There are many herbal remedies you should investigate for bipolar disorder (manic depression). Although the glossy, new veneer of today's supplements may make them look attractive, it's just as important to be a smart ...  Read more... »

A varied, healthy diet is your best source of vitamins. Some researchers believe that people with bipolar disorders may metabolize certain vitamins differently, and therefore require either careful intake via food or supplementation. If you plan ...  Read more... »

Minerals are naturally occurring substances that are basic building blocks for cells and chemical processes in the body. Most of them are needed in relatively small amounts, amounts that are covered through the combination of ...  Read more... »

If it's not an herb, vitamin, or mineral, you can simply call it a nutritional supplement. That means the manufacturer agrees not to market it as a drug, and the FDA agrees to consider it ...  Read more... »

It is very rare for a child to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a preschooler. However, if your child falls into this category, or if she has another disabling condition that emerges in early ...  Read more... »

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Thyroid hormone levels are linked with well-being among patients on thyroid hormone replacement therapy, a recent study has found. The thyroid gland, in the lower neck, produces hormones which regulate our metabolism and have direct effects ...  Read more... »

Sometimes people confuse three mental disorders, only one of which could be referred to as "common" within the population -- bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depression), schizophrenia, and multiple personality disorder (also known by its ...  Read more... »

A Manic Episode is defined by a distinct period during which there is an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood. This period of abnormal mood must last at least 1 week (or less ...  Read more... »

Writing on an eating disorders message board, Kristi (not her real name) gives a compelling account of another addiction: Last night I went to three different stores and spent several hundred dollars in, oh, an hour ...  Read more... »

Medical and therapeutic treatments for bipolar disorder include antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, psychotherapy and, in worse-case scenarios, ECT. Ideally, the best treatment for bipolar disorder is a combination of different medications, ...  Read more... »

Bipolar disorder can be influenced by alternative treatments and lifestyle choices -- including diet, exercise, sleep, and religious/spiritual practice, coping skills and suicide prevention. There are alternative or complementary treatments for bipolar disorder, ...  Read more... »

Consider the following scenario: A person visits their doctor or psychiatrist in a state of near-suicide. After probing for other possible causes of the patient's condition, the psychiatrist diagnoses that their patient with clinical depression ...  Read more... »

The DSM-IV (the diagnostic Bible) divides bipolar disorder into two types, rather unimaginatively labeled bipolar I and bipolar II. "Raging" and "Swinging" are far more apt: Bipolar I Raging bipolar (I) is characterized by ...  Read more... »

When a child's day brings tantrums, panicked mania or dark spells, he or she could be suffering from something much deeper than an attention-deficit problem. It could be juvenile-onset bipolar disorder, a psychological condition that ...  Read more... »