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bp (bipolar) Magazine’s Julie Fast receives Mental Health America Media Award for her column on living with bipolar disorder
BUFFALO, NY, August 7, 2007 — bp Magazine contributing editor, Julie Fast, was honored by MHA (Mental Health America) for her magazine columns about living with bipolar disorder. Her award was announced at the annual [...]
When I have certain mood swings, I find myself getting really picky about each word a person says. I will look at a sentence from an email, or remember what a person said and then examine it way too closely. Did they mean this- or did they mean that? Are they mad at me? Have [...]
I want to send out some encouragement today. If it’s tough for you right now, you’re not alone. It’s tough for many of us with bipolar disorder because it’s an illness. I always try to think of it as though I had serious diabetes. I would have to make a lot of changes in order [...]
I’ve recently been re-watching my favorite comedies. These help on the dark days. I was watching a lot of drama (like the TV show ‘24’) and it was just getting me down. Here are a few comedies I like:
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
The Castle
Bowfinger
There’s Something About Mary
These are laugh out loud movies. There are [...]
Breakthrough mood swings happen when a mood swing is too strong for your medication. I have a friend with bipolar I who has been on lithium for over 15 years. It has worked well, but about every seven years, a serious manic episode breaks through. Considering that she was mania free for so many years, [...]
I recently asked my co-author Dr. John
Preston why women have PMS- especially those of us with bipolar disorder. If you’re a man, you may wonder the same question!
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For many women when there is a rapid change in estrogen levels (that occurs premenstrually or following a total hysterectomy) it can really de-stabilize the serotonin system and [...]
Mania is an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood. In the elevated state, the mood is upbeat, euphoric, and happy. In an expansive state, the mood is intense, and emotions are shown with no inhibition. Although many people think that euphoria and expansive moods are the main characteristics of mania, many people in [...]
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