bipolar disease
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In Bipolar Support Forums > Medicine & Treatments
"Dual Diagnosed--"First Things Last"
Holistic Paradox
I have to bow to the holistic foundation for wellness--diet, exercise, discipline, recreation, social interaction, rest, and spiritual maintenance. I believe these principles of wellness contribute heavily to prevention of disease and recovery from disease.
Many have suggested that the period of time between a normal, balance"
In General Health Forums > Mental Health & Depression
"Hi,
I want to ask you a question. Am I bipolar? I really don't know what it is, but people have asked me a few times, and its getting on my nerves. How could I tell, and isn't that a mental illness like schizophrenia? I don't like this at all, makes me very sad."
Written by JR1
In Dual Diagnosis Support Group
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Some folks argue that those of us who have bipolar disease or addiction are more sensitive than usual to pain--both mental and physical pain. Pain relief for those of us who have for years "self-medicated" is a troublesome issue. In the back of our minds is the instinctive caution: "The substances which made us sick will not make us well again." Yet many of us who were substance "abusers" are faced with the choice to take prescriptions for mind or mood altering substances.
Our new prescriptions may be different from the booze and street drugs we have taken, but the general effect and the dependence we feel when we take them under doctors' orders are not so different, though perhaps no so intense, from the stuff we have abused. We must be at all times wary of relapse.
"Written by JR1
In Bipolar Support Group
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Dual diagnosis, in the context of bipolar disease with addiction/alcoholism/substance abuse, has always presented difficulty to diagnosticians, because the symptoms of one disease tend to hide among the symptoms of the other disease.
This article should help you to see where symptoms may "overlap" and, with a little honest personal inventory or the help of a health professional, to help you to see whether you or your loved one should seek direction or help.
Written by JR1
In Bipolar Support Group
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Recent research has
demonstrated that certain traits correlate positively with recovery from
trauma. I will describe each of these traits and discuss their relevance to
recovery from the trauma of a bipolar episode and to the maintenance of
feelings of well being in the future.
These observations are based
on studies of individuals who had to face the trauma of being POW's in the Viet
Nam War for up to 8 years and had been subjected to torture and solitary
confinement. I will focus on the particular traits, attitudes or perspectives
which enabled certain soldiers to be most "resilient." John S. Tamerin, M.D.