As always, the best reading about our illness is to be found in the community discussions here on HealthCentral. Last week, as a Question of the Week, I challenged readers to come up with a replacement term for bipolar disorder. This was no mere naming activity. Rather, the exercise demands ruthless enquiry into what is really going on with ourselves, and how we choose to play the hand that nature dealt us. Let’s get started:
Willa likened our condition to stepping on a tightrope....
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Diagnosing ADHD is never an easy task. There are no laboratory tests, no x-rays, no way for a doctor to look at your brain and say you have... Read more »
Do you ever have one of those weeks when things go unaccountably right? I know what you’re thinking, but hear me out: I’m getting a... Read more »
Clinical diagnosticians have sometimes struggled in their attempts to distinguish between childhood bipolar disorder and ADHD. There are a... Read more »
This week I took a tour around the different sites here at HealthCentral. With ADHD having several common co-existing conditions, such as... Read more »
ADHD and Bipolar Disorder (previously Manic Depression) share many of the same characteristics, however, the underlying reasons for the behavior are... Read more »
Brain scans may help determine the difference between children who have ADHD and those who have bipolar disorder, a new study has found. Researchers... Read more »
A reader asks experts at Health and Age about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder. The reader's son has been... Read more »
In this question and answer column, a relative wants to know how to help her niece who has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity... Read more »
According to new research, bipolar teens who are experiencing manic phases are more sexually active, have more sexual partners, and are more likely... Read more »
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