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

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On this journey to find answers about my health a realization occurred — I have been having ocular and abdominal migraines since I was a child. I recall hearing my parents fight through the walls as I tried to sleep at night. ” His mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

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I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.” In October 2019, during Matt’s move to a new apartment, I observed that Matt was emotionally paralyzed, unable to pack from lack of sleep.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

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It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. Shortly after the article was published, and the break-up occurred, I was hospitalized and diagnosed as bipolar.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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T here is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. What good would articles in dodgy journals be to industry? Whose job is it?

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

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All of the ingredients for a blockbuster article were now clearly visible, including an acknowledgement from inside psychiatry that this story was of profound importance for all of our society. Yet, the media has remained silent, and now the scandal is fading away.

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Bipolar Test for Kids and Teens

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Bipolar disorder is a mental health disorder that usually emerges in teenagers and young adults, but it can appear in some children. Take our bipolar test If youre looking for a freebipolar disordertest, you can use our Symptom Checker to explore whether your child might havebipolar disorder.

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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

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I sat down to write this article with the experience of severe akathisia fresh in my mind. Recalling the river metaphor from my last article, I leaned back and pointed my feet downstream. As my husband pointed out in his previous article, trust goes both ways. Dr. B ordered a sleep study. at a time.