tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78460428265182635112024-03-14T00:28:22.939-07:00Bipolar Days and NightsBipolar disorder can be a blessing or a curse. This blog explores ways to make the most of living with bipolar disorder and to understand it better, whether or not you are bipolar.Ellen Roddickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015189999512342811noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846042826518263511.post-51933233497563689652014-01-22T14:14:00.001-08:002014-01-22T14:14:27.221-08:00There wille be no more postings to this blog, because I am writing a novel.Thanks for visiting.
All the best,
EllenEllen Roddickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015189999512342811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846042826518263511.post-36041490091973765262014-01-13T09:33:00.002-08:002014-01-13T09:33:40.619-08:00Obamacare and Bipolar People
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Ellen Roddickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015189999512342811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846042826518263511.post-82778052269621487742013-12-23T11:10:00.000-08:002013-12-23T11:10:23.883-08:00Bipolar Holidays<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Ellen Roddickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015189999512342811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846042826518263511.post-30108192706537610792013-12-15T15:56:00.000-08:002013-12-16T09:41:32.732-08:00Book Review of "Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life" by Melody Moezzi
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During the holidays, we often focus on eating. Bipolar people are more likely to suffer from
eating disorders than are others, and for some, holiday feasts can trigger
anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating.
While I am bipolar and have been anorectic in the past, I
haven't had an eating disorder for decades. But having written the "Dieters
Ellen Roddickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015189999512342811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846042826518263511.post-66136255917721548652013-11-18T11:04:00.000-08:002013-11-18T11:04:33.351-08:00Bipolar and Pregnant? (Part2)
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Complicating the problem of bipolar disorder
and violence is the fact that victims of abuse, especially domestic abuse, are
more apt to develop mental problems, including bipolar disorder, than are
non-victims. While bipolar women are more often victims of domestic violence
than are bipolar men, both are more often victims than are those without a
mental Ellen Roddickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015189999512342811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846042826518263511.post-43489458472105945592013-10-14T09:55:00.000-07:002013-11-14T14:14:12.456-08:00Bipolar and Pregnant (Part 1)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Before I knew that
I am bipolar I composed an alliterative alphabet and posted it on the Open
Salon blog I wrote at that time. My cousin Christine said she couldn't read it,
because the alliteration became too annoying. Evidently others agreed, because I got no positive responses to the posting, and I and took
it down.
After I was diagnosed as Ellen Roddickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015189999512342811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846042826518263511.post-52363600723775176882013-09-02T09:02:00.002-07:002013-09-02T09:02:48.678-07:00Bipolar Kids<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Bipolar disorder affects an estimated 30 million people all
over the world. It strikes women and men equally, without restriction to ethnic
group or class. Age, however, is a factor, and bipolar disorder tends to appear
first in young adults.
Wealthy, sophisticated countries are more likely to produce
studies and statistics about bipolar disorder Ellen Roddickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015189999512342811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846042826518263511.post-4095099322687969092013-08-13T10:23:00.000-07:002013-08-13T11:21:06.019-07:00To Tell or Not to Tell Employers You Are Bipolar?<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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