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Aromotherapy For Depression

January 27, 2008 in Bipolar Treatments, Depression | No comments

Depression is a serious medical illness that involves the brain. Depression is very common and affects as many as 1 in 8 people in their teen years. Depression affects people of every color, race, economic status, or age. Depression can run in families, and usually starts between the ages of 15 and 30. It is much more common in women. Women can also get postpartum depression after the birth of a baby. Some people get seasonal affective disorder in the winter. Depression is one part of bipolar disorder.

Many factors play a role including genetics, environment, life events, medical conditions, and the way people react to things that happen in their lives. Depression symptoms are characterized not only by negative thoughts, moods, and behaviors, but also by specific changes in bodily functions.

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What Is Bipolar Disorder and How Do You Treat It?

January 23, 2008 in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Symptoms, Bipolar Treatments | No comments

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a diagnostic category describing a class of mood disorders where the person experiences states or episodes of depression and/or mania, hypomania, and/or mixed states. Left untreated, it is a severely disabling psychiatric condition.

The difference between bipolar disorder and major depression is that bipolar disorder involves “energized” or “activated” mood states in addition to depressed mood states. The duration and intensity of mood states varies widely among people with the illness.

Fluctuating from one mood state to another is called “cycling” or having mood swings. Mood swings cause impairment not only in one’s mood, but also in one’s energy level, sleep pattern, activity level, social rhythms and Read the rest of this entry »

The Truth About Mental Health Disorders

January 20, 2008 in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Symptoms, Bipolar Treatments, Depression | No comments

Throughout the world’s population. Mental disorders are quiet prevailing, and yet it remain greatly misunderstood by the people. Even for those who find themselves afflicted with even common mental disorders, discover that there is much to be learned about their particular illness, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, which is different for everyone.

For others, they keep themselves thinking happy thoughts, so that they don’t harm anyone else. In order to keep symptoms at quest other tend to have different combinations of treatments even though that chronic disease or mental disorders have varying levels of severeness.

A lot of people are affected by mental health disorders. These kind of illness can deeply intervene with the individuals ability to maintain healthy relationships and function in society in a normal way. It is necessary to seek help from a professional when mental disorder interrupt the person’s life and his family.

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Acupuncture – an Effective Depression Remedy?

January 17, 2008 in Bipolar Treatments, Depression | 1 comment

Acupuncture is one of the oldest forms of medicine – dating back to around 8,000 years ago in ancient China. Acupuncture is the art of inserting tiny needles into specific places on the body and can cure many different ailments including asthma, insomnia and high blood pressure. It is believed that acupuncture can successfully treat over 40 different common health problems – but can it treat depression?

Depression is the most common emotional condition in the United States – affecting, to some degree, an estimated 11 million people every year. Depression is more common in women, affecting around 20% of women as opposed to around 10% of men – although men are more inclined to commit suicide when depressed. The illness costs an estimated $40 billion a year in charges for treatment and lost productivity.

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Are There Alternative Treatments For People With Bipolar? One Man’s Story.

January 8, 2008 in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar News & Stories, Bipolar Treatments, Coping With Bipolar | No comments

Are there alternative treatments for people with bipolar? What really works? There are so many negative stories about the psychiatric medications commonly prescribed for bipolar sufferers, and confusion abounds about the right mix of treatments.

Here’s an article from someone who knows first hand, read on and see.

Ken Jensen

Teaching others about bipolar disorder has become somewhat of a life purpose for bipolar sufferer Ken Jensen. Lost in a bipolar fog for almost eight years, Ken has lived first hand with the debilitating symptoms of bipolar and has now beaten it.

After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Ken discovered that doctors invariably treated his symptoms solely with medication, and with wildy varying degrees of success. His symptoms constantly reappeared, no matter what drug regime he was on. After following every instruction and medication program for six years, Ken just kept getting worse.

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It was then he had a moment of clarity and began searching for relief and healing outside mainstream medicine. After a lot of experimenting and research, Ken found that path out of the bipolar jungle, and led himself back to the land of the living. His life now continues to improve, and he also realized that a big part of his journey would be spending time and effort to help others emerge from the darkness as well.
Shut Up And Take Your Pills (By Ken Jensen)

I’m not against medication for bipolar disorder per se. But I’m against ignorance. And if you think medication is your only route to relief from bipolar then you may be ignorant of your other options. If you learn of those options from someone with proof that they work and don’t investigate further? Well, now you’re just being plain ignorant.

My symptoms worsened every year for almost eight years. I ate medications like I was being paid to do so. They did not work well or at all depending on the scenario. Desperation drove me to find other answers outside of the accepted norm. Not only did I find them but they also gave me my life back. I learned to address what the medication does not.

This brings me to the issues surrounding medication that bipolar people can come up against:

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Omega 3 Fish Oil To Treat Bipolar

January 2, 2008 in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Nutrition, Bipolar Treatments, Depression | No comments

Following recent findings, omega 3 fish oil to treat bipolar disorder is now recommended by many health practitioners. In fact, Omega 3 fish oil is recommended as part of any normal healthy diet because of the amount of omega-3 fatty acids it contains.

Read this interesting article by Lori Matthews to find out more:

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