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• This Site Has Now Moved To A New Address
  on Oct 7, 2011
  Thank you to everyone who has commented on posts and visited this site. In order to implement new features and to grow this site further I have decided to move this blog away from Blogger and the new web address for Bipolar Life - Gift or Curse? can...
• Which Mood Stabilizer Works Best For Your Bipolar Disorder?
  on Oct 5, 2011 in Research Into Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder Poll Responses Medication
  When my daughter was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and prescribed Seroquel it was a daunting experience as I have no knowledge of Seroquel or how effective this medication would be. The only mood stabilizer that I have ever been prescribed for my B...
• Psychiatric Nurse Allocated, Seroquel Side Effects & A DLA Claim
  on Oct 4, 2011 in Bipolar Disorder and Benefits The Bipolar Child DLA The Mental Health Service The Mental Health System Bipolar Disorder and The Family Education
  It has been an eventful week since my 14 year old daughter was diagnosed as having Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis. She is now on her full dosage of Seroquel, 200mg a day and is feeling the side effects of this medication including tiredness and dizzy...
• An Apology
  on Oct 3, 2011
  Sorry for not submitting any new postings for the last few days but I have had a very busy time supporting my daughter since her diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis. She remains off school as both the school and her psychologist deem that she...
• A Diagnosis Of Bipolar Disorder Can Be A Long Wait
  on Sep 29, 2011 in Bipolar Disorder Poll Responses Mark's Bipolar Disorder Journey Cyclothymia
  Over the last few weeks I have run a poll as I was interested in establishing the amount of time it took on average to obtain a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. My own diagnosis took 5 years, the delay being due to a mis diagnosis of Bor...
• Bipolar Disorder - The Genetic Curse That I Have Given My Daughter
  on Sep 28, 2011 in Psychosis Bipolar Disorder The Bipolar Child Mark's Bipolar Disorder Journey Bipolar Disorder and The Family CAMHs
  Due to behavioural difficulties which I have described in previous postings, my fourteen year old daughter was finally seen by a psychiatrist at The Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHs). During her assessment my daughter explai...
• How Can I Help Someone Suffering With Depression?
  on Sep 25, 2011 in Bipolar Disorder Depression Alternative Therapy Advice
  I received a comment on my post entitled Meet My Abyss which I felt warranted a posting in its own right, as knowing how best to approach a friend suffering with depression and then to find a way of helping them is a very difficult but esse...
• Bipolar Disorder In The United Kingdom - A Struggle Compared To America
  on Sep 24, 2011 in The Mental Health Service The Mental Health System
  I received a comment to one of my postings by JS, an American who has moved to the United Kingdom and has experienced difficulties in the care that she has received for her Bipolar Disorder by the NHS in the UK. "I would say that Bipolar D...
• A Failing System and An Arrest
  on Sep 21, 2011 in Bipolar Disorder Crime The Bipolar Child The Mental Health Service The Mental Health System Bipolar Disorder and The Family Social Services CAMHs
  My daughter has finally been referred for an urgent psychiatric assessment following weeks of attempting to persuade professionals that she is mentally unwell at the moment. Prior to the events of Monday, CAMHs had been saying that although they woul...
• The Gift That Is Bipolar Disorder
  on Sep 19, 2011 in Bipolar Disorder Hypomania
  So far I have focused on the curse of having Bipolar Disorder, brought about by the negative impact of severe depression and the runaway train, hurtling out of control and through the already broken buffers that is mania. But what about hyp...

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