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Bipolar Medication Information: Xanax

Xanax is an antianxiety drug approved by the FDA for treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder. It and its generic version, alprazolam, are also often prescribed off-label for people with bipolar disorder, even if they don't have those specific anxiety disorders as well, usually to treat anxiety and insomnia.   The FDA-approved... Read moreChevron
posted 12/21/2011, comments (0)|
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I need help for my kids with my ex wife

I have been seperated/divorced from my ex wife for almost 4 years.  She is extremely emotionally abusive to me, even after the divorce and uses the kids as pawns in her manipulation, as well as harrasses me almost daily about finances, money, a woman I have been seeing for almost 2 yrs, kids, her moving out of state so that I can't see the... Read moreChevron
posted 12/19/2011, comment (1)|
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Sex and Bipolar: Can Depression Lead to Over-Sexuality? Challenging the Conventional Wisdom

This is the fourth installment to our discussion on sex and bipolar. The conventional wisdom is that (hypo)mania increases our sexual drive - often to the point of excess - while depression has the opposite effect. Indeed, Goodwin and Jamison in their 2007 “Manic-Depressive Illness” note that Aretaeus of Cappadocia in the second... Read moreChevron
posted 12/18/2011, comments (4)|
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Handling the Holiday Challenge: The Bipolar Question of the Week

Holidays, holidays, holidays ...   Several days ago, I bought a poinsettia plant and plonked it on a table in my living room.  I even remembered to water it. That is my concession to the holidays. My pattern this time of year is to settle into a kind of comforting and protective isolation. Actually, this is pretty much my default state.... Read moreChevron
posted 12/17/2011, comments (2)|
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Racing Thoughts - When Your Mind Won't Quit

When I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I just stared at my psychiatrist. I was depressed. I'd been depressed most of the time for as long as I could remember. I took some convincing.   One of the things that helped me accept that diagnosis was that for decades I'd had a condition I called "racy brain" that turned out to fit the... Read moreChevron
posted 12/16/2011, comments (3)|
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