by Joe | Nov 3, 2008 | Career, Disability
When you have bipolar disorder, you hear a lot about what a psychiatrist and psychotherapist can do for you, but you rarely hear about and may never even consider consulting an occupational therapist (OT). And why would you? OTs are trained to assist people with...
by Joe | Oct 15, 2008 | Career, Disability, Opinions, Social Security
We’re currently working on a post about bipolar work-related issues. In the meantime, I’d like to gather input from consumers, attorneys, occupational therapists, and others who’ve dealt with these issues or counseled others on how to deal with them....
by Joe | Sep 26, 2008 | Medications
Several visitors to both the Bipolar Blog and Bipolar Beat have shown interest in lithium orotate – an over-the-counter form of lithium that’s touted to deliver lithium more efficiently to the brain (than lithium carbonate or lithium citrate), essentially...
by Joe | Sep 6, 2008 | Self-Help, Sleep
Swinburne University of Technology recently distributed a press release entitled “Body clock changes can predict bipolar relapse ,” announcing that one of its researchers, Dr. Greg Murray, would be discussing his research in a segment on the body clock on...
by Joe | Aug 29, 2008 | Medications
You hear a lot about some of the more popular medications used to treat bipolar disorder, including lithium, Depakote, and Lamictal, but one medication that seems to be less common is Tegretol (Carbamazepine). According to Dr. Fink, “Tegretol is used far less...
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