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Sandra

Is there anyone else out there?

posted 11/09/2008, comments (3)

Edge of the Earth

I have been bipolor sometimes it seems my whole life, I'm 49 and had my first battle at 20 and just recently had my 18 year old daughter diagnosed also, I feel a guilt inside that I know is irrational, but who gives something like this to their child and feels good about it. I jotted down this poem and would like to share it with... Read more Chevron

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Michelle

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Living With It

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posted 11/09/2008, comments (2)

I have Bipolar, but Bipolar doesn't have me.

I was told a little over a year ago that I am Bipolar. Those words to this day send shivers down my back. Bipolar?? I knew that I was moody and could at times switch from extreme happy to seriously debilitating lows in the blink of an eye. But just the word Bipolar. Did this mean that I suddenly went from normal to just weird? To be honest it... Read more Chevron

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Big_Chuck1978

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29 yrs old, Married 10 years and have two beautiful daughters

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posted 11/09/2008, comments (3)

I am just dumfounded

I am suffering more and more, and yes its getting to be unbearable, does anyone have any good ideas that might help me in this situation?? Say Whenever I am laying in bed I become restless and feel short of breath and have to get up and move around. Whenever I am in a car, I can't seem to sit still and get jittery and... Read more Chevron

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Smriti

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posted 11/09/2008, comments (9)

Looking for help: Working on my Masters Thesis on Bipolar Disorder

Hello I am a student at Columbia University's Graduate School Of Journalism. I am planning to do a half hour radio documentary on persons living with Bipolar Disorder. I hope to report on how you cope once you have been diagonsed with the disorder. I would be grateful if I could find someone who can talk to me and share their... Read more Chevron

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alfredo

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posted 11/08/2008, comments (0)

Making sense of Bipolar Disorder and Depression

There is one good paper written by Dr. Michael Gathercole, who suffers from depression, which tends to suggest that: essentially, stress is additive. Put enough stress on a person, and that person will break. The amount of pressure necessary for this depends on the person's resilience at this time. What the resulting symptoms are... Read more Chevron

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