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Using Sleep in Our Recovery - Question of the Week

How does sleep feature in managing our bipolar?One week ago, at the NAMI National Convention in Chicago, I heard Jill Bolte Taylor, author of “My Stroke of Insight,” talk about how sleep figured mightily in her recovery. In 1996, at age 37, Dr Taylor suffered a debilitating stroke that left her unable to walk or talk or recall life.... Read moreChevron
posted 07/16/2011, comments (4)|
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Last "Up" - Can Bipolar Include Ups That Seem Normal?

How high is up? What separates bipolar disorder from clinical depression is how high we determine “up” should be. The official debut of bipolar disorder in the DSM-III of 1980 set the excessively restrictive standard of mania, which typically involves 911 intervention and a long course in medications treatment.The DSM-IV of 1994 came... Read moreChevron
posted 06/26/2011, comments (9)|
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Facing the Social Challenge - Question of the Week

Ah, the challenges of being sociable. I’m still shaking off a cold, so I’ve had a good excuse for largely keeping to myself this past week. I’m an introvert by nature and work from home. For my own sanity, though, it is very important for me to get out of the house every once in a while and mingle with the human race.I have a... Read moreChevron
posted 06/25/2011, comments (5)|
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Hypomania and Exuberance - Which is Which?

Hypomania in and of itself is not a pathology. According to the DSM:The episode is not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning, or to necessitate hospitalization, and there are no psychotic features.Fine, so why worry? Well, here’s the catch:The episode is associated with an unequivocal change in... Read moreChevron
posted 06/19/2011, comment (1)|
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Is There a Bipolar Hypomanic Advantage?

Hypomania, the hypomanic advantage, and famous people. See if you can guess the true identities to the following five case studies:Case One - As a kid, he liked to race his bike on the local airport runway as planes took off. In the Army, he frequently got on the wrong side of his superiors.  On acceptance to a university faculty position, he... Read moreChevron
posted 06/05/2011, comments (4)|
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