Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder » sleep 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 Copyright © 2010 Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder juliethewriter@speakeasy.net () juliethewriter@speakeasy.net () posts Learn about bipolar disorder, it's symptoms, side effects and how to create stability 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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With mania! Whew! you want to stay up, you’re wide awake and doing something, you have unlimited [...] Related posts:

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