Posts Tagged ‘bipolar disorder’

Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month – Cqui’s Story

Life has to become pretty unbearable before one starts seeking out answers. Thanks to the World Wide Web they are found easier and faster than ever before. I was diagnosed 4 years ago. However I fought against it and tried another job, insisting I could beat it with medication! I was wrong. I have been [...]

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Fourth Annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month February 2012

February 2012 marks our fourth annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month. As always, I will be accepting guest posts from anyone who has been affected by bipolar disorder. I’m looking for personal experiences, insight on the disorder, new medical findings – anything related to bipolar disorder. This series may also be of interest to those becoming a [...]

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Enjoying the Holidays with Bipolar Disorder

Everyone knows the holiday season is a difficult time for anyone who has bipolar disorder or any other mental illness. Perhaps it is the stress of the holiday rush. Maybe there are painful  memories associated with the holidays. Maybe it is the feeling of being alone in all of this. Whatever the reason, it happens. [...]

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Note to Readers as I Rebuild

I would like to thank all of you. I am slowly but surely adding everything back. It’s going slower than I’d like as I do work full-time now. Please know that this has been a significant source of stress, and I do appreciate all the support I have received from my readers. Thanks for sticking [...]

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Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month – Peter’s Story

Peter S K Lynch chronicles his life with bipolar disorder through chapters posted on his semi-autobiographical blog. Peter says: I’d welcome you to check out my semi-autobiographical account of a young man’s descent into madness. The first chapter is located here: http://newmanx.blogspot.com/2010/10/chapter-i-sunday.html Here is an excerpt from the first chapter: For reasons not quite forthcoming [...]

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New Therapy for Depression

“NeuroStar is an alternative to medication to treat depression in some cases. It is transcranial magnetic stimulation, which is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of patients with major depression who have not benefited from prior antidepressant treatment. It does not involve surgery or anesthesia, is not taken by mouth and [...]

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I will remember you

People wonder why I have trust issues. I would say it’s not so much trust issues–it is a fear of getting too close to others. When you have loved and lost as much as I, the fear is justified. To those I have loved and lost… Sarah Mclachlan-I Will Remember You Kevin–my cousin and best [...]

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Book Review: Betrayal of Love and Freedom

Click here to purchase BETRAYAL of love and freedom I was recently asked to read and review Paul Huljich’s ‘Betrayal of Love and Freedom’. I read it. Here’s my review: The book contains three parts—some of it fiction and some it true. Paul Huljich begins the book with the tale of Luke Powers, a fictional [...]

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Still kicking…

It has been a while since I have posted and I wanted to assure my readers that I am doing well. I have not been hospitalized or in the midst of a major breakdown. It’s actually quite the opposite. I have been doing well enough to take on other clients and I spend a lot [...]

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Guest Post: How to Prevent Misdiagnosis of Bipolar Disorder

Not many people understand bipolar disorder, and even those who live with people who suffer this mental condition are not really sure about what it entails. We’ve heard of depression and some of us have even undergone it at some point of time, but bipolar disorder is not the same, and when it is misdiagnosed [...]

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