In the largest study of it's kind, one hundred and nine genes were identified as playing a role in psychiatric disorders including BIPOLAR DISORDER. The study included 232,964 cases of which people lived with a mental illness and 494,162 people who did not. Eight common...
Sleep And Bipolar Disorder
I will be the first to admit that I love to sleep. In fact, I probably sleep more than most people, on average. There are a few reasons why. First off, my medications come with the side effect of fatigue. That is one side...
Stress And Bipolar Disorder During the Holidays
Stress during the holiday season is like a weight added to our shoulders which are already weighed down with bipolar disorder symptoms. I can't handle stress. It always comes before an episode or a breakdown. (Do not worry, I am cool right now). I...
5 Ways For Bipolar Patients to Prepare For The Holidays
Here we are ,dear readers, - the holidays. I hope if you are in the United States you had the chance to see friends or family or volunteer and had a good Thanksgiving. Now comes the other big holidays. I will refer to Christmas...
After A Suicide Attempt
Researchers estimate twenty-five percent to sixty percent of people with bipolar disorder will attempt suicide at least once in their lives. Between four and nineteen percent will complete suicide resulting in death. A suicide attempt is a life changing event.
In my life story, the act of...
In my life story, the act of...
How Isolation Hurts Your Bipolar Disorder
Being beautifully bipolar sometimes feels like our illness is something that we live with alone. We feel like no one gets us. Somehow bipolar disorder found us and how it is unfair. Why should we live with bipolar disorder when everyone we know does...
5 Factors In Overstimulation And Bipolar Disorder
For some of us being beautifully bipolar makes us sensitive. I was never sensitive to outside forces like I am today, before bipolar disorder came into my life. Our bipolar disorder brought a lot of new things into our life and reactions to overstimulation...
10 Celebrities Who Live With Bipolar Disorder
No one is immune to mental illness. Even the rich and famous live with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder. It has been in the past few years that celebrities have come out of the bipolar closet. I am going to list some, not...
Ways To Self-Soothe Bipolar Disorder Anxiety
If you follow this blog, you know that anxiety disorder has a high comorbidity rate with bipolar disorder. That means we live with both disorders at the same time. I have listed below some techniques I have used to get me through my moments...
How Light Affects Bipolar Disorder Patients
In some parts of the United States snow is already on the ground, in some places it has been for quite a while (hello, Alaska). I do not care for snow. I have lived places with blizzards and they can be fun for a...
