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October 12, 2007

New Medications More Effective for Treating Bipolar
Fox News
A new understanding of bipolar disorder, a new treatment philosophy and a second-generation of medications that are safer and more effective have paved the way for bipolar sufferers to finally seek the help they need.

Woman convicted of murdering roommate
San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO, 3:55 p.m. Oct. 9 (SIGNONSANDIEGO): A woman diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder for stabbing her board-and-care roommate more than 200 times using a kitchen fork and four knives.

Actor Joe Pantoliano Discloses Depression; Talks About His Latest Movie and His Sensitive Side
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Actor Joe Pantoliano reveals a personal history of depression and his belief that his mother struggled with untreated bipolar disorder, in a guest blog entry http://www.nami.org/blog published today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

Noven bipolar treatment fails study
bizjournals.com
Noven Pharmaceuticals said its once-daily lithium treatment for bipolar disorder failed a late-stage study.

Bipolar support group to meet
Rapid City Journal
RAPID CITY - Depression and Bipolar Support group will meet from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today, Monday, Oct. 8, in Rapid City Regional Hospital's Rushmore Room.

'Post-poll scenario to be bipolar'
Chennai Online
New Delhi, Oct 9: The BJP today said Left parties would be reduced to a negligible force in the next Lok Sabha election with the party itself and the Congress emerging as major players.

San Juan College offers mood screenings
KOB-TV Albuquerque
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - San Juan College in Farmington is offering free screenings for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Uncle: Stabbing Suspect Is Bipolar, Stopped Taking Meds
WCBS-TV New York - NY,USA
The family told CBS 2 HD Coleman's mental condition began deteriorating years ago due to a bipolar disorder for which he was on medication. ...

A natural treatment for bipolar disorder and depression?
ABC Online - Australia
By Terri-Anne Kingsley The medications used to manage bipolar disorder and depression are not without risks; the side-effects range from minor for some ...

Noven's lithium product fails to meet main goal
Reuters - USA
... to determine the efficacy and safety of the product compared to placebo in the treatment of acute symptoms of mania in patients with bipolar I disorder. ...

Westchester Practice Offers Drug-Free Alternative For Children ...
Westchester.com
Similar New York Times articles have reported an increase of children identified with 'Bipolar Disorder' and a corresponding increase in the administration ...

Free educational events will discuss mental health
Charlotte Observer
"Bipolar Disorder Presentation," 7-9 pm Thursday, All Saint's Episcopal Church. Author Dave Cardwell, who has written about how the disorder has affected ...

Bipolar disorder is not a legitimate defense
Press-Register
It's working that way for psychological disorders -- particularly, of late, bipolar disorder. Bipolar is the mental illness du jour. ...

Bipolar Disorder in Children: Over or Under Diagnosed?
FOX News
By Tina Benitez The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and teenagers has more than tripled, but the two extreme characteristics of the mental ...

Bipolar Convict Fires Gun, Preschool In Lockdown
KOIN News 6 Portland
PORTLAND - Christ The Vine Preschool, on Southeast Highway 212 in Damascus, is in lockdown Friday at noon because of a man who shot a gun in his front lawn earlier.

Ex-alderman drops suit over 'bipolar' comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kilkenny alleged Wartman called her bipolar at a pre-election fund-raiser for Speaker. On a campaign Web blog, Kilkenny wrote that she learned about the ...

Sinead O'Connor relieved she is bipolar
Digital Spy
By Kimberley Dadds Sinead O'Connor has revealed that she felt relieved when doctors diagnosed her with bipolar disorder, because it helped to explain why

'Crime-Fighting Mom' sentenced to federal prison term for wire fraud
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
She received an award in 2003 as 1 of Michigan's "crime-fighting moms." Trumbull's attorney says she is bipolar and fighting mental illness.

People: Sinead speaks out on bipolar disorder
Denver Post
Sinead O'Connor said that before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she struggled with thoughts of suicide and overwhelming fear.

Longview student battles bipolar disease
Lee's Summit Journal
She'd battled depression since she was a teenager, but it was nearly three years ago when Linda Lego of Raytown, Mo., "went over the edge." "It was horrible," said Lego, 49. "I didn't know what was happening to me. I didn't know what was going on. I actually came up missing for days.

Mother sentenced to 24 years for son's murder
KATU Portland
Kelly Meining said she stabbed her boy to death because she believed other people were going to kill him. Her family said she had a long history of mental problems, including bipolar disorder, postpartum psychosis and borderline schizophrenia.

New clinic helps patients with bipolar disorder
abc11tv.com
By Amber Rupinta (10/02/07 -- CHAPEL HILL) - There's a new clinic in the Triangle helping patients with bipolar disorder. More than give million Americans ...

Patient Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Varies Depending on Doctor ...
PR Newswire
According to the new report entitled Treatment Algorithms in Bipolar Disorder, psychiatrists and PCPs overall approach to treating bipolar disorder patients ...

Justice for Maldonado from a thoughtful jury
TheNewsTribune.com
A Western State Hospital psychiatrist testifying for the prosecution in the recent trial said Maldonado may suffer from bipolar disorder. ...

What Are the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
PR-GB.com (press release) - Sofia,Bulgaria
From historical figures to celebrities to everyday people, there are many people with bipolar disorder. Whether one hears of these people on television or ...

NAMI Statement on US Senator Pete Domenici Retirement
Earthtimes.org
Next week marks Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 7-13) and Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day (October 11), dedicated to public education and efforts to ...

Locked in 'mental prison'
River Falls Journal (subscription)
Randy Baar's crash is related to his bipolar disorder. He was first diagnosed almost 30 years ago. Back then patients were called manic-depressives. ...

Nothing compares 2 Sinéad O'Connor on Oprah
AfterEllen.com
Today on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Sinéad will talk for the first time about her struggles with bipolar disorder. Her appearance comes almost 15 years to the ...

Bipolar Disorder - What Are the Causes
PR-GB.com
Bipolar disorder is a difficult illness to manage and to treat. Many who have it may ask themselves, "Why me? What caused all this? ...

Ex-alderman drops suit over 'bipolar' comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Waukesha - Former Brookfield Ald. Cindy Kilkenny has dropped her lawsuit against a city plan commissioner that alleged he defamed her by calling her "bipolar" days before she lost the 2006 mayoral election.

Longview student battles bipolar disease
Lee's Summit Journal T
She'd battled depression since she was a teenager, but it was nearly three years ago when Linda Lego of Raytown, Mo., "went over the edge." "It was horrible," said Lego, 49. "I didn't know what was happening to me. I didn't know what was going on. I actually came up missing for days.

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Bipolar support group forming
Baytown Sun
According to the Texas Medical Center, 2.3 million American adults suffer from bipolar disorder, a mental condition characterized by manic highs and devastatingly depressive lows.

Stepdaughter defends man charged in bus stop death
Las Vegas Review - Journal
She said he's the primary caregiver of her mother, who suffers from bipolar disorders, and is a loving grandfather to his grandchildren. ...

Dear God: Wheat, Weeds, and Surrender
Beliefnet.com
And the best thought of all ... that I know I would be going to heaven soon, and in heaven there is no major depression or bipolar disorder or any other ...

When jail is the only place mentally ill inmates get treatment ...
Houston Chronicle
Of those on medication, 978 suffered from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or a severe depressive-psychotic disorder. .Of the 978 with a major mental health ...

Police Say Fatal Shooting Was Justified
New York Times
His companion told the police that they met over the Internet, and that she later found out that he had bipolar disorder and had once tried to commit ...

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TAKE ACTION!

I received an email from a person the other day. She asked me why so many great successful people, leaders, business people, etc. have Bipolar Disorder. I have long had a theory (but I don't have any kind of study to point to which would prove my theory). Here's what I think, though:

In order for you to start something, whatever it is: open a daycare center, write a book, build a website, go to college, discover the cure for cancer, create world peace – you have to do something really important. Know what it is?

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A Basic Coping Strategy for Survivors of Bipolar Disorder

There are many ways that I’ve tried to cope with having bipolar disorder, as I’m sure you have as well.

One of the most basic ways I’ve discovered as a basic coping strategy to deal with bipolar disorder is the Serenity Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.

It doesn’t matter whether you are “religious” or not, the prayer still works.

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