am 45 have been labeled bipolar for about ten years two teenage boys (doing well type a kids) i have abused drugs, but only perscription and only when my mind just won't stop. i have just taken a wopping dose of xanax xr 6 millagrams and still can't sleep or notice anything. is it possible that someone's mind can get to reved up that even that
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Looking for a good psychiatrist in or near the Twin Cities area to treat my bipolar disorder. Moving from Baltimore to that area soon and need to set up reliable medical treatment before arriving. Any suggestions? Want someone accessible and open to modifying medications if needed.
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My 25 year old son is severely bipolar. He has no job or insurance. We need financial help with his condition. I heard that you can get SSI for this. Any suggestions?
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I went to a psychologist due to depression. After an evaluation she told me it was likely to be bipolar 2 disorder since I've had manic symptoms before. She referred me to a psychiatrist for a test in which a person's brainwaves control a car in order to tell if it is bipolar. I have never heard of such a test before and had been under the im
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I've had 3 manic episodes turn into psychosi
s, complete with total amnesia, rapid distres
sed speech, etc. I can find nothing to link
these episodes except long periods of not
sleeping. Sound familiar? Help.
emalyn56
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I want to be able to help my partner deal with me when it comes to my manic episodes and hallucinations but I don't know what would alleviate his emotions. Hallucinations are frightening enough for myself, but it is extremely awkward to express my discomfort when I am seeing something that he can't see himself. What can I do to communicate what
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Can the high be a persistent high for like 6 months and then it be at a extreme low for a year and then high for 3 months and depressed for 5 and so on and so forth? Can each be in long periods of time and then sometimes in between have short episodes by week by week? Mainly depressed and mood swings like irritably. Or does it have to be happy on
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My daughter basically self diagnosed and the various phych. Dr.s seem okay with that and whatever she chooses to do as far as meds. I am not convinced she has bi-polar though she, at times, seems to show a few of the symptoms. She doesn't want to take anything but adderal,for her claim of also having ADD.Any suggestions would be great. Thanks
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acting like a child of 12 or 14. Is this common. All she wants to talk about is pictures she has created, her illness etc. She is totally focused on the kids in her group therapy. She is on lithium but they are thinking about switching her to ambilify. I'm not reading great things about the side effects. She's mumbling under her breath a lot.
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