Posts Tagged ‘disorder’

Guest Post: The Catch 22 of Dealing with Bi-Polar Disorder

As most of us who are knowledgeable about mental disorders know, bipolar disorder is one of the least understood mood disturbances among the general population. This makes things, of course, all the more difficult in dealing with the disorder if you happen to have it. Since I have a strong family history of varying degrees [...]

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February 2010: 2nd Annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month

I sincerely wanted the second annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month to be even bigger than last year. My life has become quite hectic in the past few weeks and it has prevented me from fulfilling my goals. I have faith that next year will be better. I would like to ask all of you to [...]

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Volunteers needed for Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month

vvvFebruary 2010 will be the second annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month! Our goal is to reduce discrimination through awareness and education. I need your help! You can help raise awareness in several ways: Host a badge! To increase the amount of participants and spread awareness, I am asking you to consider placing a Bipolar Disorder [...]

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Bipolar disorder and relationships

I have strong feelings about relationships. Is this related to bipolar disorder? I think some of it is, but some of it is not. I love my husband very much, but I have a constant fear that he will leave me. It stems back to my first marriage. For more than seven years, I was [...]

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Being lazy

I’m being lazy today. I am hoping that if I take it easy then it will ease my psychosis. I have this image that keeps popping up in my head. It has been happening for about a month now. I can see myself banging my head against the wall over and over again until I [...]

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Take that, voices!

“It’s me again…the voice of despair.” I am ignoring my voices today and feeling pretty smug about it. Why? Because I told on them and they know they are in trouble. Last night, I decided it was time to enlist help. I need someone to make sure I take my medication every night. I laid [...]

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BipolarArtists.com: Artists with bipolar disorder

See the art of artists and writers with bipolar disorder or schizoaffective bipolar disorder at Bipolar Artists. Bipolar disorder has been tied to creativity and there are many who suffer from this illness who are very talented artists or writers. BipolarArtists.com showcases the works of several artists. The art of eight artists is currently being [...]

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Side effects of medication

Lamictal Withdrawals

Day 2 of no medication. Let the Lamictal (lamotrigine) withdrawals commence! Oh wait, they already have. Withdrawals are always fun but I did manage to do some research and I am finding that some of the things I didn’t even think were withdrawal symptoms really are. Bear with me. I may not make much sense [...]

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Latest news on bipolar disorder

Catch up on some of the latest news about bipolar disorder! Searching around the internet this morning, I am catching up on more than a week’s worth of news. I found too many interesting things to pick just one so I am going to share several interesting news items. Mad Genius – The link between [...]

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Bipolar disorder without meds isn’t fun for me

I didn’t take the medication prescribed to me for bipolar disorder last night and it is looking like I won’t take it again tonight. I currently take 200 milligrams of Lamictal every day. Last Monday, I told my husband that I wouldn’t have enough to last the weekend so he needed to pick it up [...]

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