Managing bipolar disorder meant facing the truth: Feeling ‘up’ wasn’t the same as feeling well.
My wife recognized it. My friends warned me about it. My psychiatrist was concerned about it.
But I didn’t do anything about it, because “it” was me — the happy-go-lucky, hypomanic me who I hadn’t seen in a long time.
I wanted to catch up. I wanted to feed off that creativity. I missed the guy and his grandiosity; he’d always been the life of the party.
There was just one thing: I never knew how long...
When stress piles up, these strategies can help balance your mood and keep bipolar symptoms from gaining ground.
Stress significantly impacts mood stability, often...
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A dual diagnosis occurs when an individual simultaneously struggles with a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder. Far more common...