Blog Posts - Bipolar Disorder

Today I was driving to an appointment and it happened to be next door to the psychiatric center that my daughter had been admitted to several times over.  Just turning down the road gave me sick feeling to my stomach. This was years ago, why does it...

Viral infections during the prenatal or early childhood periods are one of the environmental factors which might play an etiological role in psychoses. Several studies report higher antibody levels against viruses during pregnancy in blood of mothers...

In a study prompted in part by suggestions from people with mental illness, Johns Hopkins researchers found that a history of Candida yeast infections was more common in a group of men with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder than in those without thes...

In response to my blog post from February 3, 2016 titled “15%-21% of Moms Suffer from a Perinatal Mood Disorder” in which I mention yet another mother who suffered from a postpartum condition that resulted in tragedy, fellow maternal men...

 "Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder (MDD) have all been associated with aberrant blood cytokine levels; however, neither the pattern of cytokine alterations nor the impact of clinical status have been compared across...

My Best Friend sent me a link to a fascinating article on a fascinating site… First the site—Book Riot: *We create. * We always prefer the book to the movie. * We riot as a team. *We geek out on books, embarrassingly so. *We’re leaders.

We all have our ups and downs, but with bipolar disorder, these peaks and valleys are more severe. The symptoms of bipolar disorder can hurt your job and school performance, damage your relationships, and disrupt your daily life.And although it’s t...

The neurobiology of mood states is complicated by exposure to everyday stressors (e.g., psychosocial, ubiquitous environmental infections like CMV), each fluctuating between latency and reactivation. CMV reactivation induces proinflammatory cytokines...

Former children's TV show host is linked to child abuse caseBy Associated Press February 11, 2016A California judge has determined that a man recently arrested in a San Diego suburb is a fugitive wanted in a 1979 child sexual abuse investigation in L...

A California judge has determined that a man recently arrested in a San Diego suburb is a fugitive wanted in a 1979 child sexual abuse investigation in Louisiana, where he was a children's TV show host known as “Mr. Wonder.” People with bipolar...

I’ve spoken openly about my Mental Health past and all the darkness that it entailed on many occasions. I’m not ashamed of it, as I have learned a lot and come a long way from where I was. A question I often encounter is how did I get bet...

Author Agyei Ekundayo’s jarring memoir chronicles the cyclical mental illness of an African American girl who comes of age in a cruelly dismissive culture and patchwork healthcare system. The pages of this book expose a timeline of clarity and...

Showtime’s TV drama Homeland was one of the first shows that I ever really binge-watched. Aside from the thrilling pace and the outstanding performances, particularly from Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, I was intrigued by the bipolar storyline. H...

OBJECTIVE: Immunologic abnormalities have been found in bipolar disorder and acute mania. However, there have been fewer studies of patients with acute bipolar depression. METHOD: Blood samples were obtained from individuals with acute bipolar d...

They are cute, fluffy and have that wide-eyed glare that few of us can resist; it is no wonder more than 95 million of us own a cat. But there may be a darker side to our four-legged friends. New research claims the animals could increase our risk of...

Bipolar disorder, often called manic depression is a severe psychological condition that may greatly affect the life of the sufferer. This condition often renders them unable to work, learn or even socialize properly because they continuously get moo...

As someone with a mental illness, I was so happy to hear that May is now officially National Mental Health Awareness Month. So it seems like the perfect time to address some things. I recently learned I was unfriended on Facebook by some people who...

Today is World Bipolar Day. All I ask is that you help stop the stigma of mental illness. This illness is real. I can’t just snap out of it. I can’t sleep it off. I can’t cure it with a cupcake (although cupcakes do help a little).

 ..…….Send a Bipolar Type I with psychotic features, PTSD, Panic Attacks, Anxiety with and without Agoraphobia a cessation of disability benefits because some bureaucratic idiot determined you had improved medically and were physically a...

Originally posted on I Dont Want To Talk About It:Reaching out I beg of you to take my hand I am drifting I am lost The chaos of my mind Antagonizes The words and sentiment I whisper to myself Are nothing but hatred and disgust I am everything wrong...

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