Information and opinions on health from kmarie at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1136/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1136/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1136/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/1136/19708/effects-rockstar Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:06:00 -0500 kmarie it's funny. when i first logged into this site months ago, i stated i had recovered from bipolar disorder. and i honestly thought i had. but i'm not wondering whether you can ever really recover from bipolar disorder. i'm not meaning to be cynical; it's just that bipolar is inherently a cyclical illness. our moods (and with them our perceptions, beliefs, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors) cycle from the manic peak highs to... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/1136/19708/effects-rockstar http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/1136/10273/szaszisms Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:20:00 -0400 kmarie i had a classmate (and now colleague) who stated he wanted to work in mental health and then quoted dr thomas szasz.   in my mind, at least, he was immediately discredited. dr thomas szasz is the one who was quoted so well by tom cruise when tom cruise "got into it" with matt lauer on the today show.   thomas szasz is the "doctor" who stated there is no such thing as mental illness and that schizophrenia is a "fake" illness.... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/1136/10273/szaszisms http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/1136/10272/incognito Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:10:00 -0400 kmarie so here's the thing: i'm living incognito. i'm an msw therapist at a community behavioral health center who is very bipolar (although in full remission pretty much (!!)), and who has not disclosed this to anyone at work.   it's kind of funny, really. when i do group therapy and we'll talk about medication management. there's only so much med management you can learn from books. or take the mood disorder group.... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/1136/10272/incognito