Information and opinions on health from chuckanthus 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/4212/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/4212/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/4212/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/4212/9965/miss-baby Wed, 30 May 2007 16:41:00 -0400 chuckanthus In February I lost my fiance due to being an undiagnosed bipolar.  We had been together off and on for over 2 and 1/2 years.  I say off and on because we started seeing each other in August of 2004, dated until September 2005, broke up because of my being hard to get along with, got back together in February of 2006 and then made it another year.   Now I know that some might say "it couldn't all have been your fault." ... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/4212/9965/miss-baby http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/4212/9898/disrupted-schedule Tue, 29 May 2007 09:53:00 -0400 chuckanthus I have known for years and years that weekends were difficult for me.  Until I found out that I am bipolar a month ago, I didn't really know why.  I had a really tough weekend.  It got worse as the Memorial Day Weekend progressed to the point where I was not doing very well by Monday afternoon.  It is such a relief to find out why weekends are  more difficult for me and why long weekends are even tougher.  I am... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/4212/9898/disrupted-schedule http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/4212/9818/experiments Fri, 25 May 2007 16:06:00 -0400 chuckanthus I have been taking Lamictal for three weeks and one day.  I am on the starter pack.  So for the past eight days I have been taking 50 mg. of the medication.  I don't start taking 100 mg. until next Thursday.  I have also been taking 300 mg of Welbutrin.  Beginning last Thursday, the day that I increased my Lamictal from 25 mg. to 50 mg., my psychiatrist asked that I reduce my Welbutrin to 150 mg. for seven days... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/4212/9818/experiments http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/4212/9664/im Mon, 21 May 2007 11:53:00 -0400 chuckanthus This is for anyone that I have hurt or caused to worry.   I have known that something wasn't quite right for several years. I just did not know what. I intended to be a doctor from the time that I was just a small child until I was somewhere around 16 or 17. During that time something changed. I didn't know what. Rather than going to college, I enlisted in the USAF. After my time in the service, I started and stopped college 3 or... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/4212/9664/im