Scientists found why lithium is effective at treating bipolar.

So Scientists found out why lithium is effective at treating bipolar, with could lead to better meds with fewer side-effects.

So as we know bipolar caused extreme change in a person mood.

The extreme change in mood in bipolar have been strongly associated with disruptions in circadian rhythms our body clock.

A study shown a potent effect of lithium in increasing the strength of the clock rhythms, showing a link between the mood-stabilizer, bipolar, and body clocks.

By tracking a key clock protein they discovered that lithium increased the strength of the clockwork in cells by up to three-fold by blocking a enzyme called glycogen synthase kinase or GSK3.

This will open the opportunities to develop new drugs for bipolar that mimic and enhance the effect lithium has on GSK3 without the side-effects lithium have which include nausea, acne, thirstiness, muscle weakness, tremor, sedation and/or confusion.

Our study has identified the robust rhythm-enhancing effect of GSK3 inhibition, which has potential to be developed as a new pharmacological approach to regulate body clocks, and there may also be beneficial effects leading to new treatments for bipolar disorder.

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/article/?id=8058

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People with bipolar are risk-takers.

Researchers at the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool have found that the circuits in the brain involved in pursuing and relishing rewarding experiences are more strongly activated in people with bipolar disorder -- guiding them towards riskier gambles and away from safer ones.

Faulty Body Clock Genes May Be Responsible for Bipolar

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So a malfunctioning circadian clock genes may be responsible for bipolar.

Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry found four versions of a regulatory gene RORB that were associated with bipolar.

scientists identified 15 additional "compound emotions.

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ok scientists have identified 15 additional compound emotions that are expressed by combining the six basic human emotions: happy, sad, fearful, angry, surprised, and disgusted.

The compound emotions are all distinguishable from one other.

All humans use the same muscles to express a specific emotion.

The newly identified emotions could impact future research on psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia or PTSD, as well as developmental disorders like autism.

And help people who suffer from face blindness -- a cognitive disorder that prevents someone from distinguishing between different faces or facial expressions.

So there you go scientists have found 15 additional emotions. yea not really new news for us bipolar we kind of knew this already but who listen to us we'll crazy.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/04/health/facial-expressions/

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Sleep deprivation can help with depression!

So I got my bp magazine (Bipolar Magazine) today and as I was reading it I found a articles title Sleep deprivation eases depression, but cognitive symptoms persist in remission so I read it and it said.

Patients with bipolar who were in a depressive episode were treated with total sleep deprivation intentionally not sleeping for one or more night, previous studies have suggested can be a raped and sustained treatment for depression.

A control group of people without bipolar also underwent sleep deprivation.

The researchers found that the clinical symptoms of depression improved in the patients with bipolar but cognitive impairment persisted. However, unlike the control group, the group with bipolar did not experience worsening of mental function after sleep loss.

at the beginning of the articles it did say "but they continued to have impaired neuropsychological functioning even after remission so base on that I have to say that the cognitive impairment do not increase because of the sleep loss, that it is the normal cognitive impairment that we all way have.

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Top Seven Terrific Things About Bipolar Disorder

Ok this is just a repost kinda of a other blog from hear Top Ten Terrific Things About Bipolar Disorder so I pick 7 out of the 10 thing to repost and to add my comment about then if you what to see all 10 thing from that post then look hear (same link as before) Oh and guess what today is World Bipolar Day yay.

I am a Empath

So I found out that I am a Empath yes I am a empath.

Thank You Bret Bernhoft at bipolarness.com for having the surveys Empath/Psychic/Sensitive/Indigo – Survey the first one and for all the other surveys you have they really do help us bipolar people they really do.

So anyway back to the topic of this post.

edit 8:01 forget that I kind of talk that me being a empath in this post People Energy

So yea I am a Empath so what is a empath you may ask well hear a YouTube video saying it pretty well.

The DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)

So last week I when to a support group with the DBSA the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance it was good,

thinking about makeing a facebook page. good idea?

So I am thinking about making a Facebook page. Good idea? bad idea?

Please vote, or leave a comment, and who know there may be a Facebook page.

poll will end at 2/10/14 7:44 AM 

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Religion and bipolar.

From my post Famous/Well-know people who have bipolar I realized nearly everyone who had/have bipolar do not like to side with anyone religion, some like  Christianity, Catholic, Hinduism, Lutheranism which I found out to be my supposed to be religion, now I will said that I do believe that many bipolar do agree a bit with Buddhism.

Just something I what to show to everyone.

everyone should the time to read this,

You Probably Don't Have Bipolar Disorder (Or One Of These 7 Other Conditions) 

Why?

Because it fucking bullshit when people said thing like oh I so bipolar, or oh I'm so ADD/ADHD or I'm so OCD people who said thing like that just undermine the people who truly have it. who truly know what it like to live with then on a day to day basic.

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Effect of Stigmatization in bipolar

For people with bipolar we are face with a lot of stigma on a day to day basic, and become of this stigma we get we try to hide our bipolar from people, and even if we get a friend we can't say ever tell our so call friend that I have bipolar cause what we do well it good bye friend.
It just the stigma we get is devastating to us.

And not only our peer will stigmatization us, even our elders will stigmatization

People Energy

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Ah so true on that, us bipolar feel other people emotional energy that they give

Research Explores the Positives of Bipolar Disorder

The Positives of Bipolar

Research Explores the Positives of Bipolar Disorder



The problems of living with bipolar have been well documented, but new study has captured the views of those who also report highly-valued, positive experiences of living with the condition.

Some Myths About Bipolar.

10 Common Myths About Bipolar Disorder

People who have bipolar disorder face a lot of misunderstandings by the public, adding with the everyday strains of life with a very serious condition. Due to unfairly widespread misconceptions of what bipolar actually means as well as the stigmas attached with it, many may run in fear from the help they need.

Bipolar Mixed Mood State

So what is a Mixed Mood State? We'll find out today!

So a Mixed Mood State is you have symptoms of being Depression and of being Mania at the same-time.


Now if you have ask me what mixed mood episodes/state was oh I don't know a year or two ago the best way could explain it was it where you go back and forth between Depression and Mania so fast it seam like your having both at the same-time but that better to explained a ultra-ultra-rapid cycling also call ultradian where it is often difficult to tell between ultradian cycling from a mixed episode.

So back to Mixed Mood State now.

Being Bipolar podcast episodes 118, and 121

Yea my mood have not been so good these last few day well almost all week my mood have been not so good, so hear two podcast episodes from being bipolar.

What is Bipolar Disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes intense mood swings from mania extreme energy/high and or irritable moods to depression feelings of deep despair, sadness, and hopelessness, and then back again, sometime with periods of normal mood in between.