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<title>Psych Central Answers  | Recent Questions | Bipolar</title>
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<description>Mental health, relationship and questions about life answered by folks just like you.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:10:50 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[question about self injury]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:10:50 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[i have done something strange since i was around fifteen,  where i pick at my skin, until bleeding, started in areas that could be hidden, thighs and buttocks,  and once wound would begin to heal i pick the scabs, and (ugh, im embarrassed) i usually eat them, and i know its weird,told psy. dr. about it vaguelly, and he suggested counceling, so jus<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Miss working with others..self worth is down...]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:24:43 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I am feeling less self worth due to not being able to work <br />anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions since this diagnoses was placed upon my head ....<br />I feel so lost without working, I love to help others, I am<br />a drug therapist for addictions.Now I feel it was a waste of time getting my degree.<br />Nov.5th.09.<br /><br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[am i really bi-polar?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:54:37 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm 16 years old and havent haven't had the best life, but then again who has? I've had very bad relationships and I've been put away twice. The first time I was put away they said they thought I was bi-polar; Same the second time. I refused to take medication for it though. I'm in a new relationship which seemed like it was really going to w<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bipolar or ADHD medicine that won't interact badly with weed]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:27:15 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ok.. So I'm either bipolar or ADHD. So I'm told anyways. I smoke weed. I also should probably be on meds. I have severe anxiety, the kind that keeps me from going to places like Walmart because I can't handle the stress. Fact is, I am trying to keep from collapsing. My entire life crashed and I don't know how to pick it up. So I'm severely de<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My common-law lied to me.....and I caught him...]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/my-common-law-lied-to-me-----and-i-caught-him---/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:12:09 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Why would my common-law hubby stop taking his meds just because I caught him in a lie. What would be his motive behind this. He is also being extremely mean to me. <br />Am I not allowed to be told the truth . Or is this this a set up for a explosion and a audience for himself. <br />I was praising him for taking his meds and he was doing <br />so well. He ha<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[bipolar issue]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/bipolar-issue/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:22:34 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I have had several disappointments this past week seeking employment, and since I am 65 and do not have a job I am very depressed.  I do not seem to have the energy to do anything nor do I feel capable of trying right now.  I have been trying to get some exercise and social contact, but this is proving difficult also.  I just want to know if this <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[my girlfriend mother is bipolar]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/my-girlfriend-mother-is-bipolar/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:14:39 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ive been dating my girlfriend now for 2 months. shes a really nice woman. i do love her and care for her. she always complains about her mother being bipolar and how her mom treats her really bad. so i decided to ask her to live with me. i feel a bit confused, she is on her way to moving in, but i kinda feel it maybe to soon, or will she be bipola<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[??Need Help. What is Wrong with ME??????]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/need-help--what-is-wrong-with-me/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:06:11 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[  I don't know how anyone can stand being a round me. I am pissed off at the world and everyone in it and at me too.Don't want to talk to my family and I'm out right meme to my best friend, most of the time I have to bit my tongue just to stop myself from saying meme things to someone just in front of me at the store..I just want to be left alo<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[can anybody help?]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/can-anybody-help/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:01:48 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[for a while now i wonder whether i might have bipolar but i am confused because i don't have all the symptoms but sumtimes im buzzing, want to talk forever, laugh til the tears cum to my eyes yet lata still feel awful, feel like a performer on a stage then want to hide away forever, thinking all the time constantly! agitated, restless, anxious, a<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Depression vs Bipolar]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/depression-vs-bipolar-1/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:37:41 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I am convinced my boyfriend has some form of depression or is bipolar. His mother was bipolar and for the past 15 years or more, my boyfriend was the one who lived with her and watched her go thru her 12 month cycle of ups and downs. She refused medication.She passed away in January 2009, which was extremely painful for him. Around the end of July<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How can I help My family?]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/how-can-i-help-my-family/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:48:46 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ok, I need some insight. I asked my brother to move in with me 2 hours from his home because he lost everything including a place to live. When he moved in he helped himself to everything like it belonged to him and it is upsetting my fiancee/sons' father. It is also beginning to drain us financially and I'm afraid I will have to ask my brother <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How do I tell them]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/how-do-i-tell-them/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:43:07 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I have been bipolar for 25 yrs. And don't have many friends. and the friends I have know about me. I have been in the hospital 12 times and have scars on my arm from cutting.My friends don't call or come over any more because they think if they tell me something or anything that it may up set me so they stay a way.  <br /> I want to start dating and<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Please help]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:07:53 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am a patient of bipolar disorder and 18 years old. nowadays I often have mania, my parents are confused with the dosage of olanzapine and moreover, my doctor is also not cooperating! so please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[needs help]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:49:54 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When i get into an arguement with my husband i get really bad like i want to hit something, but i try to control it. It feels like im another person and i don't know what i am doing.when we fight my husband tells me to hit him but i don't want to and i end up hitting him. I ahte myself for doing it and i don't want him to leave me. I have no in<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do I Have Bipolar II Or Bad Depression?]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/do-i-have-bipolar-ii-or-bad-depression/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:52:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm 16 years old and have been depressed since i was 13. <br />My mother said she was going to get me help but it hasn't been worked out yet.<br />My mother is Bipolar I. Since i was 13, i've been getting extremely sad. It all came to a peak when i attempted suicide a month before my 14th birthday and landed in the hospital for 4 days. The depression h<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alternative treatments]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/alternative-treatments/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:18:12 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If a person is bipolar with ultra-rapid cycling, and they've taken themselves off meds and refuse to go back on them, what else can they do to help themselves when they know they are dangerously close to a crisis again?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[my bf bein hard headed]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:53:06 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[my boyfriend is hard headed and i dont know if he loves me or trust me???????what do i do and hes bipolar<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aftermath of mania]]></title>
<link>http://answers.psychcentral.com/Bipolar/aftermath-of-mania/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:15:00 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[My 20 year old daughter was recently admitted to hospital during an episode of mania.  She is no longer manic, but is still confused.  She signed a loving letter to us with the wrong name, similar to hers but not hers.  Is confusion following mania normal?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[hAS ANYBODY EVER]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:28:33 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Does anybody ever feel like you arein the world but YOU feel like you are really not there. HOW DO i GET BACK<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I need an attorney to see my son againist ex husband's wishes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:32:36 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It was my son's birthday recently. So I thought to write to you for some advice. <br /><br />How do I find/hire an attorney to go to court, when the courts don't understand mental health issues?? It is hard to find a lawyer that respects you as an individual w/ disabilities!!!<br /><br />I lost custody of my son due to my defaulting at the divorce hearing. I wa<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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