Dear GMoss, If you sign on again, I hope all is well and I hope the best for you. I am signing off. I joined the forum looking for dialogue around coping with chronic illness . . . and support around...
Hi Joe, I think you may have posted on other message threads since this posting, but I just wanted to check and see how you were doing. Hope you are feeling less bottled up and guilty. I think I...
Hi Jade 11, Thanks for circling back about the memory issue . . . I misunderstood. Glad you aren't having any out of the ordinary memory problems. I am happy that you are having episode free years ....
Hi Jade 11, Congratulations on successfully completing your challenging degree program! A lot of work. I don't mean to sound like the cheerleader for Lithium, but I've been on it for over 20 years...
Hi, Good follow up dialouge. Olivia of course - of course your view is accurate. I don't know if there are any wrong views of trying to examine social stigma; there are many ways of knowing and...
Dear Ellie 1, I am sorry that you encountered health care professionals who made you feel "less than" and vulnerable when you were seeking medical treatment. Shame on them. I work in a health care...
Dear GMoss, Are you still checking the postings periodically? Was wondering how you are doing. Hope things are going well for you. Let us know, if you want. I am doing well. Was feeling very tired of...
Hi, This is a wonderful book: [b]Kaiser, J.J. (2002). [u]Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family. New York: The New Press. The book talks about coping with mental illness from multiple...
Dear Weturner, I haven't heard of a correlation between calcium and bi-polar disorder . . . but there may be new research that I am unaware of. Sometimes people can encounter side effects to their...
Dear GMoss, Like you, I've been asymptomatic for a long time . . . but sometimes it is still a challenge for me to figure out if a "mood" is normal baseline or a "mood swing." No matter how stable...
Dear GMoss, I certainly support any decisions you make regarding your care. What I can tell you is . . . I have been on Lithium since 1984 (age 19) and take 675 mg per day. I just finished my second...