Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder » Medications 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 Sleepy vs. Side Effect Drugged Sleepy http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/sleepy-vs-side-effect-drugged-sleepy/ http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/sleepy-vs-side-effect-drugged-sleepy/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:41:58 +0000 Admin http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/?p=1220 Oh wow.  At age 46 I started having a very different reaction to my medications. I take brand Lamictal.  I said in an  earlier blog that I would write out the whole story in a newsletter and I will do that soon! If you are not on the newsletter list, you can sign up on the [...] Related posts:
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Julie, do you or any of your readers have any knowledge or experience of an alternative micronutrient product called EMPowerplus sold by a company called Truehope? I have a 15 year old who has still not been accurately diagnosed by some of the best physicians on both coasts. [...] 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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