Bipolar disorder is the medical name for manic-depressive illness and doesn’t just effect sufferers but can have a serious effect on family members and friends. Early diagnosis can be a big factor in the effective combating or this serious mental illness and without diagnosis it can become much more serious possibly leading to suicide. Bipolar disorder effe…
5 Tips To Coping With Bipolar Disorder

My husband, Dave, has been married to me, a bonafide health nut for one year now. He’s glad.
For one year he’s been relatively stable in his moods, experiencing danger signs of depression only during extreme stress. And during those times of stress we were able to avoid him taking the plunge into depression OR the jump up into a manic state! Here’s what we did to manage my husband…
Regulating Manic Depression/Bipolar Disorder During One Year

Anyone with bipolar disorder should be under the care of a psychiatrist skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.
Other mental health professionals, such as psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and psychiatric nurses, can assist in providing the person and family with additional approaches to treatment. However, they are unabl…
How Can Individuals and Families Get Help for Bipolar Disorder?

Unfortunately, many people with bipolar symptoms are unable to get the treatment, medications and support they require due to financial difficulties. There is an option, however.
Some people with bipolar disorder receive medication and/or psychosocial therapy at no charge by volunteering to participate in clinical studies (clinical trials). Clinical studies involve the scientific …
Can You Get Free Treatment For Bipolar Disorder?

Is it Moodiness or a Mood Disorder?How to Spot Potential Depression or Bipolar Disorder Step aside, ADD and anxiety—mood disorders are fast becoming the most talked-about illness of the decade. From sitcom characters and celebrities to everyday adults and children, more and more people are being diagnosed with depression or bipolar disorder. Still, thousands of others cont…
How to Spot Potential Depression or Bipolar Disorder

If you’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) you are not alone. It has been estimated that over 2 million people in the United States suffer from this form of mental illness which involves episodes of both mania and depression. Although bipolar disorder usually begins in childhood or early adulthood, it is often not recognized as an illn…
So You’ve Been Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder

Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for someone with bipolar disorder to become suicidal. Anyone who is thinking about committing suicide needs immediate attention, preferably from a mental health professional or a physician. Anyone who talks about suicide should be taken seriously…
Preventing Suicide in Bipolar Disorder

How do we treat bipolar disorder? Specifically, how do we treat mania or depression associated with bipolar disorder? The treatment of these two clinical states is not the same.
The treatment of mania is dependent upon its severity…
What is the Treatment for Bipolar Disorder?

Since I started working on bipolar education, I’ve had thousands of people subscribe to my mailing list, I’ve received at least 1000 questions and comments about the disorder, I’ve spoken to hundreds of people over the phone, and I’ve attended dozens of meetings about bipolar. As a result of all that communication, I’ve been able to come up with a list …
Ten Mistakes People Who Have Bipolar Disorder Make

Introduction
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is quite prevalent in USA and the numbers are on a rise with the stressors of life on a rise.
What is bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness in whish one faces unpredictable mood swings rang…
Bipolar Disorder 101- What You Absolutely Need To Know

(The use of gender pronouns in this article reflects the clinical facts: most narcissists are men.)The manic phase of Bipolar I Disorder is often misdiagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).Bipolar patients in the manic phase exhibit many of the signs and symptoms of pathological narcissism – hyperactivity, s…
Misdiagnosing Narcissism – The Bipolar I Disorder

Nancy was doing very well until about two years ago when Phil, her boyfriend of 9 years, broke-up with her. It was a difficult moment for her especially after she learned that Phil eventually married her cousin. Since then, Nancy had deteriorated. One evening, she was involved in a motor vehicular accident because she was …
How Do You Know if You Have Manic-Depression

As an addition to medication, psychosocial treatments-including certain forms of psychotherapy (or “talk” therapy) are helpful in providing support, education, and guidance to people with bipolar disorder and their fa…
Non-Medical Treatment for Bipolar Disorder

Do you know someone who is sometimes almost manic but at others seems depressed? Do their moods shift from a “high” to a “low”? If you do, then you might know someone who has what has been diagnosed as bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disord…
Bipolar Disorder

Copyright 2005 David McEvoy
Manic depression – Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function.
Some mornings can start with overriding feelings of joy, elation and power. By the time the afternoon has arrived this can shift to feelin…
Manic – bipolar depression facts and reality