Tag Archives: Bipolar Disorder

Facts About Bipolar Disorder

What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that is also commonly known as manic depression. Bipolar disorder causes shifts in the brain that impact a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function normally. With bipolar disorder, people can have normal moods as well, but if it is left untreated it can cause … Continue reading

Childhood-Onset Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic-depression, is a brain disorder. It is serious, but treatable. Bipolar disorder presents as changes in mood, thinking, energy and behavior. Anyone can suffer from this disorder, even babies. It is not yet known how celebrated childhood-onset bipolar disorder is as there are slight to no epidemiological studies. … Continue reading

Depression Really is a Medical Condition

We all procure gloomy sometimes, and we all have bouts of what we have come to call depression, but the truth is, there are lots of different types of depression. There is a mental health issue known as depression. This type of depression is usually short lived, situational, and while it is caused by a … Continue reading

The Facts on Clinical Depression

Depression is a mental disorder that is usually characterized by long periods of sadness. Experts say a person may be overwhelmed by melancholy often in these cases of depression. The symptoms of depression can be vague sometimes. But if a feeling of loss of self esteem, feeling of emptiness, and no hope of happiness goes … Continue reading

Understanding Clinical Depression

Depression is more current than you think. In fact, over 16 Million Americans will suffer from depression in their lifetime. The agreeable news is that depression is treatable. Many functional members of society suffer from depression and do quite well. This article will educate you on the illness and enable you to study the symptoms … Continue reading

Top 5 Bipolar Disorder Therapy Books

Google Bipolar Disorder Therapy and you will get over 3 million hits, Amazon.com will find over 1,000 books, and your local library probably keeps 50 to 100 on bipolar disorder alone. How then are you to find the books you need? I have compiled this list of what I feel to be the top 5 … 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

Jon Gosselin and Clinical Depression

It isn’t hard to spot a clinically depressed person if one has been there. There is a certain hollow look around the eyes from countless sleepless nights. If the eyes are the windows to the soul then Jon Gosselin is a very sad and empty man. I can unbiased hear everyone now, “Oh,come on! What … Continue reading

Bipolar Disorder and Structured Religion

Every action has it own role to play, molding and shaping our lives as a sculptor with an ever-turning pottery wheel. One of the main shapers of my childhood was a constricting church environment. My peers dressed, talked and acted alike regardless of age, sex or race. Growing up in this atmosphere, I desperately tried … Continue reading

How to Get Help for Bipolar Disorder and Bipolar Depression

Bipolar disorder is when a person has changes in mood and behavior. If you or someone you know have the symptoms of bipolar disorder, you need treatment. The earlier the treatment the better because if bipolar disorder is not treated as soon as possible, it can lead to out of control and risky behavior and … Continue reading