What can be worse than bipolar? The prospect of living the rest of your life with the illness, that's what. Whether you suspect you may have bipolar or have been recently diagnosed with the illness, chances are your life is in shambles. You may have run up debts, you may have left your employment, your friends and loved ones may have deserted... Read more
Ever since I first started writing about my illness nearly nine years ago, the most desperate correspondence I have received invariably came from the loved ones of patients. My latest "mailbag" features a stack of plaintive queries from spouses and boyfriends and girlfriends: Help writes: "My husband has become has become... Read more
The bad news is you have bipolar. The really bad news is you have to live with it. With this issue of Ask the Expert Patient, we have a series of questions from individuals working to deal successfully with the particular challenges that their illness poses, ranging from concentration to obsession to bad hair days to bullying to being late to... Read more
Psychiatrists often have a difficult time diagnosing bipolar disorder, as they tend to see patients when they are depressed rather than bouncing off walls. Additionally, certain symptoms may resemble ADD or schizophrenia or other illnesses. Bipolar also tends to come fully-loaded with symptoms of other mental illness, such as anxiety. Finally,... Read more
Do you have questions about bipolar disorder? Every two weeks, I'll answer new questions and post the answers here, in our Ask the Expert Patient section. If you would like to ask a question about bipolar disorder or living with bipolar disorder, please write a SharePost and be sure to select "a question" in the drop-down menu... Read more
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