Mrs. Tovornik, Cecie Kraynak, Tatjana Novak, Maja Valic, Darja Budja, Joe Kraynak, Sanja Svajger (Journalist) at Book Presentation in Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 12, 2009

Cecie and I participated in another book presentation for the Slovene edition of Bipolar Disorder for Dummies. Unlike the presentation on Saturday in Koper, this one was dedicated solely to the book and was much more effective in promoting it.

In Bipolar Disorder for Dummies, we talk a little about the differences in how bipolar mania is seen from the outside as opposed to how it is experienced from the inside. Inside, a person experiencing mania may feel…

• I am amazing!
• Everything is wonderful!
• I can do anything and everything!
• I have all the answers! My ideas will revolutionize the world!
• Sleep is only for people who have nothing better to do!
• Everybody loves me!

Outsiders may have a completely different perspective, saying or at least thinking…

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Syndicated from the Bipolar Blog

When you have bipolar disorder, you hear a lot about what a psychiatrist and psychotherapist can do for you, but you rarely hear about and may never even consider consulting an occupational therapist (OT). And why would you? OTs are trained to assist people with physical disabilities, right? People who are visually or hearing impaired, confined to wheel chairs, paralyzed, and so forth?

I can come up with a list of everything bipolar disorder has stolen from me and my family, including

• Income
• Health insurance
• Retirement funds
• Vacations
• Friends

But the experience of having a loved one with bipolar disorder has also made me stronger and more understanding.

A visitor to the Bipolar Blog gave me the following heads up:

This week on Johnson & Johnson’s YouTube channel, there’s a video of General Hospital soap star, Maurice Bernard, talking about his battle with bipolar disorder. I thought you may be interested in checking it out: www.youtube.com/user/JNJhealth.

Question

“Do some medications used to treat bipolar disorder actually cause anxiety attacks as a side effect?”

With this post, we continue our biweekly series on medications used to bipolar disorder and related symptoms. We launched the series with a post on lithium – the standard bearer for the so-called mood stabilizers .

John M. Grohol, Psy.D., CEO & Publisher of PsychCentral.com, generously offered us our own space on Psych Central to blog about topics of interest to those in the bipolar community – people with bipolar disorder and their loved ones, physicians, psychiatrists, therapists, and anyone else who’s interested in learning more about bipolar disorder. Although we’ve been hosting our own Bipolar Blog for over a year now, we jumped at the opportunity to gain additional exposure, share our knowledge and insights with more people, and listen to what you have to say.