Information and opinions on Bipolar from ariK at BipolarConnect.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/18722/work-disclosure Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:30:00 -0500 ariK Almost everyone with bipolar disorder (or any other mental illness, for that matter) must face the decision at some point of whether or not to disclose their condition to people that they are professionally involved with. Though I had not intended to reveal my diagnosis to anyone at my new place of employment, a unique set of circumstances fell into place today which strongly favoured sharing it with one of my new coworkers.As I was riding along... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/18722/work-disclosure http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/18507/random-blurbs Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:22:00 -0500 ariK ...to catch you up on a few things in my life (and help me to establish a foundation from which to leap back into posting here again):1) I recently moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Abilene, Texas. This is the smallest city I have lived in since leaving my hometown over a decade ago and will thus take some getting used to. :-)2) I now work for a small biotech company, which I have found so far to be refreshingly different from the academic... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/18507/random-blurbs http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/7957/nice-meet Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:51:00 -0400 ariK Aside from mentioning that I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Type II (rapid-cycling) in January 2001, I realize in retrospect that I didn't mention much else in the "About Me" portion of my profile, so I think that I'll actually take a little time now to acquaint myself with the BipolarConnect.com community. My name is K.R.P., though I am widely known online as ariadneK (the "ariadne" portion coming from one of my... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/7957/nice-meet http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/7907/taming-mind Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:59:00 -0400 ariK For many of us bipolars (especially of the rapid-cycling variety such as myself), we live our days with the understanding that the mind is seldom a "still" presence: it is constantly in a state of activity...for better (we often think when we are in the throes of manic euphoria) or for worse (when we are in bleak depression). Over the years, I have come up with two favourite ways to "tame" the overactive mind that have been quite... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8278/7907/taming-mind