by Joe | May 11, 2009 | Hospitalization, Movies, Opinions, Relationships
Contains spoilers, so if you haven’t seen The Soloist yet, hold off on reading this. I saw the movie The Soloist this weekend starring Robert Downey Junior as Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez and Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers, a musically talented homeless...
by Candida Fink, MD | Oct 29, 2008 | Hospitalization, Marriage, Relationships
Many friends and family members of people with bipolar disorder become frustrated with the fact that they can rarely, if ever, “make” their loved one obtain treatment. This is more of a challenge when the person is manic rather than depressed. In a manic...
by Cecie | Jun 26, 2008 | Hospitalization, Opinions
By Guest Blogger, Cecie Kraynak In the course of my most recent hospitalizations, my husband, Joe, and I have tossed around the idea of creating our own mental healthcare resort or at least implementing a 5-star-rating system for existing facilities. The first place I...
by Candida Fink, MD | Jun 18, 2008 | Hospitalization, Relationships
Family and friends of people with bipolar disorder often wonder what they can do to help when their loved one is hospitalized due to a major mood episode. The short answer is to do what you would normally do when a loved one is in the hospital for any illness: Call...
by Joe | Jun 11, 2008 | Hospitalization, Marriage, Relationships
From Joe I saw my wife at the “hospital” yesterday, Tuesday. The doctor was supposed to have started her on lithium. I learned that he was unable to do so, because he needed to run a pregnancy test first. I’ve had a vasectomy, and I am 99.99999% sure that my wife has...
by Joe | Jun 9, 2008 | Hospitalization, Marriage, Relationships
By Joe Over the past two weeks, I have been dealing with a bipolar disorder crisis in my family. Even though I have learned a great deal about bipolar disorder over the years – from working on the book and our blog, from past experiences, and from extensive research...
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