Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder » About Julie http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog by Julie A. Fast Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:58:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2006-2007 juliethewriter@speakeasy.net (Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder) juliethewriter@speakeasy.net (Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder) posts Learn about bipolar disorder, it's symptoms, side effects and how to create stability Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder juliethewriter@speakeasy.net No no http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog 144 144 A Note to Readers from Julie http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/a-note-to-readers-from-julie/ http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/a-note-to-readers-from-julie/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:10:56 +0000 Admin http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/?p=1192 Hello to everyone,

I want to say thank y0u to all of the readers who leave comments on this blog. I know that we all can learn so much from each others. I get a lot of questions from readers- I want to let everyone know that I read all of them-  I try to answer [...] Related posts:

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1. I really got off track with my dosage for a few weeks. It was hard to remember what I had or had not taken. I [...] Related posts:

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I want to say thanks for all of the comments and questions I receive on this blog. They mean a lot to me and I know they are important to other readers as well. Thousands read this blog for inspiration each month- and what you write really puts a human face on bipolar disorder. [...] Related posts:

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