At times, I maintain fairly good bipolar health, but during the winter months I often slip into depression for no particular reason. Depression can actually happen any time of the year with me, but it seems to occur most often after the holidays for approximately 2 months. I don't really believe it's situational.
When I'm... Read more
A few years ago, I was working as as advocate at a local CMHC here in my hometown. Probably one my most memorable experiences comes to mind. It had a strong impact on my life.
I'll call him Randy. He was a bipolar Plus Plus - not only was he bipolar, he dealt with anxiety. Plus he was in prison. Randy was about to... Read more
My dog Tioga is very in tune with my illness. I think it's true of most domestic animals. He will be 12 in December. We have had him since he was 7 weeks old.
He is a chocolate labrador retriever.
We're not sure how much longer he will be around. He's had kidney failure - he suffers from arthritis, has a... Read more
At times, I maintain fairly good health, but during the winter months I often slip into depression for no particular reason. Depression can actually happen any time of the year with me, but it seems to occur most often after the holidays for two months or so. I don't believe it's... Read more
Many of us take the newer (atypical) antipsychotics. They include abilify, risperdal, zyprexa, seroquel and geodon. They are all in the same family of drugs, but each is unique and different.
The pharmaceutical companies that manufacture these drugs (all of them) currently have various product liability lawsuits against... Read more
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