Bipolar - People That Are Interested in Bipolar Disorder

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posted 01/21/2009, comments (0)

Bipolar Disorder Thoughts

Bipolar Disorder (manic-depressive illness), if a disorder at all, has been defined as a major affective mood disorder in which one alternates between the mental states of deep and brutal depression and inflated elation- with the depressive episodes occurring more frequently. The disorder affects one's cognition, emotions, perceptions, and... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/15/2009, comments (0)

Heart risk cited in newer antipsychotic drugs

According to an article in today's Los Angeles Times, a widely used class of antipsychotic drugs (including bestsellers Zyprexa, Risperdal and Seroquel) is just as likely to cause a fatal heart attack as older antipsychotic drugs like haloperidol. The drugs are approved for treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the general... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/30/2008, comments (15)

New relationship with a bipolar man

He told me right away that he has been diagnosed bipolar and on meds for ten years now. We are both in our late forties. He also told me that it's not easy to be in a relationship with a bipolar person and he shared some information on the illness so that I could understand what I might be getting into. His most pressing issues... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/08/2008, comments (11)

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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Dr Teresa Foley

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posted 10/16/2008, comments (0)

I have been there so often

in 2000, october1991, i was taken over by an alien, and in 2001, I got my doagnosis. CFIDS. It is a horrid illness and the pain and depression, isolation and misconceptions are rampant. Know you are not alone. go to cfids.org and continue to surf until you find the alien that has your mind and body, Dr Foley

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