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Something's Fishy....
Stats show that the United States has the highest rate of bipolar disorder in the world. 4.4% of the nation ' s population has been diagnosed with BPD at some point in their lives. These high numbers are not restricted only to the U.S., in fact, many developed and high-income countries present similar statistics. When compared with other stats around the world, this number is particularly curious, and researchers are on the hunt to discover why there is such a discrepancy between the U.S. at 4.4%, and Japan at a low 0.7%. < br / > < br / > The answer, obviously, is fish oil. An article I read on the topic hypothesizes that...
Source: Weird Cake: Myopic musings from a bipolar survivor - May 7, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

A Parent ’s BSD Challenge
Raising children is a rewarding journey with a most steep learning curve. Any new parent ’s notion that since they are older than their child means they are wiser soon learns that it is the child who teaches the parent many things. < br / > < br / > Think of the journey of a parent of a child who for no apparent reason engages in aggressive anti social behavior, angry unending tantrums, or a child who is ultra sensitive to all stimuli and overreacts to ordinary things in life, or a child who acts out in school seeking to always be the center of attention. < br / > < br / > < br / > This is the life of a parent whose chil...
Source: Weird Cake: Myopic musings from a bipolar survivor - November 17, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

Healing Instead of Dealing With: Getting Back in the Driver ’s seat With Mental Illness Part 2
Part 1 of this intro article on bipolar disorder < a href= " http://weirdcake.blogspot.com/2010/11/healing-instead-of-dealing-with-getting.html " > is here < /a > . < br / > < br / > To carry on with the exploration of some treatments.... < br / > < br / > Lifestyle changes are more about addressing the root cause of BSD, which are chemical imbalances. The biochemistry of the brain is very complex and not well understood which is why drugs cause side effects.. Positive emission tomography is able to show images of the living brain. Glucose metabolic rates indicate brain activity. Images of a bipolar patient ’s brain duri...
Source: Weird Cake: Myopic musings from a bipolar survivor - November 10, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

Healing Instead of Dealing With: Getting Back in the Driver ’s seat With Mental Illness
We get visitors who know very little about bipolar disorder and so why not educate and arm readers with some basic information? < br / > < br / > Bipolar disorder is a mental condition that affects both mood stability and cognitive functioning. The condition is characterized by extreme variations in mood from elation and high functioning to depression and withdrawal. Those extreme variations are cyclical in nature. Some doctors have named the condition bipolar spectrum disorder(BSD) because of the continuum of characteristics. < br / > < br / > There is a genetic predisposition to BSD, it tends to run in families. Research...
Source: Weird Cake: Myopic musings from a bipolar survivor - November 4, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: blogs