Information and opinions on health from JackieO 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/69042/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/69042/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/69042/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/32732/now-what-do-do-i Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:38:33 -0400 JackieO About a month and a half ago, I lost my job. I've never been fired before. Supposedly it was a downsizing; our marketing firm lost some major accounts and I was the casualty. However, I suspect that, ultimately, it was because I told about my bipolar. The out-of-the-box ideas and counsel that were once innovative and fresh became questionable and ill-advised. My quirky habits and personality signalled instability rather than creativity. Funny,... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/32732/now-what-do-do-i http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/20270/told Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:21:00 -0500 JackieO I pingpong back and forth between wanting to tell people about my disorder and not.  Unfortunately, during a vulnerable moment I told some people at work. Now I wish I hadn't. I ping'ed when I should have pong'ed. I feel like every time I get stressed out about something or the least bit irritable, my boss is looking at me thinking she made a big mistake in hiring me. I'm not sure I belong here, but don't have any better... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/20270/told http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/16650/feel-im-gushing Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:52:00 -0500 JackieO I'm gushing. Full of thoughts with no one to tell and no where to go. A couple glasses of wine and I turn on like a faucet. I love to hold court in my den and luckily my husband is a social butterfly so there's always a batch of subjects to engage. Alas, tonight he's fixated on Monday night football, so it's me and my computer and my bottle of wine. (Or whine, whatever the case may be.) http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/16650/feel-im-gushing http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/16574/i-always-know Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:17:00 -0500 JackieO I always know when I'm getting ready to spin when...I mind-readI am painfully jealousI close my eyes and see flickering lightsEveryone annoys me Everything bores meI prefer sleeping and dreams to real lifeI am super sensitive to light and soundI see things that aren't there out of the corner of my eyeI can't get enough saltMy sleeping habits are wacked outI don't trust anybody or anythingSeems like it should be pretty easy... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/16574/i-always-know http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/16573/luck-supplements Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:52:00 -0500 JackieO I take symbyax but have read a book recently called Depression Free for Life. It talks a lot about a variety of vitamins and supplements and wondered if anybody else had luck with these. It gives recommendations of what you should take if you have low dopamine levels for instance. The trick I guess, is knowing what I have low levels of. http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/69042/16573/luck-supplements