar? He was weird as hell but a extremely talented and smart man. So sometimes being Bi-polar can have its unqiue abilities on certain people right?
Letter Written on May 1, 2000
2007-10-24 21:10:00 This was a letter written to appeal for a proper placement for our son as he was to move out of a psychiatric hospitalization placement to a residential treatment facility. Our son was in high school at the time. The verbiage is exact except for individual names that have been changed. “My son has ...
Bullshit Semantics
2007-10-16 01:42:00 I am sick and fucking tired of being told how to refer to my illness. The bipolar community has become hung up on semantics. Some swear that 'Bipolar Disorder is a disease, not a disorder'; some argue that it is actually 'Manic Depressive Illness'; and some contend that it is in fact 'Bipolar Disorder'. Personally, I do ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bullshit Semantics", url: "http://bipolarchick.net/blog/m-ental-health/bipolar/2007/10/15-/bullshit-semantics/" });
How To Identify The Symptoms Of Bipolar Disorder (Mania & Depression)
2007-10-15 11:29:00 Having difficulties dealing with your emotional self can sometimes lead to medical problems if not being handled effectively. One of such medical problems is called Bipolar Disorder.Bipolar Disorder involves problems with the emotions that can deeply affect your mental and physical health. It is a disease that can be present in anyone who develops the signs and symptoms of it. The symptoms are sub-categorized into two components: mania and depression.Here are the following symptoms of mania:1. A sudden growth in self-worth and the act of being lavish.2. Little needs to have a good sleep. Someone with this symptom would feel that he or she had rested enough even with only three hours of sleep.3. Becomes a bigger chatterbox than usual.4. Develops a feeling that his or her mind keeps pacing up5. Tends to get unfocused. He or she will pay more attention to things that are less essential rather than things that he or she ought to pay more attention to.6. A sudden growth in involvement in...
By: NAFASG
Bipolar Disorder Series by Dr. Henley (6 parts)
2007-10-14 07:41:00 This is a short Bipolar Disorder Series by Dr. Henley and is part of a larger series called "It's a Brain Thing". Dr. Henley is a Psychiatrist and from what I can understand, he produced the series "It's a Brain Thing" for the sole purpose of educating people on the how the mind works, how it works with our belief system and what is actually happening when something goes astray. I'm sure I didn't explain this well enough, but I think you can interrupt his purpose very quickly by just watching his series. We will be loading the rest of Dr Henley's series over the nest week or so. The videos are a bit longer than what we normally load up, so you might encounter some timing out. What I suggest if this happens to you is to start the video, then click the pause button and let the video load up -- without actually playing. You can also download these videos in a MP3 format from this website -- http://www.homergreg.com/henley-/ . These videos are a bit on the ...
5 Songs You Should Never Sing To Your Bipolar Girlfriend
2007-10-12 01:56:00 I dugg this story written by Adam Daroff. Sometimes, you have to be able to laugh at yourself and I found this article funny because it is SO true. Related posts Understanding Hospitalization for Mental Health (0) My Interests and Preferred Pastimes (0) I Didn't Run Nick Off… Yet (0) First Date with Dave (5) Why I Relapsed (Part 1) (3) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "5 Songs You Should Never Sing To Your Bipolar Girlfriend", url: "http://bipolarchick.net/blog/m-ental-health/bipolar/2007/10/11-/5-songs-you-should-never-sing--to-your-bi-polar-girlfriend/" });
Social Security Accepts Bipolar Disorder Applications
2007-10-09 16:50:00 Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder, a psychiatric condition but feels psychological by experience. The patient experiences recurrent episodes of dramatic disturbance in mood, from debilitating depression to unbridled passion. The disorder distorts emotions and thoughts and destroys rationality. Bipolar disorder is biological, clinical studies show abnormal secretion of fluid in the brain yet by experience feels emotional.
Top 10 Signs Your Girlfriend Might have Bipolar Disorder
2007-10-09 09:52:00 10. She is a natural blond AND still has an IQ of 140. 9. She thinks PMS is for wimps. 8. There are times in the year were she STOPS talking. 7. She is the one in the Club dancing with glow sticks for hours without taking a break. 6. She takes drugs to have a normal state instead ... |
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