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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
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
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
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
Bipolar Disorder Support Online
Many people affected by bipolar disorder find it difficult to catch help and befriend because of the feeling of isolation and feel that “you can’t understand it if you don’t have it.” There are a number of groups available online where people that suffer from bipolar disorder, or their friends and family members, can share … Continue reading