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The Connection Between ‘Bipolar Disorder’ and Migraine: Unraveling the History of a Family Line

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” His mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Pool also did an extensive review of my medical records and diagnosed me with bipolar disorder. Part of this process was also coming to “accept my mental illness” and see many of my experiences through the lens of bipolar disorder.

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Desperate Measures: Ghaemi’s Response to Our Review of Lithium and Suicide Prevention

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The content and style of Ghaemi’s article, which is more of a rant than a scientific commentary, suggest he was extremely upset that this cherished belief had been challenged (Ghaemi, 2022 ). The manner of its publication in the Journal of Psychopharmacology implies he was not alone. Ghaemi’s categorisation of drugs in this way is misleading.

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Self Stolen: How ECT Fried My Brain

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O n the evening of December 3, 2022, I overdosed on 400 mg of Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker blood pressure medicine. I tried going back to school after the brain injury, but between the bipolar disorder and the head trauma, I couldn’t handle the stress and pressure anymore. So to back way up, as a kid I was brilliant.

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Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic

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Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In research circles, he’s known as the founder and executive director of the controversial Stanley Medical Research Institute, which has spent more than $550 million on biological research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder over the past few decades.

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New Guidelines on How to Accurately Convey ADHD Information

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Receiving a slow but positive reception in the Netherlands in 2022 and 2023, several additional practitioners in the field of psychiatry and psychology committed to translating the guidelines to English, resulting in the current revised and stylized version.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

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I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. Around the 2016 hospitalization my diagnosis was elevated to schizoaffective disorder and I was placed on everyday Zyprexa. By 2022, I had recovered to such a degree that I decided I wanted to come off the Depakote. After 2016, my need for hospitalization declined.

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How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality

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E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist. Thomas Insel, quoted in 2017. “To