Information and opinions on health from Andrew Mura 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/35832/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/35832/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/35832/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/148453/bipolar-staying Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:29:43 -0500 Andrew Mura I was born in Washington state and lived in the deep woods to the age of 4.  By 6 months i was screaming myself purple to the point of passing out. my symptoms piled up over time but doctors refused to confirm any malady, choosing instead to call my mother a poor parent.  i was expelled from every school i ttended from 4th grade to high school for defiance of authority figures.  at the age of 10 i was tested with a litany of tests... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/148453/bipolar-staying http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/32896/trauma-resilience Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:56:38 -0400 Andrew Mura      Now and then i have a thought stick in my head. On even rarer occasions those thoughts will block up my thought process and begin to accumulate smaller aggregate groupings of thoughts that begin this process anew, untill i have developed an obsession. Now I dont know whether this topic is obsessive or just a developement of personal sense of reality and a philosophical query i cant answer. i can only talk about my... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/32896/trauma-resilience http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/32801/experince-feedback Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:55 -0400 Andrew Mura Im a 32 year old living with bipolar disorder with psychotic features. I am on am an artist on social security, and my primary focus is on music writing, performance, recording, mixing and production... with a minor in album cover creation :)   Im looking for fellow bps and practitioners to critique my music and perhaps suggest ways i could share it with a larger audience. I am a serious artist and i just finished production of my... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/32801/experince-feedback http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/15866/pattern-emerges Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:12:00 -0500 Andrew Mura I just noticed that all of the recent posts on  Living with it/questions are all about the same thing... I wonder if anyone has any info on whether thess moodstate changes are SEASONAL in nature? I know that winter allways makes me depressed, but maybe the Fall shif coul trigger mania? I m I totally of the mark? http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/15866/pattern-emerges http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/15864/manic-phases Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0500 Andrew Mura I am ver lucky to have my Mother, a Psychologist, checking on me regularly throughout the week to monitor my moodstates, and I spend the majority of my time in a highly funcionally manic state, very active and creative, sometimes experiencing great difficuly with passive activities (i.e. watching a movie without also picking at a guitar or eating or something active) my focus is sharp when I am in this state, but I often begin to slip into... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/15864/manic-phases http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/15706/albums-15-ago Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:53:00 -0400 Andrew Mura I'm happy to say that as of the first of November, I have released 2 new albums.  The first is the most topical and appropriate to this site, and is called VIEWS FROM THE ASYLUM.  It is a rock opera of sorts that catalogues the incredible journey i undertoook while being held for 16 weeks in an irish asylum. a little wizard of Oz, a bit Pink Floyd's The Wall, and a hefty slice of greek tragedy. and every word is true. from... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/15706/albums-15-ago http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/15511/life-asylum Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:37:00 -0400 Andrew Mura I have lived with bipolar since infancy, but it began to impact my life seriously in my mid twenties.  I lost my apartment, job, car, girlfriend, and ended up walking in traffic.  That is when I was first placed on meds.  but it wasnt until a few years later that my very reality came into question.  After dicontinuing my meds on a trip to ireland, I began to hear a voice in my head threaten me and try to manipulate my sense... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/35832/15511/life-asylum