http://bipolar.about.com/ Bipolar Disorder http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/11/a-great-resource-for-tardive-dyskinesia.htm Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder caused by long-term use of certain medications called neuroleptic drugs such as the antipsychotic medications used to treat bipolar disorder. Other drugs that increase... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/11/a-great-resource-for-tardive-dyskinesia.htm 2009-07-11T11:41:18Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/09/zeitgebers-i-need-a-good-nights-sleep.htm Not just a clever expletive, a Zeitgeber is an environmental cue that resets a person’s circadian rhythm, the internal clock of all living things. Bora Zivkovic, also known as the... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/09/zeitgebers-i-need-a-good-nights-sleep.htm 2009-07-09T19:43:25Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/08/how-do-i-better-understand-my-friend-with-bipolar-disorder.htm Bipolar disorder is Mjolnir, the devastating war hammer of the god Thor. With both a hammer head and a spike, it has two brutal blows. Bipolar disorder takes a toll... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/08/how-do-i-better-understand-my-friend-with-bipolar-disorder.htm 2009-07-08T22:21:37Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/07/is-there-a-lab-test-for-bipolar-disorder.htm Recently all these signs started turning up in the medians all over town offering a phone number and website so you can order your own lab tests, no physician needed.... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/07/is-there-a-lab-test-for-bipolar-disorder.htm 2009-07-07T22:46:06Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/06/bipolar-disorder-and-schizophrenia-the-same-disorder-with-the-same-cause.htm I’ve been trying to think of a great line to grab everyone’s interest in this ground-breaking research study … or to be more precise a series of meta-analyses (comparing the... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/06/bipolar-disorder-and-schizophrenia-the-same-disorder-with-the-same-cause.htm 2009-07-06T21:26:20Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-has-bipolar-disorder-really-no.htm Over the weekend, I managed to catch a quick news blurb while flipping stations that Sarah Palin is resigning as the Governor of Alaska eighteen months early. She will be... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-has-bipolar-disorder-really-no.htm 2009-07-05T21:31:26Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/03/has-mental-illness-impacted-your-driving-or-driver-license.htm Do you remember the last time you updated your driver license and how they ask you all the various questions? Do you need corrective lenses? Are you currently holding a... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/03/has-mental-illness-impacted-your-driving-or-driver-license.htm 2009-07-03T06:00:10Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/02/i-need-health-insurance.htm In continuing the previous discussion, another point Chris from our Forums raised is concerning health insurance. He disclosed, “I am currently self-employed and I have no health insurance. I've wanted... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/02/i-need-health-insurance.htm 2009-07-02T06:00:40Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/01/find-help-for-mental-health-issues.htm Chris, a new member of our Forums shares, “I have been suffering for too long now, but I've never been diagnosed. I can't believe I've been feeling this way for... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/07/01/find-help-for-mental-health-issues.htm 2009-07-01T15:57:49Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/26/fda-confiscates-generic-manufacturers-drugs.htm The US Food and Drug Administration has seized all drugs manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. at the company's facilities in Michigan. The agency said the action was taken because... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/26/fda-confiscates-generic-manufacturers-drugs.htm 2009-06-26T11:27:00Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/24/botox-as-a-treatment-for-depression.htm Smile! It’s free therapy. No, seriously. There is a theory in the study of psychology entitled the "facial feedback" hypothesis. This hypothesis holds that the muscle movements of our face... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/24/botox-as-a-treatment-for-depression.htm 2009-06-24T22:28:25Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/23/things-i-hate-today.htm What is bipolar disorder to you? Sunny calls bipolar disorder the monster. Bipolar disorder is so nasty that it takes you in so many ways that you can't really even... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/23/things-i-hate-today.htm 2009-06-23T12:56:05Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/22/obama-health-care-reform-bill-delayed.htm So President Obama's bill for health care reform has been delayed ... possibly for an extended period of time. Gasp! No! How could that be? He promised health care was... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/22/obama-health-care-reform-bill-delayed.htm 2009-06-22T14:24:12Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/19/seroquel-lawsuits-abound-but-courts-not-impressed-so-far.htm Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) is an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, as well as for off-label conditions such as sleep problems. As we noted in... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/19/seroquel-lawsuits-abound-but-courts-not-impressed-so-far.htm 2009-06-19T14:57:23Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/16/called-manic-depression-or-bipolar-disorder-stigma-persists.htm Manic depression is another term for bipolar disorder. Manic depression, a phrase that describes the extremes of mood associated with bipolar disorder. A phrase with origins rooted in Ancient Greek... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/16/called-manic-depression-or-bipolar-disorder-stigma-persists.htm 2009-06-16T22:09:05Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/11/cold-medicine-interactions-with-prescriptions.htm It’s summertime. We should be thinking about picnics and beaches and sleeping in the sun. The thermometer in my truck stoically decreed it was still 93 F even at 6:30... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/11/cold-medicine-interactions-with-prescriptions.htm 2009-06-11T20:09:45Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/08/lists-when-depressed.htm When I'm not depressed, I sit down, go over my priorities for the day, and make a list for the day. I got so good at list-making that I could... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/08/lists-when-depressed.htm 2009-06-08T19:52:43Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/04/headaches-or-migraines.htm Have you seen the antidepressant commercials that empathetically share with viewers that depression hurts? “It turns out, they are right. Headaches are one of the ways pain shows up in... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/04/headaches-or-migraines.htm 2009-06-04T22:12:27Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/01/phil-spector-sentenced.htm Musician and music producer Phil Spector, who has battled bipolar disorder all his life, was found guilty in April of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a woman at... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/06/01/phil-spector-sentenced.htm 2009-06-01T19:13:56Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/31/breast-cancer-tamoxifen-ssris.htm If you are a breast cancer survivor taking tamoxifen, and are also taking an SSRI antidepressant, a new study by Medco Health Solutions has been published that could make a... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/31/breast-cancer-tamoxifen-ssris.htm 2009-05-31T10:38:47Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/29/medications-overview.htm There are so many medications prescribed for manic depression - do you wonder how to figure out what they are all for? Here's a handy-dandy resource that gives you a... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/29/medications-overview.htm 2009-05-29T14:34:01Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/21/dialectical-behavior-therapy.htm Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) ,which was developed by Marsha Linehan, PhD, at the University of Washington, is a type of psychotherapy (sometimes called "talking therapy") for borderline personality disorder (BPD).... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/21/dialectical-behavior-therapy.htm 2009-05-21T07:21:31Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/16/next-to-normal.htm A couple of weeks ago I reported that the musical Next to Normal opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. This musical is a poignant portrayal of a mother careworn,... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/16/next-to-normal.htm 2009-05-16T22:32:05Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/15/pfizer-launches-free-med-program-for-newly-unemployed.htm Pfizer Inc. has announced the launch of a new program to help some people who have lost or lose their jobs and health insurance in 2009 get their medications free... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/15/pfizer-launches-free-med-program-for-newly-unemployed.htm 2009-05-15T10:28:02Z http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/13/bipolar-2-disorder.htm According to the definition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), bipolar II disorder (also known as bipolar 2 disorder or bipolar type 2) is "characterized by... http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/05/13/bipolar-2-disorder.htm 2009-05-13T07:05:37Z