Bipolar Disorder Recovery
You are emerging from a crisis or emergency situation. Your clinician has informed you that you have bipolar disorder. The medications are kicking in. You are no longer bouncing off walls or chained to your bed. Your worst symptoms have abated. You have your brain back.
But you are not still not feeling yourself. Something isn’t right. And the side effects of the medications are making you feel worse in many ways. Is this it? you wonder. Is this my fate as someone with a severe mental...
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From Our Experts
Bipolar Disorder Recovery: Establish a Morning Routine
Having daily routines can be invaluable during both hypo/manic and depressive episodes. When you're flying high, they can be steadying. If... Read more »
Recovery from Bipolar Disorder: Question of the Week
Recovery in bipolar is about the little things. Last evening, I experienced the pleasure of beating someone in chess who didn't know how to... Read more »
Bipolar Recovery Tools: Vibration
This post has to do with sound, vibration, healing, and how it can help in managing our bipolar. Bear with me ...Four and a half years ago,... Read more »
Handling the Uneventful: The Bipolar Question of the Week
Do you ever have one of those weeks where you feel you have just been treading water? That’s kinda the way my last seven days have gone -... Read more »
Has Music Affected Your Recovery from Bipolar Disorder? The Question...
I'm headed out the door to my monthly drum circle. Four years ago, on impulse, I purchased a didgeridoo and learned how to honk it. I would... Read more »
From Our Sources
Bipolar: Recovery is Responsibility
Within the recovery movement, people tend to talk disparagingly about “the medical model,” as if doctors and psychiatrists are somehow inimical... Read more »
Bipolar Disorder: Knowledge is Necessity
Recovery begins with knowledge. It all starts with knowing thyself. If you have any doubts, simply contemplate some of the shareposts and comments... Read more »
Ask the Author: Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disord...
Expert patient John McManamy, who has battled bipolar disorder, is taking his voice to a new level. His informative and provocative book, Living... Read more »
Bipolar Disorder: Mindfulness Part 2
Okay, so here's the situation:I had switched from a name brand mood stabilizer that I only had to take once a day to a generic version that required... Read more »
Bipolar Disorder: The Importance of Knowing Thyself
Recovery starts with knowledge. Knowledge involves knowing thyself. Knowing thyself is a lifelong quest that demands taking a rigorous inventory of... Read more »
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