Psychology Today Dec 2001 Carrie Fisher, Bipolar Disorder, Prozac, Orgasm (Vol 34 No. 6) (Paperback)By Robert sculpturer PhD
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Everyone knows the importance of having a living will. Do you know you should also have specific plans for your mental health care? If the time comes when you can no longer make decisions for yourself, you can have an advance directive specifying the type of care you would like to have.
I’m angry. In fact, I am downright livid.
My father in law was originally supposed to have surgery today. Well, they first moved it up to the 16th and then this last Friday they rescheduled it for Monday, December 15th.
Happy Wednesday!
In two days, my children will be out of school for Christmas break. They don’t go back until January 7th. This means I have only two more days of peace and quiet. When the kids are out of school, I have no alone time. This makes it very difficult to write.
WHAT IS BIPOLAR DISORDER? Bipolar disorder, or manicdepressive illness, is characterized by moods that swing between two opposite poles: Periods of mania (with exaggerated euphoria, irritability, or both). ...
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Why is there so much stigma surrounding bipolar disorder? It’s no longer a big deal to have depression, but when people talk about bipolar disorder it is never in a positive light.
We’re under an ice storm warning!
Apparently, 2008 is the year for ice as many parts of the country are being hit with this. Schools are letting out all around us and I just know that ours will end up being released early. It’s Monday! I need my quiet time today. Now it will likely end up cut short.
I am interested in hearing what family and friends of people living with bipolar disorder have to say. I know it’s not easy living with this disorder and it can’t be easy caring for someone who has it.
I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder about ten years ago. I had never heard of it before then and was surprised that it took so long to find that out. I've been an alcoholic most all of my adult life and they call that "Self Medicating" in hopes to stem off the affects of the disorder. Of course that doesn't work and only makes it worse and finally I was put on a medicine that actually
Today ends the second week of December and I am now in a full blown major depressive episode. I am trying my best to slow down and take things as they come.
The days are getting longer and longer. I am also to the point where I prefer to be alone in complete silence. Unfortunately, that isn’t a possibility and it isn’t very practical.
Bipolar disorder patients who receive group psychotherapy may be able to reduce their risk of hospital admissions for mood related episodes, according to the latest research from the US.
Psychotherapy is an alternative medicine, complementary therapy and natural health method that can help with a variety of mental health problems.
Psychotherapy helps bipolar sufferers by helping them [...]
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Drugs used in bipolar disorder: lithium. Very good for mania but also very effective in treating depression in bipolar patients. Hard to tolerate the effects of GI, alopecia, weight gain, ataxia, acne, polyuria, polydipsia. It takes a while to work, unlike Depakote which you can kind of load the person up. Classically considered to cause [...]
BIPOLAR DISORDER - Susan Louisa Montauk, MD BASICSDESCRIPTION• A psychiatric disorder characterized by at least one episode of mania and often involving dramatic "mood swings"; episodes of mania and/or hypomania, and major depression that cause marked impairment and/or hospitalization.• The symptoms must not be due to a substance (e.g., drug), treatment (e.g., ECT or light therapy), a general
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Let’s go for a walk! What could be more simple than that. Every morning on the way to work, (walking distance), can be found one teacher who cheerfully accomplishes her morning Zen walking around “Mosquito Park” (why its called “mosquito park” I’m not sure, I’ve never seen or felt a mosquito there, but [...]
Since today is Friday, and I'm ready to move on next week and write about something new, I'll end this week with my thoughts about why I initially got so angry about the natural healing webcast, so that I can be done with it and move on.
1. The fact is that having been diagnosed as bipolar in 1993, and having read more than 100 books on the topic and related subjects, and having spent 15 years
Dear Readers- After such a long time I am back to article writing. I was and I m not in the mood of writing at all. My heart and brain are not focusing on a single point. May be I m under stress or there can be other reasons. I do not like to give my control to them so finally, today I was reading about different diseases . I selected one topic which is Bipolar and would like to share with y
Emotional Health Forum - Page 5 - I DONT THINK MANY PEOPLE HAVE IT,NOT UNLESS YOU TELL YOURSELF OR YOU DONT CONFIDE IN A NETWORK THAT IS POSTIVE,I THINK THE DISORDER COMES FROM PEOPLE... Read more
Bipolar disorder(manic depression) and Asperger’s syndrome are two different things. Bipolar is a mental illness caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, meanwhile, Asperger’s syndrome is one condition of pervasive developmental disorder(PDD), a milder variant of Autistic Disorder.
People with Bipolar disorder have extreme emotional ups and downs. They have episodes of depression a
We certainly have our good days and our bad days in helping those with bipolar disorder obtain life insurance. Fortunately the good does outweigh the bad. I think we do need to throw a reality check water balloon on this party though.
I have often mentioned that one of the most critical components of putting together [...]
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Bipolar disorder is an affective disorder characterized by the occurrence of alternating periods of euphoria (mania) and depression.Signs and Symptoms Of Mania:Becomes angry quickly.Distracted by environmental stimuli.Extroverted personalityFlights of ideaDelusional self-confidence.Grandiose and persecutory delusionsInability to eat or sleep.High and unstable affect.Inappropriate dress.Inappropria
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PJ's comment on yesterday's post caused me to write today's. She's only been diagnosed within the last year and wonders how long it's going to take to get well, whether she'll still have highs and lows despite medication, and I guess perhaps just wants my perspective on all this.
Dear P.J.,
I guess the best way to start out is to say that I can't be sure how things are going to play out for you.
Yesterday I received a comment from KJ whose husband suffers from bipolar disorder. She felt that my answer to Gianna provided her with hope, something she is truly needing at the moment. Since I have been well for some time, it brought back difficult memories of how different my life (and that of my family's) was for so many years.
I vividly remember how terrible I felt when I was so depressed
If anything, I hope I’ve driven home the point over the years that life insurance underwriters look at any health issue not just from a pure mortality standpoint, but from a compliance and control point of view. If you look at the overall bucket of potential insureds, some of the old school underwriters will still [...]
Temporal lobe epilepsies are a group of medical disorders in which humans and animals experience recurrent epileptic seizures arising from one or both temporal lobes of the brain.Two main types are internationally recognized.- Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) arises in the hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus and amygdala which are located in the inner aspect of the temporal lobe. - Lateral te
By Theresa TamkinsWhat do you do if you have a third grader who runs into traffic, saying he doesn’t want to live, just because he doesn’t get his way? Although it’s still a controversial diagnosis, some experts say that outbursts such as that, when accompanied with other symptoms, might be a sign of bipolar disorder, according to a heartwrenching article in the Sept. 14 issue of The New Yor
If i wasn't some poor black dude in the basement of a house in the ghetto i would be starting to worry right about now. But since i am from the ghetto i never really get to stop worrying anyway so its kinda moot already.This crazy campaign has made me turn off reality television for a while because the real reality is far more insane, entertaining and funny. I just cant get enough of both sides me
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder (also known as Manic-Depression) is a mental illness in which one doesn’t have complete control of one’s emotions. Everyone is affected by emotional events. But with the bipolar individual, one’s emotions can be random and very irrational.
Typical Bipolar Disorder is characterized by periods of depression - lasting weeks or months [...]
Bipolar Symptoms
Bipolar Disorder is a serious and chronic illness, with a high risk of suicide. It is a mood disorder that is often misdiagnosed as depression, and if antidepressants or stimulants are prescribed, they can worsen the illness not make it better. Bipolar Disorder, also known as Manic-depression, has been around for a long time, [...]
A Swedish study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry (Vol. 65, No. 9, September 2008) suggests a link between paternal age and bipolar disorder (BPD).Older fathers are more likely to have children with BPD than younger fathers.The study prompts a news item on the BBC News website (1 September 2008). BPD affects half a million people in the United Kingdom.
La camarilla occidental (Francia, Reino Unido, OTAN y EEUU) recibió un severo revés con la reacción rusa en sus aspiraciones de colocar su bandera colonizadora en los pocos territorios del mundo que no explota. La cosa se le ha complicado y no puede ocultar el hórrido sentimiento de haber metido la pata, completa, hasta la zona misma donde nace la cola. Siente con
El trastorno bipolar es uno de los desórdenes mentales más importantes, a menudo asociado con considerables necesidades de tratamiento y una enorme carga social de trabajo, tanto para el individuo como la familia. Anteriormente también fue etiquetado como enfermedad maníaco-depresiva, el trastorno bipolar suele ser contemplado como episódico, pero es un trastorno de por vida, que tiene efecto
Diagnosis Bipolar Disorder: Bipolar disorder is a severe biologic illness characterized by recurrent fluctuations in mood. Typically, patients experience alternating episodes in which mood is abnormally elevated or abnormally depressed-separated by periods in which mood is relatively normal. (Lehne, 2004, p. 321)The following is a short synopsis according to the DSM-IV-TR, Criteria for Bipolar Dis
From the moment I was diagnosed as atypical bipolar II, I tried to find information on how to heal myself. In retrospect, what hampered me most was my psychiatrists' insistence that my illness was biochemical. In fact, ten years later I read that psychiatric researchers had no idea what the causal factors for bipolar depression were, nor how to treat it.
When I realized that all BIPS (bipolars)-
Ayurveda research shows that many physiological imbalances contribute to depression, anxiety and related conditions.Symptoms of depression and anxiety are triggered by excessive mental and physical stress, or disruption sof natural biological rhythms. According to Ayurveda, psychological problems start when fundamental imbalances develop in the biological intelligence that controls all bodily proc
New research from Australia suggests that smoking may influence the effectiveness of treatment for bipolar disorder patients experiencing episodes of mania.Smoking among bipolar disorder sufferers is common and a third are addicted to nicotine.Past studies have shown that smoking is linked to the early onset of depressive or manic episodes as well as increased severity of symptoms, poor function a
I found our recent discussion on irritability to be very interesting, and I appreciate everyone's input. Marja brought up a topic that I'd like to pursue further. I think that one of the greatest problems in being diagnosed as a BIP (bipolar person) is if we start believing that every symptom we have and every behavior pattern we engage in is biochemical in nature.
There is truly no proof--as
In my earlier post, which I actually wrote in the late afternoon on Monday, and then republished so it would have Tuesday's date (which is when I said I was coming back from my vacation), I said I was quite irritable and wasn't feeling like responding to comments.
And there were a number of people who commented on this post, and I planned on responding this afternoon, but then I realized these
One of the symptoms of bipolar disorder is irritability. In my case, irritability follows a hypomania. For me, June and July are usually hypomanic months, and thus, if it's August I tend to feel irritable. And when I'm irritable, I have less patience with people although I try really hard to remain patient with my friends and loved ones. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I don't believe there
Every one of us can experience the feeling of happiness and sadness once in a while.
But if you have bipolar disorder, these feelings of either happiness or sadness can be in extreme levels.
Bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic-depression, is mainly characterized by mood instability that can become serious and disabling condition [...]
Accurate diagnosis of mood disorders is critical for treatment to be effective. Distinguishing between major depression and bipolar disorders, especially the depressed phase of a bipolar disorder, is essential, because they differ substantially in their genetics, clinical course, outcomes,...
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I don't know how many people who read this blog have a spouse or partner who's bipolar. But one of my regular readers and "commenters" does. And yesterday in response to the post on irrational anger, she wrote that she's often the recipient of this type of behavior.
I'd like to say, once and for all, "It's not fair for someone who's bipolar to treat a loved one or friend badly and blame the
Kate McLaughlin , author of this month's story on A Wild Ride titled One Family's Bipolar Journey, talks about her book Mommy, I'm Still Here. Check out this interview on YouTube.
These are many emotions we experience in our everyday life. We all have our ups and downs, our “off? days and our “on? days.
But if you’re suffering from bipolar disorder, these peaks and valleys are more severe. Bipolar disorder also known as manic depression or manic-depressive illness involves dramatic shifts in mood from [...]
The amount of misinformation, or overblown information concerning bipolar disorder is troubling especially to those who are trying to overcome the stigma in their lives and in quests such as trying to apply for life insurance. Bipolar disorder, for many, conjures up images of a completely dysfunctional person who on a good day is riding [...]
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This FX VST is the same Bipolar Distortion found in the War Drumz VSTi. A filter/bitcrasher/distortion effect which sounds especially good on drums. It comes with 20 presets.
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I've changed the name of my blog to Wellness Writer. You don't need to make changes in your blogroll because I still have the same URL. I'm not going to change that until I'm ready to make a number of changes with my blog.
But, I decided that I no longer think about myself as bipolar--despite the fact that psychiatry considers this a lifelong illness. I'm still doing all my wellness activities,
The CA3140A and CA3140 are integrated circuit operational amplifiers that combine the advantages of high voltage PMOS transistors with high voltage bipolar transistors on a single monolithic chip.The CA3140A and CA3140 BiMOS operational amplifiers feature gate protected MOSFET (PMOS) transistors in the input circuit to provide very high input impedance, very low input current, and high speed perfo
This is the final post in a series about mood charts. For six years I kept detailed records of my mood in my Day-Timers organizer. The following are my four final thoughts about their value.
7. In my Day-Timer, there is also a monthly calendar. I religiously recorded all my activities each day. When I review the six-years of mood charts, and skim my activity level, it's very clear to me when I
As we’ve discussed many times, good life insurance rates are available if you have bipolar disorder if you meet certain criteria, underwriting guidelines. For the purposes of underwriting, while the companies may call them guidelines, assume they are rules. You are simply not going to slide by sort of meeting most of the criteria.
If I [...]
This is a continuation of yesterday's post in which I discuss the value of keeping mood charts, and discuss how I used them, and what I learned from keeping a detailed record for six years.
6. At one point, I was so sick I thought I was going to die from psychic pain. My current psychiatrist had prescribed a bunch of new medications that were far more toxic than what I'd been taking. The
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is characterized by cycling mood changes, with episodes of depression alternating with episodes of mania.
Typically, the switch from one mood extreme to the other is gradual, with each manic or depressive episode lasting for at least several weeks. When depressed, a person with bipolar disorder [...]
As I said in response to someone's comment, the moods charts I kept for six years were so detailed that I truly learned about my illness with the hope that this information would help me and my doctors "cure" me. Unfortunately, they never treated my hard work with the respect it deserved. But, after six years, this is what I learned:
1. I knew what medications I had taken in what amounts and
Since the Day-Timer time management system upon which I based my mood charts was the two-page-per-day model, I had a second page to use as a journal. Sometimes, I reflected upon how I felt or wrote philosophical pieces about the problems with the way this illness is treated. Other times I wrote with anger, distress, or confusion about what was happening to me. On this day, May 23, 2001, I wrote a
Hi! I'm back from three days off. I didn't do anything I'd intended to, but I had a lovely mini-vacation nonetheless. And I strongly believe that taking time off when you need it--if you're able to--is an important wellness activity.
Today's post is about mood charts. While a number of you have written to say that you've never been able to keep the mood charts that your doctors have recommended
Middle class Americans are quickly finding out the difference between wants and needs. During an era of financial decadence, many are now finding it difficult to adjust psychologically to the new realities that confront us. There are many examples that we can use to cite this shift in consumer psychology. First, you [...]Related Posts:■The Sham of our Current Unemployment Rate Numbers: Lesso
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At first I was going to write all about my lesson. I drove down the Pacific Coast Highway on a beautiful day, and the ocean was a blue-green. Then I drove up into the mountains--so high up that it seemed like I was going to touch the sky. And then I had my lesson, and truly learned how to mouth the harmonica and draw (breathe in) the second hole, which is the very hardest. And the other pupil, a
I think my very first post 16 months ago was about Harmonica Healing. I was going to a doctor of integrative medicine, and she recommended breathing exercises. The first night I tried to do them I was bored stiff. What she was talking about was a progression of relaxation exercises in which I was supposed to segment different parts of my body, relax them, and breathe.
She recommended a book I
Carlos Fernández es uno de los tantos funcionarios que llevan ese apellido dentro del Gobierno, y claro, es el ministro de Economía. Como corresponde, este alto representante del Estado debe sentarse en las primeras filas del salón Blanco de Casa de Gobierno cada vez que la Presidenta le habla “al pueblo”. Como ocurrió este lunes. Cientos de invitados, muchos aplausos y anuncios que a los
Un excolaborador del cantante Luis Miguel, dice que El Sol de Mexico tendra una vida inestable. Segun esta persona el cantante Luismi, tiene una doble personalidad, heredada por su padre Luisito Rey. El Ex-colaborador de Luis Miguel, trabajo tres años para la empresa Show Business, fundad para manejar la carrera de Luismi en los años [...]
Since I've been back, I've been visiting a number of blogs, emailing back and forth with online friends, and a major issue has raised its ugly head. I have noticed some very unkind comments on bipolar blogs, and some of my friends have been recipients of this kind of cruelty. And I find it highly disturbing.
Why, I wonder, when this illness is so very difficult, would anyone treat his or her
Dear Friends,
I knew that certain aspects of blogging were getting to me, and that's why I took some time off. And it's amazing how stepping away from a stressful activity as well as leaving town for a few days can make all the difference.
Now that I'm back, I've got a few "new rules" for writing and reading blogs that I'll share with you.
1. From now on, I don't plan on discussing certain
It’s a funny thing, being diagnosed with a mental disease. As I’ve mentioned in prior posts, instead of a scientific tests, most mental illness diagnoses are made after you’ve talked to someone, answered specific questions, even completed a questionnaire. I know that someday diagnosing conditions such as depression or bipolar disorder will be more exact, [...]
I was providing some information on the underwriting of bipolar disorder a few days ago on a bipolar forum when the question came up, “Why is bipolar disorder an issue with life insurance”.
Being in the life insurance business I am keenly aware that most people believe life insurance underwriting is an over reaction to whatever [...]
Antes unas 150 mil personas y luego de asistir al Tedeum, la presidente Cristina Fernández de Kirchner encabezó el acto por el 198ª aniversario de la Revolución de Mayo, en la ciudad de Güemes, Salta.Fernández de Kirchner estaba acompañada por el vicepresidente Julio Cobos. El jefe de gabinete Alberto Fernández, el gobernador de Salta Juan Manuel Urtubey y el gobernador de la provincia de
I rarely post on the weekend. But I wanted to make an exception because the Ellen Frank quote I shared in my last post so distressed me that I've been feeling bad about it for 24 hours. The way I retain wellness is to determine what's making me feel bad, and to take action.
In this case, my action is to share my final thoughts about what Dr.Frank wrote, to discuss what bipolar wellness means to
As I mentioned yesterday in response to a comment by Meredith, I believe there's a big difference between those of us who weren't diagnosed for many years, and who still aren't sure the diagnosis is correct, and those who are much younger, and feel it's an accurate diagnosis.
I also think there's a big difference between people who try a few medications, stabilize, and feel good within a
I would like to share the following quote from Treating Bipolar Disorder: A Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy by Dr. Ellen Frank.
"After many years of working with patients who suffered exclusively from unipolar depression, we began a major program involving those with bipolar I disorder. We were immediately struck by the tendency (which we had never observed in the
I had intended to spend the week finishing our discussion on bipolar medication, but quite honestly I'm tired of writing about it because it's a downer for me. So...I'd genuinely like to thank everyone who participated in our discussion. For the first time since I've been writing this blog, I feel I truly was able to host a meaningful discussion on bipolar medication. Perhaps some of you will
I plan to conclude my series on bipolar medication next week, and then launch into another series on my experiences with alternative and complementary medicine. In the meantime, I'll be out of town on Saturday and Sunday, so while I'll try to moderate and respond to comments, there may be a time-gap between when you leave comments and when I respond.
But, there are other bloggers who are
In 1993--and perhaps now, although I haven't researched it lately--the common feeling was that once you started antidepressants you should remain on them. However, I didn't feel comfortable remaining on drugs I didn't need. To me, it would have been like telling a diabetic to remain on insulin even if her blood sugar was normal without it.
But, as I mentioned in yesterday's post, in 1994 I had
Caveat: I am a layperson with no medical training. This series on medication is based on research and personal opinion. If you plan on making any changes to your medication, consult your doctor.
After I was diagnosed as atypical bipolar II in 1993, the psychiatrist whom I've long since thought of as Ice Maiden (given her lack of empathy), prescribed Zoloft. Despite how horribly depressed I felt,
Caveat: I am a layperson with no medical training. This series on medication is based on research and personal opinion. If you plan on making any changes to your medication, consult your doctor.
How do I write a series on psychiatric medication without offending those who can't survive without it and those who can't survive with it? Maybe it's important for me to say I'm neither pro- nor anti-
I believe one of the reasons I have recently felt under the weather is because in my attempt to figure out if any of the bipolar books in my home library offer positive advice for wellness, I have had to skim seven or eight of them. Quite honestly, aside from Marja's book, Riding the Roller Coaster: Living with Mood Disorders, there are few if any bipolar books that I find the least bit
Jason writes:This entry shows the configuration I used to make a NMB (Minebea Electronics Co.) PM35L-048, 24VDC, 9.4 Ohm unipolar stepper motor work. I salvaged several of these motors from some Xerox inkjet printers. The motors were labeled well and I found manufacture specifications on-line. I was not able to find a wire diagram so [...]
I had intended to write about bipolar anger and rage. Unfortunately, most bipolar books barely use these words. Rather, the word "irritability" is listed in their indexes.
In their seminal book, Manic-Depressive Illness, written by Frederick K. Goodwin, M.D., and Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., they write, "Research on mood symptoms in mania demonstrates that most patients are depressed, labile (
I have learned it's not healthy to "ruminate" about the past, but I do wish that years ago I had known about certain bipolar symptoms, and the bilious bipolar behavior (Don't be offended; I like the alliteration) it causes. Because if I had, I would have changed my behavior before it embarrassed me.
One of the values of writing a bipolar blog is reading about other people's symptoms and seeing
I’m not sure I could beat this subject too hard. If you have bipolar disorder and have looked for life insurance, you know how challenging and frustrating it can be. One of the underwriting points that is absolutely critical to getting the best rates possible is that a person has to have a stable work [...]
I believe it takes a tremendous amount of courage to survive bipolarity. What other condition causes people to feel better than great one day, and so low the next that it takes every bit of self-discipline to continue living?
As I write this--I am thinking about Tony C., who is courageously adjusting to lithium; Gianna, who is courageously trying to withdraw from the medication that's making her
I worked recently with a client who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder almost 8 years ago. After reading one of my posts on the success we’ve had in obtaining life insurance at good rates for people in her situation, she reluctantly decided to try again.
She was really a great candidate for getting the best rates. [...]
In yesterday's post, I wrote that during a person's diagnosis for bipolar disorder, I feel he/she should take tests for temperament, and also personality (which I didn't mention). Within psychological circles, there's a lot of discussion about the differences between temperament and personality, which I'll try to explain briefly--just so I can make my point.
The easiest way to explain it is that
Do you know somebody who suffered from Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar Disorder is a common illness to some people today, it is not a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated mood, clinically referred to as Manic depression. The individual who suffered with the said disorder may suffer from manic episodes to psychotic problems, hallucinations and some delusion which might be so alarming. And so, Bipolar Central is here to provide us a helpful information in regards with Bipolar Disorder which could help us to save someone we knew who suffered with the disorder. At this website, you can find a lot of reasons and causes of Bipolar Disorder, even to children. I don't have any family or relatives who suffered from
History is strewn with great people who were and are supposedly bipolar - from ancient time to the present.
Not only are there many creative and gifted individuals who were or are bipolar, many were major players in forming Western History as we know it.
You can focus your mind on such world conquerors as Alexander the [...]
The news really does keep getting better and better when it comes to well controlled, stable bipolar leading to good life insurance rates. I just placed a case with a woman who was actually approved at a better rate than we had applied for.
Part of the reason for her better than successful result was [...]