Help us win Healthline’s Best Health Blog of the Year! Vote for International Bipolar Foundation here.  1. Explaining to people that there is a difference between “moody” and “bipolar”  I had told a colleague that I have bipolar and she laughed. When she saw that I wasn’t laughing with her, she asked me if I was…

Via the Facebook page of Buddhist teacher Michael Stone, which has become an active place for updates and comments since his sudden hospitalization last week and subsequent passing on the night of July 16, comes an official statement. It reads, in full: Michael Stone’s Passing – Official Statement from Carina Stone, Erin Robinsong & Rose Riccio Michael Stone passed suddenly from…

When I was in business school, I was diagnosed with major depression, and then re-diagnosed with bipolar disorder several years later. Throughout the years I’d tried dozens of medications to varying effects; some of them never worked, some worked and made me feel terrible, and most of them stopped working after a few years and…

By Dr. Heather Morris Topamax For Weight Loss Bipolar Depression,Migraine Relief drug and Its Side Effects – Many clinical studies and case reports now show that taking Topamax (topiramate) during pregnancy increases the risk of cleft lip, cleft palate and/or genital birth defects in newborns. Data from the North American Drug Pregnancy Registry showed the risk…