Tag Archives: Bipolar Disorder
Redisocvering Fun for You and Your Loved One when You Have Bipolar Disorder
During the period leading up to diagnosis and treatment of your loved one’s Bipolar Disorder, you both probably had your share of difficult times together that could be directly related to untreated Bipolar Disorder. Maybe complicating factors of the disorder even stopped you and your loved one from engaging in some of your favorite activities. … Continue reading
Two Great Books Which Help You to Understand and Treat Clinical Depression
According to the American Medical Association, depression affects approximately 18 million Americans. Many people do not even know that they are glum and those who do may not know enough about their condition to get the best treatment. While it is important to consult with one’s doctors about how to cure—or at least relieve—the symptoms … Continue reading
Bipolar Disorder and Job Discrimination
Most everyone knows that companies aren’t supposed to fire you or perhaps more accurately not hire you because of various health issues. For example, if I had a wait on injury 10 years ago and am in good health today, even if a job requires lifting theoretically, a company would have to hire me. In … Continue reading
How I Live with Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder runs in my family. My father and five of his six brothers and sisters had it. For most of my life I feared it would get me also. But by the time I was 55, I thought I was going to be lucky and bipolar disorder wasn’t going to get me. What follows … Continue reading
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
When you watch television you see the commercials, everyone knows someone who knows someone who has it, but what is bipolar disorder? What causes it? What are the symptoms? How do you know if you have it? This guide is designed to give you a quick synopsis of what bipolar disorder is and how you … Continue reading
Brain Awareness Week
True or unfounded – Do we spend only 10% of our brain? It’s unfounded. Since it is Brain Awareness Week, I concept it would be a blooming time to clear up this myth. We actually use all of our brain power. If we used only 10% then the rest of this three pound organ of … Continue reading
Recognizing Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a very serious disorder. It causes a person to have very extreme mood swings, going from very depressed, to very happy, or very irritated. Each mood swing is called an episode, and can last from several months to only a few hours. The depression episode of bipolar … Continue reading
Accurate Diagnosis Key to Appropriate Treatment for Depression
Everyone feels depressed at some point or another. The question is, do you have a profitable case of depression which needs medical treatment? As mental health conditions have become more accepted and more readily treated with medication, awareness has also increased. What has been forgotten is that people who are not clinically wretched can calm … Continue reading
Why I Home-School My Teenager
Many families consider and manufacture decisions about home-schooling prior to their children entering kindergarten. Some families find significant problems with both public and private schools after their children have attended classes and settle to home-school at a later age. Problems can range from conflicts with religious beliefs to medical issues to a child unbiased not … Continue reading
The Signs and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
It is one thing to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It is a completely different thing to note signs and symptoms of a person who has it and hasn’t been diagnosed, or a person who is relapsing. First, I think it is distinguished to clarify that bipolar disorder is the more modern term for manic … Continue reading