Information and opinions on health from Rusty 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/99735/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/99735/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/99735/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/22759/picking-pieces Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:41:00 -0400 Rusty The episode is over. It was awful. He is over it and we have talked about it and  reflected on it. He has said that if I see that happening again, I am to leave immediately and I am to turn my phone off for 2 days. He has said "sorry" and that I did nothing wrong, for the first time since I met him. He said its like there's a hurricane in his head. I saw this episode evolving over a two month period. I very gently said... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/22759/picking-pieces http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/21816/loss-feeling-lost Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:06:00 -0400 Rusty He's sick and I'm miserable.  Its so hard. Not only am I the one who does the caring and the worrying  and the loving but I'm also the frontline for his bipolar abuse and target practice. I know....He can't help it. It's the bipolar talking.....It's the bipolar who has stolen the one I love and a horrible imposter is masquerading as him!He's not talking to me at the moment. He has ended the relationship for... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/21816/loss-feeling-lost http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/21524/hes-sick Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:32:00 -0400 Rusty Well the bubble has finally burst!. He had been well for more than 9 months, the longest time in our 4 year relationshipI guess I saw the signs a few weeks ago...... Spending an incredible amount of time at golf, surfing, cards, not coming over,completely ignoring our relationship, being very self indulgent and self centred, complaining about the kids( who adore him and he them usually). a three day growth. I mentioned to him a few weeks ago... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/21524/hes-sick http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/20317/he-be-me-i-him Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:36:00 -0500 Rusty I spend a lot of time trying to understand my partner's BP and help him in whatever way I can.  He has been well for about 8 months now with treatment.  Anyway, this week I have been sick....suspected kidney stone ( pain and discomfort)and generally feeling not okay. I have kept working, kept my single parent household going, fed everyone and kept ahead of the washing( and its been pouring rain)...etc. So what... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/20317/he-be-me-i-him http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/19105/b12-culprit Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:58:00 -0500 Rusty I have had a resurgence of some feelings of depression/anxiety in the last 6 months. I wasn't sure if it was perimenopause and hormonal so I went to the Doc. She upped my usual dose of Zoloft which works well on me but there was little change. Anyway....after a number I tests it was found I have a vitamin B12 deficiency. I did a "google" on B12 and found that neuropsychiatric like symptoms of depression/anxiety can be caused... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/19105/b12-culprit http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/18807/not-so-sure Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:57:00 -0500 Rusty Things have been going really well for my partner and me. We had a great Christmas and New Year, the best we have had in our 4 year relationship. He has been managing his illness and taking responsibility for it. He has been really trying. ............ Then why can't I get rid of this feeling that the wheels are about to fall off again! I think he is heading towards mania again...and trying hard to control it but not succeeding. His... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/18807/not-so-sure http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/18056/generic-brands Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:34:00 -0500 Rusty Hi everyone,I just read an interesting article on the generic brand of Wellbutrin http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21142869/Apparently it is inferior quality to the brand name and can have serious side effects. The article states that the generic brands are not put through the stringent testing that the brand name drugs have.  I found it interesting because I have switched back to the brand name Zoloft after trying the generic brand for a few... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/18056/generic-brands http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/17445/hes Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:50:00 -0500 Rusty My partner was diagnosed in April with BP 2.  He has been to an excellent specialist and I have been to have a talk to him too. It took him a couple of months of denial but now he has accepted that he has BP. The doc suggested Cognitive therapy, mood recognition and stress reduction before medication. At first I thought that my partner should be medicated and that the doc was a bit of a quack if he thought that soft... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/17445/hes http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/16376/mood-bp2-aging Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:18:00 -0500 Rusty My partner has BP2. We have been together for 4 years. It has taken me all this time to get him to a psychiatrist. He is 51 years old and just diagnosed. He has had BP in some form all his life even as a child, looking back.He tells me that in his early years he only had the hypomanic moods without the depression. He has had the depression in the last 8 years,seasonal, (in winter), but also in brief mixed... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/99735/16376/mood-bp2-aging