Symptoms, coping, meds, side effects, appointments, self-monitoring, web searches: the trees are tall. So tall, in fact, that it’s easy to lose sight of the forest. And how are we supposed to get better if we don’t know where we are?
Not appearing in a diagnostic manual doesn’t make a disorder any less real. Consider borderpolar, a combination of borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder…
Bipolar disorder is so hurtful and confounding. I mean, there’s the 1 and 2 of it. Then those major depressive, manic, hypomanic, and mixed episodes. And how ’bout the meds crapshoot? Speaking of which, tap-in and we’ll check-out the latest on the use of antidepressants for bipolar 2…
Diabetes, hypothyroidism, anemia: if the lab results say you have it, you have it. The emotional and mental disorders? Hmm. For instance, the symptoms, and their overlap, of ADHD, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder. I mean, which is it?
Who could even imagine that child having an emotional/mental disorder? Actually, he may. And it’s quite possible that disorder is “bipolar.” It’s a contentious call, so let’s address the controversy with reliable information. I think you’ll find the following thought-provoking. Please, tap-in…
