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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life: September 2011
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life. Sizzling and Smoldering: Thoughts on mood, madness, melancholy and mindfulness. Thursday, September 1, 2011. Hypomania Feels Like Being High. Sometimes hypomania feels like being high to me. Music sounds better, perception is altered, thoughts are scattered, I'm a bit forgetful, etc. I'm not suggesting that you hide your symptoms, but for me, I'm just going to have them sometimes. And I often want to function normally. Links to this post. Mood Update for August.
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life: How to Stop Bipolar Disorder from Ruining Your Life
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life. Sizzling and Smoldering: Thoughts on mood, madness, melancholy and mindfulness. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. How to Stop Bipolar Disorder from Ruining Your Life. Fourteen years ago, I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. While some days are still a struggle, approximately 90% of the time I feel fine. Here are my tips to surviving this illness. 1 Don't make big decisions while feeling sick. 2 You are not your illness. 3 Plan for your mood episodes. Food When I'm depr...
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life: January 2012
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life. Sizzling and Smoldering: Thoughts on mood, madness, melancholy and mindfulness. Sunday, January 22, 2012. Why I don't drink alcohol. Whenever I drink alcohol, even just the tiniest bit of wine, my arms ache and feel heavy. I physically don't feel good. So I don't drink. I just thought I would throw this out there. There used to be a time when I could drink without feeling this way, but sometime in the last 5 years or so this changed. Links to this post. 5 off Coup...
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life: No Perfect Drug or Medicine for Bipolar
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life. Sizzling and Smoldering: Thoughts on mood, madness, melancholy and mindfulness. Saturday, July 7, 2012. No Perfect Drug or Medicine for Bipolar. I woke up yesterday feeling great. I slept well. I felt happy. I had inner calm. I went to the grocery store. I was clear headed. I remembered to buy everything on my list. I wasn't scattered. My brain felt at 100%. Bipolar was gone for the day. My thinking was fast and clear. My mood was great. What supplement did I take?
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life: April 2015
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life. Sizzling and Smoldering: Thoughts on mood, madness, melancholy and mindfulness. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. A1C and Other Blood Tests without Insurance - How to Save Money. Have no health insurance but need a blood test done? A few phone calls and a short drive saved me $40. After some reading, I discovered that there are two large Diagnostic companies in the United States, Quest Diagnostics. Fortunately, I found another place on Google Maps called AnyLabTestNow.
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life: April 2012
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Hotbrain's Insights on Bipolar and Life. Sizzling and Smoldering: Thoughts on mood, madness, melancholy and mindfulness. Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Bipolar Forum for Asking Questions Anonymously. Today I came across the Reddit forum for Bipolar Disorder. I'm not currently a member of Reddit, but recently I've enjoyed browsing and was surprised to find the Bipolar subtopic. It looks like an ideal place to get support. Links to this post. Sunday, April 1, 2012. Nah, I don't worry. Links to this post. My Chil...
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Facing the Demon: March 2015
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A Personal Account of Managing Bipolar Disorder. Sunday, March 15, 2015. A Real Cool Hand - Part 1. It is Saturday night in the barracks of a small Forida prison where a gang of prisoners assigned to daily road work is watching KOKO and LUKE play poker. Every other player has already folded. DRAGLINE keeps offering advice to KOKO. GAMBLER also chimes in. Sure he's got kings but you still gotta call him. KOKO looks back to DRAGLINE. Man's got a pair o' kings, get your tail out. A handful of nothin'!
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Facing the Demon: April 2015
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A Personal Account of Managing Bipolar Disorder. Monday, April 6, 2015. The Man Who Wasn't There and the Man Who Was. A couple of months into the divorce process (which from start to finish took seventeen months), I took a notebook, sat down with Katherine, asked her to explain her reasons for wanting to leave the marriage, and wrote down her response. I didnt argue back. I just needed to understand. Reduced to essentials, the story was simple:. Yesterday upon the stair, I met a man who wasnt there.
