A complaint I hear a lot is that people feel too depressed to exercise, even though they know it’d help relieve some of the symptoms of bipolar depression.
I know those awful feelings of depression all too well, so I can totally sympathize. I’m not about to beat you up with one of those “make yourself […]

What would you do if you knew you only had six days left to live? You may think that is wired, but don’t you think that some things you will find more important than others? I am sure you would?
Would you drink yourself to death literally, drink for six days straight just getting drunk […]

A couple of weeks a ago I received an email from a visitor that basically said that they would never say “I am bipolar” because they are more than just a label and their identity is not bipolar disorder. I’ve also read about this opinion in a couple of other places on the web […]

I do so love Yiddish! OK. Noshing is not exactly quite right but it has an entertaining ring to it. What you eat as you battle your bipolar, matters. I made a video to discuss this step of my system and I also shared some current events pertinent to me. The video is below and […]

Symptoms of depression include:
* Loss of interest in normal daily activities
* Feeling sad or down
* Feeling hopeless
* Crying spells for no apparent reason
* Problems sleeping
* Trouble focusing or concentrating
* Difficulty making decisions
* Unintentional weight gain or loss
* Irritability
* Restlessness
* Being easily annoyed
* Feeling fatigued or weak
* Feeling worthless
* Loss of interest in sex
* Thoughts of […]

Finally some good news about antidepressants and adolescents.
Continuation treatment with fluoxetine was superior to placebo in preventing relapse and in increasing time to relapse in children and adolescents with major depression.
This is the conclusion of a randomized placebo controlled trial after a 12-week open-label acute treatment period with 10–40 mg of fluoxetine. Those who responded […]

Many health issues which are best known to afflict adults can also be found in children. One such disorder which most people think only adults have to deal with is manic-depression, which is also known as bipolar disorder. This malady is a condition which is serious but it is also a very treatable illness. Bipolar […]

Dear friends,

This week’s chat will be held Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time. (That is the same as Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at 01:00 GMT/UTC.) Click here to join the chat.
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