Bipolar

I’ve changed so many jobs in a span of 10 years that I can’t keep count. At 32 years old, I have bipolar disorder, i have ended up with nothing. This is not because I’m lazy or I don’t want a job. This is because I have been incapable of holding a job for more than … Read more

  INFLUENZA INFLUENCE Earlier studies looked into possible links between bipolar disorder or schizophrenia and prenatal exposure to the influenza virus. However, a big problem with much of the previous research is that it was based on mothers’ memories of their health during pregnancy—memories that typically are decades old (and thus prone to inaccuracy), given … Read more

For a person with bipolar disorder, figuring out the triggers for episodes is a big part of dealing with the disease.Environmental stressors are the triggers that turn on genes and the responses they provoke. In this guide, we will look at the most common triggers of bipolar disorder and how you can deal with them. … Read more

Bipolar disorder, formerly manic depression, is a mental disorder with periods of depression and periods of elevated mood. Mistakes 1. Too much caffeine. Ah yes, coffee, tea, Mountain Dew, energy drinks and super dark chocolate. They all sure either taste good or give you so called ‘energy.’ The facts are that they don’t give real … Read more

Patients taking lithium had lower rates of self-harm and unintentional injury compared to those taking other bipolar drugs, such as valproate (Depacon, Depakote), olanzapine (Zyprexa) or quetiapine (Seroquel), said lead researcher Joseph Hayes. He is a fellow of psychiatry at University College London.”This is important because people with bipolar disorder are 15 times more likely … Read more

1. Educate yourself.  The reams of paper that I printed out and asked him to read. The psychiatric evaluations he witnessed. The group therapy and family sessions he attended. And the conversations with other spouses of persons with bipolar disorder.Education is always the starting point. Because until a spouse or daughter or friend of a … Read more

Types of Bipolar Disorder The main difference between bipolar disorder and other conditions, like depression, is experiencing the overly excited state called mania, says Amit Anand, MD, a professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, vice-chair for research for the Center for Behavioral Health, and director of the Mood and Emotional … Read more