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nunyageya

chronic clinical depression with 2 bipolar daughters

posted 09/12/2009, comments (0)

helping my granddaughter

I live with my daughter, who is bipolar. When my daughter gets into a tantrum about nothing much and says mean things, I tell my granddaughter that the mean words don't mean anything real and she should not take them to heart. I tell her they are just anger noises. I also point out that whatever set off the... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/01/2009, comment (1)

How mother do I talk to my hypomanic mother

My mother is definitely misdiagnosed as just depressive. I am positive she is Bipolar II.....When she gets shock treatments to get her out of severe depression, she is fine for a while and then she is on an anti-dep. for a while then she stops and I notice a change. She gets up really early, shifts things around, very busy but house is... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/25/2009, comments (3)

CONCERNED...

I have been with my boyfriend for 4 and 1/2 yrs. I love him so much but i get worried b/c he doesn't wanna take medicine and sometimes i do think he needs it to calm him down. He said the only thing that has ever helped him was ridillin and the dr took him off that when he turned 18. They said once he became an adult he couldn't take it... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/20/2009, comments (2)

How to deal with the mania

My brother has just been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Refuses to take meds. Has a wife and 3 children that he is walking away from. Has been having an affair, lost his job, about to lose his home. Tried to cancel all of the family's insurance. Disowned my mother. Spiraling out of control and I have no idea how to even begin to deal with this.... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/13/2009, comments (0)

Living out of Darkness: A personal Journey of embracing the bipolar opportunity by George Denslow

Hi all,My friend George Denslow has just written an excellent and highly readable book on embracing bipolar through a holistic spiritual approach. This is not a clinical dissertation on how to treat bipolar. It is a true, practical, written on the ground, map of what he has discovered living the terrain himself. You can read my review of the book... Read more Chevron

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