Bipolar ??

Bella79

Hi all

I have just been diagnoised with this ive also suffered with depression for many years

I just wondered if there was anyone on here with the same and we could have our own thread ?

Thankyou
owens

Ted_Hutchinson

Speaking as someone with a bipolar diagnosis who has managed to exert a reasonable control over mood swings. (although I do find tolerating fools kindly difficult) I would welcome a support forum for bipolar providing it was aimed, not at supporting bipolar's in their depression but was aimed more at using diet, supplements, and behavior therapy to modify extreme behaviors.

My improvement started when I started to understand the inflammatory nature of depression and reduced the inflammatory content of my diet.

Plasma free polyunsaturated fatty acid levels are associated with symptom severity in acute maniaOur preliminary results suggest that, in susceptible persons, low plasma levels of free EPA compared with AA are related to the severity of mania.

Getting rid of all sources of Omega 6's The Devils Fat, while improving Omega 3 intake along with reducing all other sources of inflammation (weight loss, exercise, stress reduction) while raising vitamin D (brain anti inflammatory agent) status 25(OH)D to 150nmol/l also supported the severe reduction in sources of omega 6 arachidonic acid.

To improve your understand of the role of Polyunsaturated Fat Intake: Effects on the Heart and Brain read Stephan Whole Health Source on arachidonic acid

absolutebounder

owens3116 wrote: »

Hi all

I have just been diagnoised with this ive also suffered with depression for many years

I just wondered if there was anyone on here with the same and we could have our own thread ?

Thankyou
owens

There are two threads here already. Support for people with depression and the depressively optimistic moneysaving thread. They are slighlt different but Im sure you will find like thinking people in both.

Jet

But Bi polar isn't the same as clinical depression, so I don't see how those threads can really help.

Ted_Hutchinson

Jet wrote: »

But Bi polar isn't the same as clinical depression, so I don't see how those threads can really help.

While the presentation of depression in bi-polar may be different, that is not evidence that the underlying causes of bipolar/seasonal/other depressions, don't share features in common.

Isn't it common sense that obtaining the vitamin D3, omega 3, status our DNA evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to work best with while living at this latitude naked outdoors, is probably a good start, in a similar way only a fool would run their car without ensuing tyre pressures and fluid levels were at the makers original specifications.

Depression, Inflammation, Immunity and Infection

Should Depressive Syndromes Be Reclassified as "Metabolic Syndrome Type II"?

Elevated serum levels of C-reactive protein are associated with mania symptoms in outpatients with bipolar disorder.

Evaluation of C-reactive protein and total serum cholesterol in adult patients with bipolar disorder.

UKTigerlily

I agree Bipolar isn't the same, which type are you? I'm type 2 & it can be a struggle sometimes can't it! Bipolar isn't all about depression so I agree it's not really relevant to the depression threads, my money troubles come from when i'm high!

Bella79

honsetly i tell you when i read about the effects of bipolar i couldnt bellieve it i thought " there writing about me"

I just thought i was a impossible person lol

notanothergreyhair

This is a very interesting book about bipolar;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unquiet-Mind-Kay-Redfield-Jamison/dp/0330346512

See if your local library has it in then you haven't got to buy it; it is a very good read.

Knightowl

I find this thread ........ interesting and close to home.

It's not just about Depression and mood swings ...... is it;)

It's possibly also about being misunderstood in a Joan of Arc sort of way...shoot me or agree ......but above all educate me.

morag1202

owens3116 wrote: »

Hi all

I have just been diagnoised with this ive also suffered with depression for many years

I just wondered if there was anyone on here with the same and we could have our own thread ?

Thankyou
owens

Hi

Why not nip over to the Disability and Dosh board and start a thread? I'm sure I've seen people mention this and it's a friendly place!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=155&order=desc

Hth.

dmg24

notanothergreyhair wrote: »

This is a very interesting book about bipolar;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unquiet-Mind-Kay-Redfield-Jamison/dp/0330346512

See if your local library has it in then you haven't got to buy it; it is a very good read.

I agree, this book is excellent. Apologies if you can't find the book in a Nottinghamshire library, I have had my copy for a year now (due to other bipolar symptoms!).