Three ways to get the best from office visits:
1. Ask for the first appointment of the morning whenever possible. This guarantees that you won’t spend a half hour in the waiting room!
2. Take someone with you to ask questions if you feel too overwhelmed to ask them on your own. Whether you’re alone or with [...]
Bipolar Disorder and Medication Woes: Generic Lamictal ( Lamotrigine)
This is a long newsletter as it is a long story about bipolar disoder and genetic medications!
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Have you noticed that bipolar disorder can sneak up on you in so many ways? I’m always amazed when it sneaks up on me and I get sick no matter how [...]
Lovely mania.. not!
I float a lot when I’m depressed. As my brother said, it’s like I spend all day working hard to get nothing done! My hypomania is so different. I get it all done in one day!
I love hypomania- the good, euphoric, mildly up kind. It’s the best drug in the [...]
Questions to ask yourself when you’re not doing well…
How do I get past this?
How do I get through this?
How do I stop this mood swing?
How do I learn to live with this?
Who can help me with this?
How do I make my future different from this?
What can I do right this minute to feel better?
When you’re [...]
Bipolar Disorder and Business Finances
Wow, this is an interesting time in our country financially, isn’t it. And yet, as I have said before, it’s also a time for opportunity. I know that I have not been as fiscally responsible as I could have been in terms of my business. A lot of it has to [...]
Bipolar Hypomania: Reader Comment
I just received the following comment from Melissa. I am sure many of us understand! Hypomania is very slippery as it’s often not bad enough for us to stop it before it causes a lot of trouble. It causes trouble eventually, but it’s easy to convince yourself that things will be fine!
Hey Julie!
I’ve been [...]