Information and opinions on health from oem1234 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/8403/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8403/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8403/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/17964/holidays-denial Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:31:00 -0500 oem1234    She seems to still be on the rollercoaster of denial and acceptance. When she seems stable, she is in complete denial and if I let her know that just yesterday she was manic, she gets very angry.   When she is obviously manic, she admits that she is not well.  I don't think that she'll let the holidays go by without making the front page of the family news.  http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/17964/holidays-denial http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/16195/bp-love-love Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:35:00 -0500 oem1234   I've been looking for a share post by a "living with it" member stating that they really loved someone...anyone.  I know the bean counters say that this illness has no racial or gender bias. But, what about countries where they are hungry? I just can't imagine this illness exsisting in a place where there is nowhere to waste all of your family's money, dreams and future.   I also noticed that almost... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/16195/bp-love-love http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/16194/expensive-drugs Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:41:00 -0500 oem1234   I would like to gripe about the price of meds for treating this nightmare of an illness. It is simply ridiculus that Zyprexa cost around $20 a pill. It's simply unreasonable that Depakote slow release cost about $10 each. Furthurmore, one usually requires multiple pills per day. The list goes on and on.  If one has this illness, they're probably better off being homeless so to get on a... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/16194/expensive-drugs http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/15536/breathing-cardio Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:45:00 -0400 oem1234   Is it normal for dramatic breathing and cardiovascular changes to occur when slipping into manic phase from hypomanic?  http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/15536/breathing-cardio http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/15401/married-3-months Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:39:00 -0400 oem1234   I got back together with my ex-girlfriend who we have a son together. She suffered from what we both thought was a nervous breakdown  of some sort 3 years ago. Her mom has custody of our child since during the pregnancy she was deemed unfit for mothering and I was told that he was not my child.  Well, about a year ago she informs that he is in fact my son and I had a DNA test done to prove it. About 10 months ago she and I... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/8403/15401/married-3-months