Category Archives: Bipolar Disorder

Maggie Labarta: Give us the resources to treat victims of mental illness

September 28, 2012     No comments

Maggie Labarta: Give us the resources to treat victims of mental illness
For 6 percent, the illness interferes with daily life and is long-term. Mental illness affects more people than cancer. The good news is that these illnesses — depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder …
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Family Time: Kidshops focus on mental illness
Offered twice a year, the half-day program provides kids with an opportunity to learn more about mental illness, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and anxiety, in a safe, confidential, fun setting …
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Stigma impacts functioning in bipolar disorder

September 26, 2012     No comments

Stigma impacts functioning in bipolar disorder
By Mark Cowen, Senior medwireNews Reporter. Higher levels of perceived stigma are associated with poorer functioning in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), research shows. The team also found that increased depressive symptoms, older age at diagnosis …
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Home Savings Foundation Donates to Hopewell
Hopewell serves adults with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression and other mental illnesses. "We're very proud to be able to support the Hopewell," said Darlene Pavlock, executive director of the Home Savings Charitable Foundation in a …
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Frank Bruno: Boxing champion talks about his battle with mental health problems
The boxer talked about his experiences of bipolar disorder to members of a health trust. Before receiving a standing ovation from the audience, he told them: “A lot of people have bad stigma against people with mental health problems and bipolar. I am …
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Latest Bipolar Disorder News

September 02, 2012     No comments

Bipolar and weight-loss surgery
Many Americans have bipolar disorder. Bipolar II disorder is a treatable condition that affects parts of the brain controlling emotion, thought and drive and is most likely caused by a complex set of genetic and environmental factors. Congressman …
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Brainsway Starts Multicenter Clinical Trial for Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depressive disorder) is a mental illness that causes unusual movements of a patient's mood and ability to function. It is estimated that approximately 2 million people in the United States (roughly 1% of the adult …
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Nicotine dependence risk increased in bipolar disorder
Renee Goodwin (University of Houston, Texas) and team also found that, among smokers with anxiety and mood disorders, the risk for nicotine dependence was greatest in those with bipolar disorder. "A better understanding of the differential comorbidity …
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Natural Medicine MD Claims Medication Errors Raise Questions About Thyroid

August 10, 2012     No comments


San Rafael, CA (PRWEB) November 18, 2011

On August 22, 2011 the FDA began notifying health professionals and the general public of an alarming number of anti-depressant medication errors resulting in sudden hospitalization. Patients who were given the drug risperidone (brand name Risperdal) instead of ropinirole (brand name Requip), and vice versa, in some cases had very serious adverse reactions. In addition to the obvious similarity of drug and chemical names, there is also similarity of container label, carton packaging, drug strength, dosage forms, and dosing intervals. The effects on the body, however are worrisomely different.

Risperidone is used in certain depressive disorders, while ropinorole is used for Parkinson?s. It is chemically not a good idea to get these two drugs mixed up. Doctor’s notoriously illegible hand writing on prescription pads was also cited by the FDA as part of this growing problem that encompasses other drug similarities.

The scope of this issue is huge. Multiple studies confirm the surprising news that thyroid problems are extremely common, but often hidden. 1 of 10 Americans has some degree of thyroid imbalance, and half of them do not even know it. They continue to suffer with symptoms frequently misdiagnosed as other conditions, such as depression.

?Much safer and vastly less expensive [thyroid medicines could often replace current antidepressant prescriptions, if people and their doctors could just be more aware of the extremely common, but frequently overlooked thyroid connection to mental health,? said Shames.

A 2010 publication in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics by researchers at Johns Hopkins Department of Pediatrics entitled ?Pediatric antidepressant medication errors in a national error reporting database? cited that of the 451 error reports identified, 95% reached the patient, 6.4% reached the patient and necessitated increased monitoring and/or treatment, and 77% involved medications being used off label. The researchers concluded that, ?Pediatric antidepressant errors often reach patients, frequently involve off-label use of medications, and occur with varying severity and type depending on location and type of medication prescribed.? (J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Feb-Mar;31(2):129-36.)

“Is it depression or low thyroid?”

In the last 25 years a great many good research studies have shown that up to 40% of what psychiatrists diagnose as depression, is actually thyroid imbalance. Many depressions, as well as instances of bipolar, that are refractory to standard psychiatric medicines are actually much better and more successfully treated with thyroid hormone. Dr. Shames further explained that, ?Treatment with thyroid hormone is much less expensive and carries much less in the way of risks and side effects than the more standard treatment with Prozac or Zoloft, especially when mental sluggishness of low thyroid is mis-diagnosed as clinical depression.?

Better ways of making a more accurate distinction between thyroid problems and depression now exist. Improved diagnostic technology is currently available via quality home test kits ordered by doctors or patients themselves through the internet. (http://www.CanaryClub.org) Dr. Shames applauds this innovation, since regular thyroid blood tests are so distressingly unreliable. According to this thyroid doctor, “The medical climate is ripe for change.”

Richard Shames, MD is a practicing physician, teacher and author. He graduated Harvard and University of Pennsylvania, did research at the National Institutes of Health with Nobel Prize winner Marshall Nirenberg, and has been in private practice for twenty five years. In addition to his medical office work, he has been a member of the Clinical Faculty of the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, a founding member of the American Holistic Medical Association, a participant in the Carl Menninger Foundation, and a member of Who’s Who in California as well as nationally. He has served as Adjunct Faculty at Florida Atlantic University.

Dr. Shames has published a number of health-related books. In addition, he is a popular speaker and local media personality, and has created his own audio and video tape series. The author is well known for his prominence and pioneering work in the holistic field. His newest book is Thyroid Mind Power.

For more information please contact Julie Dietz at [Preventive Medical Center of Marin l ocated at 25 Mitchell Blvd # 8 San Rafael, CA 94903. She can be reached at 415-472-2343 extension 7. For further information about Dr. Shames, visit http://www.thyroidpower.com

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Get A Chicago Fitness Trainer For $1 And Avoid Holiday Meltdown

August 04, 2012     No comments

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 27, 2011

A whopping 90 percent of Americans confess that the holidays stress them out. As CNN put it: ?Turkeys will be burned. Flights will be canceled. You probably won’t be the one to nab that $ 50 flat-screen TV on Black Friday, even if you get up really, really early.? This holiday season, someone will be hindered by a snowstorm, someone will serve Christmas dinner without power, someone will total their car, and someone will throw up eggnog. Can a Chicago fitness trainer prevent all of this? Probably not, but local residents will be more equipped to deal with holiday stress if they are exercising regularly and maximizing their time at the gym with a trainer?s help.

Here are the top 10 signs that you may be heading for a holiday meltdown?

1.????You have Martha Stewart caliber expectations about how your holiday dinner will go.

2.????You?ve overbooked yourself to make too many stops and too many holiday parties.

3.????Your family is characterized by strained relationships that no amount of ?holiday cheer? can fix.????

4.????You?re losing sleep while you try to get everything on your to-do list accomplished.

5.????You?ve been drinking heavily after every long, stressful day.

6.????Your clothes feel tight and you?ve been indulging in food left and right, enough to make you sick with guilt.

7.????Money is the dark cloud over your life and you either don?t have enough cash to buy everything or you?ve put yourself in debt buying gifts.

8.????You are struggling with a medical condition or mental health problem like anxiety disorder, bipolar, or depression and you feel out-of-the-loop.

9.????You want to have a traditional holiday, but the situation has changed and things might be different this year.

10.????You?re traveling for the holidays ? and you?re one of those ?Who moved my cheese? type people.

?People tend to think about others so much this time of year that they often forget to take care of themselves,? explains Chicago Fitness Trainer Craig Kastning of Chi-Town Boot Camps. ?It?s all too easy to slip up on your diet and fail to make time for exercise during the holidays, which is why it?s so important to book with a personal trainer to ensure your body?s needs don?t get ignored.?

To make it easy, Chi-Town Boot Camps is now offering Chicago weight loss trainer services for just $ 1, which includes initial weigh-in / fitness testing, goal-setting and nutrition counseling meeting, and a week of group fitness boot camp classes. More information is available at http://www.ChiTownBootCampsblog.com.

?We encourage people to seek a Chicago fitness trainer sooner rather than later because there is a tremendous rush come January when everyone is looking for their ?fresh start,?? Craig Kastning says. ?If you take advantage of our late December promotion, you?ll not only bust stress during this tense time of year, but you?ll also ensure that there is room for you if you decide to continue Chicago fitness trainer services in 2012.?

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The Senators Firm Comments on New Study Linking Use of Antidepressant Medications During Pregnancy With Serious Lung Disorders in Infants

August 03, 2012     No comments


Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) January 16, 2012

As part of its ongoing investigation of legal claims involving certain antidepressant medications that may cause birth defects and other adverse consequences to infants whose mothers ingested the drugs during pregnancy, The Senators (Ret.) Firm?, LLP, commented today on a new study in the British Medical Journal which adds to growing scientific evidence that some of the drugs may significantly increase the risk of serious lung disorders in newborns.

In the new study, researchers reviewed more than 1.6 million births from 1996-2007 in several Scandinavian countries. After controlling for numerous risk factors, researchers found ?a robust association between exposure to SSRIs in late pregnancy and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.? The disorder, also known as PPHN, is a rare but life-threatening condition in which a newborn’s circulatory system does not provide blood to the lungs. The study indicates that SSRI medications taken in the late stages of pregnancy may double the risk of PPHN.

Depression in women is most common during their childbearing years, and it has been estimated that about 13% of women in the United States have taken an antidepressant drug during pregnancy. In the past 20 years, a special class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) has become a mainstay of treatment in women with depression. These include Zoloft (sertraline), Lexapro (escitalopram), paroxetine, Prozac (fluoxetine), Celexa (citalopram), Symbyax (fluoxetine and olanzapine), and Effexor (venlafaxine), among others. However, concerns persist about the safety of SSRIs for the developing fetus.

Because of ethical concerns, the FDA does not require drug manufacturers to conduct pre-marketing clinical studies of drugs in pregnant women, and instead primarily relies on animal testing which may not reflect the actual risk in humans. As a result, the evidence for SSRI-related birth defects has been based on post-marketing studies. A number of studies in and outside the U.S. on various SSRIs used during pregnancy have been conducted, and the results of that research have been hotly debated by drug companies, researchers, and the medical community. ?This newest research appears to address some of the limitations of previous studies and bolsters the claims of people seeking to hold SSRI manufacturers accountable for PPHN-related injuries,? noted Thomas M. Moore, Managing Partner of The Senators (Ret.) Firm.????

Over the past several years, the FDA has issued a number of alerts regarding the potential effects of SSRIs on fetal development and has required stronger warnings on certain products. ?The ?catch-22? with this problem is that major depression and bipolar illness are significant health concerns, and doctors need the ability to prescribe antidepressants when the benefits of the drugs truly outweigh their risks,? said former California State Senator Martha Escutia, a co-founding member of The Senators Firm and past Chair of the California State Senate Health Committee. ?However, it is equally important that doctors obtain accurate data from drug manufacturers as to what the true risk is, so that those women who are, or who may become, pregnant can make an informed decision based on their own unique circumstances.?

The Senators (Ret.) Firm?, LLP provides legal representation to injured consumers through an integrated and collaborative approach, combining years of experience in legislative, regulatory and complex litigation arenas. The lawyers of The Senators (Ret.) Firm?, LLP are committed to providing clients with practical and effective solutions to complex legal problems. We place a premium on professionalism, integrity, communication and responsiveness to client needs.

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RIT English Professor’s New Book Explores History and Evolution of ?Mania?

August 02, 2012     No comments


Rochester, NY (PRWEB) January 23, 2012

?I am bipolar and have a medical diagnosis. And I am a freak; I am mad. There are no two options; I am both and more. I can have it both ways. And?I can tell a good story.?

?Lisa Hermsen, associate professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Mania. Throughout centuries, the word has been synonymous with madness, fury, rage and frenzy. Although its meanings have shifted over time, the word has remained connected, even in clinical descriptions, to the same madness and rage. As a result, it is profoundly affecting individuals living with medical and psychological conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety.

In her latest book, Manic Minds: Mania?s Mad History and its Neuro-Future, Lisa Hermsen, associate professor and chair of Rochester Institute of Technology?s English department in the College of Liberal Arts, traces the multiple ways in which the word ?mania? has been used by popular, medical and academic writers. She also explains the way medical professionals analyzed the manic condition during the 19th and 20th centuries.

?Today, we don?t classify people using the terms lunacy, insanity or melancholy, but the word ?mania? still appears as a diagnosis,? says Hermsen. ?The problem with the world ?mania? is that it carries madness with it. Madness lingers with mania and can?t be shaken. The purpose of this book is to talk about what kind of language we can use to change how we think about madness. The word mania and the baggage that comes along with it interfere with people?s ability to manage their disorders.?

Hermsen, who teaches courses at RIT in the rhetoric of science and the history of madness, knows firsthand about the struggle with the perception of mania. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her early 20s. Many of her colleagues and students had formerly been unaware of her diagnosis, but Hermsen believed that her admission was necessary to include in the book.

?My husband and I talked about whether I should ?out myself? in the book as someone who lives with bipolar disorder,? says Hermsen. ?I feared that my colleagues and students would look at me differently if they knew?and maybe some will. But if my intention is to help others understand the history of their disease and learn that it can be managed, lived with and that these individuals can become successful, then I knew there was no way I could leave it out.?

Throughout the book, Hermsen offers in-depth analysis of contemporary figures that have written from within the illness itself, as well as her thoughts on her personal experiences with mania. Hermsen?s story was included in the book based in part on a note that was sent to her from an RIT alumnus who experienced a serious depression that temporarily interrupted his studies. The note says, ?I?m glad to see someone like us chairing the English department.?

Hermsen writes: ?By emerging from this diagnostic silence, I am able to tell a story beyond my own limited narrative. There were certainly times during the writing when I had to come to terms with the debilitating effects of a manic episode?the bodily reality of psychic tension, times when linguistic power eluded me. But in the end, I hope to have written with the confidence and credibility of one who possesses a dynamic relationship to mania.?

Hermsen?s book is available for $ 23.95 at http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu or amazon.com.

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Entertainment Industries Council Conducts Creative Community Briefing in L.A. following success of Picture This: Veteran Mental Health Challenges forum in Washington, DC

August 02, 2012     No comments


Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) January 31, 2012

The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.(EIC), in collaboration with and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), hosted Veteran Mental Health Challenges for Storytellers: A First Draft Briefing at the headquarters of the Writers Guild of America West, Inc.

Through this event, EIC and VA gave members of the creative community the opportunity to hear personal, candid Veteran testimonials, compelling expert presentations and creative discussions. The briefing also explored ways to incorporate depictions of Veteran mental health challenges, as well as effective treatment and solutions, into entertainment characters and storylines in an authentic way that serves to provide positive support and encouragement for Veterans, while also enhancing entertainment value, according to EIC President and CEO Brian Dyak.

Entertainment creators in attendance included representatives from NBC Entertainment, Universal Television, Fox Television Studios, ABC Family, DreamWorks Television, Fox Broadcasting, DGA, WGA, ?Damages,? ?Boss,? ?Rizzoli and Isles,? ?CSI: Miami,? ?NCIS,? ?Grey?s Anatomy,? ?The Finder,? ?Army Wives,? ?Castle,? and ?Days of Our Lives.?

Featured panelists were Mike Dolphin , who served as a sergeant and military police officer in the Marine Corps in Iraq; Don Mackey, who served as an avionics technician and aviation gunner for the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam; Nicole Ramirez , who served as an active duty combat medic for the Army in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and is now an Air Force Reservist; Dr. Sonja Batten, Deputy Chief Consultant for Specialty Mental Health in the Dept. of Veterans Affairs; and John Tatarakis, Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist and Local Recovery Coordinator for the New York Harbor Healthcare System in the Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

Jon Huertas, Air Force Veteran and ?Castle? star, moderated the panel. “As a Veteran it was a true honor to moderate this EIC briefing on Veteran Mental Health Challenges. I feel that it’s important that we, as creators of content, do everything we can to increase awareness about the mental health challenges that some of our returning Veterans and their families may deal with and can overcome,? remarked Huertas. ?As an example, my character on ?Castle,” Javier Esposito, is an OIF Veteran and this season we felt it was important to have an episode that addressed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is an example of how the entertainment community can contribute to the accurate portrayal of Veterans and their experiences.”

This briefing follows the success of EIC and VA?s recent Picture This: Veteran Mental Health Challenges forum in Washington DC, hosted by the National Association of Broadcasters. The forum laid the groundwork for discussion of how Veterans are portrayed in the entertainment industry and how the creative community can, while entertaining, encourage mental health treatment and support and dispel negative stereotypes through more authentic portrayals. Panelists at the initial Picture This forum included representatives of the Writers Guild of America West, Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild of America. The outcomes of the DC event have been compiled into a publication set for national release following the Los Angeles briefing.

This collaboration is an important element of VA?s public awareness campaign: Make The Connection (http://www.MakeTheConnection.net): a new and innovative resource for Veterans and their families and friends to connect with mental health information, treatment, and support.

About Entertainment Industries Council (EIC)

A non-profit organization, EIC was founded in 1983 by leaders of the entertainment industry to bring the power of the industry to bear on health and social issues. The organization is considered one of the premiere success stories in entertainment education and information resources for entertainment creators, through innovative and time-proven services and methods of “encouraging the art of making a difference” from within the industry.

EIC addresses health issues such as drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and addiction; firearm safety and injury prevention; sun safety and skin cancer prevention; human trafficking; terrorism and homeland security; mental health and mental illness, including bipolar disorder, depression and suicide; diabetes; seat belt use and traffic safety; and HIV/AIDS prevention. For more information, please visit http://www.eiconline.org.

About the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

VA provides world-class benefits and services to the millions of men and women who have served this country with honor in the military. Benefits and services include: Disability, Education and Training, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, Home Loan Guaranty, Dependent and Survivor Benefits, Medical Treatment, Life Insurance and Burial Benefits. In addition, VA operates the nation?s largest integrated health care system with more than 1,400 sites of care, including hospitals, community clinics, community living centers, domiciliary, readjustment counseling centers, and various other facilities. In recent years, research from around the world has dramatically increased the understanding of mental health conditions and how to treat them. Millions of Veterans have received treatment for mental health conditions through VA and found solutions for improving their lives. They have learned what all Veterans should know: treatment works and recovery is possible. For additional information on VA, visit: http://www.va.gov.

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Cystic Fibrosis – Important New Symptom Relief Information Released by OxygenRemedy.org Today

August 02, 2012     No comments


Fairfax, VA (PRWEB) February 02, 2012

Richard Geller, instructor and coach for OxygenRemedy.org announces today, ?Cystic fibrosis sufferers and readers can now access groundbreaking information on how many Cystic fibrosis suffers can immensely reduce their Cystic fibrosis symptoms without pills through the all-natural Oxygen Remedy breathing exercises for Cystic fibrosis. This is new information that cystic fibrosis sufferers have never heard before but has successfully been used to bring full relief from Cystic fibrosis for some people and drastically reduces the very serious Cystic fibrosis symptoms others suffer with.?

Geller continues, ?This is a ‘must read’ for anyone suffering from Cystic fibrosis or with a child diagnosed with Cystic fibrosis. The Oxygen Remedy allows many people suffering with Cystic fibrosis to eliminate or significantly reduce their symptoms without drugs or pills. You can literally breathe your way to better health.?

He elaborates, ?Evidence gathered by oxygenremedy.org points to the possibility that cystic fibrosis symptoms may largely go away, when patients do simple exercises that restore the normal function of their breathing. People with the gene causing Cystic fibrosis don?t have to suffer from difficulty breathing, coughing, lung infections, and respiratory damage! However, as with any health idea, patients must discuss this with their treatment team before embarking on any changes.”

?People with Cystic fibrosis breathe too much and too deeply starting from childhood. It’s not intuitive but this leads to low oxygenation and chronic tissue hypoxia. All major symptoms of Cystic fibrosis are associated with these effects. Luckily, hyperventilation can be reversed.?

Geller explains, ?By doing controlled breathing exercises, individuals retrain their body how to breathe. The exercises increase the level of CO2 in the body. This lets the blood stream transport oxygen to the cells needing it the most.”

?Some people with advanced Cystic fibrosis have been markedly helped by the Oxygen Remedy. Use of the Oxygen Remedy controlled breathing exercises by Cystic fibrosis suffers is based on many clinical studies involving individuals suffering from other chronic diseases. Oxygen Remedy has seen some truly amazing results and we are very happy to share this information with people who suffer from Cystic fibrosis.?

“Cystic fibrosis is a progressive and debilitating disease. Traditional treatment for Cystic fibrosis symptoms can be as bad as the disease itself. Finally, Oxygen Remedy offers many people suffering from Cystic fibrosis real relief with a solution that is nowhere near as bad as the symptoms.”

Geller concludes, ?Oxygen Remedy controlled breathing for Cystic fibrosis is just one section of the site devoted to getting this revolutionary technique to people suffering from a variety of chronic illnesses such as cystic fibrosis, asthma, panic disorder, sleep disorders, chronic fatigue, bipolar disorder, epilepsy, and many more.”

OxygenRemedy.org is devoted to educating readers how they can obtain relief from their illnesses without pills or major lifestyle changes. Simply by changing their breathing. This remedy has already worked for patients with serious illnesses, such as cystic fibrosis, and now it is available to all of our readers. As a mainstream medical treatment in Russia, it has ended the suffering of millions with chronic diseases. It has been endorsed by the New Zealand Medical Association and by the Mayo Clinic. While controlled breathing is just gaining acceptance in the U.S., many worldwide clinical studies have been conducted. All confirm the benefits from controlled breathing.

OxygenRemedy.org does not diagnose or treat any disease, including Cystic fibrosis, nor do we suggest that you cease medical treatment. The ideas here may or may not work for specific individuals with Cystic fibrosis. Health can get better or worse with any treatment and decisions as to treatment are best made by the individual who can make those decisions, such as the patient, the health professionals, and/or parents. OxygenRemedy.org does not claim to cure any disease, including Cystic fibrosis, and in many cases lacks enough statistical evidence to make any such claims. I hope the ideas and experiences here help you regain your health, but no assurances are made that this will happen.

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In Pages Of The New Book Runaway Mind, My Own Race With Bipolar Disorder, People With Bipolar Disorder Or Those With Loved Ones Suffering Will Find Hope

August 02, 2012     No comments


San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 09, 2012

The story unfolds as told from the unique points of view of Maggie Reese and her mother, father, best friend, sister and other family giving you a clear movie like experience of what not only the individual with the Bipolar Disorder goes through but what the family must endure. There is hope! You will read how Maggie and her family and friends overcame the illness, grew together, learned to live with the disorder and the many skills they would needed to continue to find the hope and inspiration that allow them to lead a happy and fulfilled life even to this very day.

Discover how Maggie became a high school and college cross country track star on a full-ride scholarship when just like a shot at the beginning of a track meet, my own race with the Bipolar Disorder began. Little did she know that the only thing her cross country running speed would help her with was to escape from a maximum security mental institution! Maggie’s “lows” were full of anxiety and pain followed by “highs” which seemed to be pure magic. Her loving parents, fearing for her safety, hired bodyguards to try to protect her from not only herself but the predators that surrounded her in her life.

As you enjoy the journey in “Runaway Mind, My Own Race with Bipolar Disorder” you begin to have a clear picture of the actual mania side of Bipolar Disorder instead of the depression side of the Bipolar Disorder as found in most similar books. Runaway Mind is available today at Amazon.com

This book is a must read for anyone living with or associated with someone with the Bipolar Disorder.

Living every day with the Bipolar disorder can mean amazing creativity for Maggie who seems to can get so much done with such energy! Then there are projects that never seem to get finished and knowing possibly tomorrow might bring a deep sadness. The side effects of medications may just put a wet blanket on her day with nausea and illness. In each day there is a dark secret in the back of her mind, the knowledge that an episode could happen again, if not for the medication, a bipolar maniac episode that would take away her happiness, family and her life.

At long last when she finally started on the long road to recovery, Maggie discovered that she could relay upon, trust and have faith in her last bodyguard. True love did find Maggie and she can truly say that she married her bodyguard!

But to get the full story you will need to read the book!

Maggie Reese, the author of the book ?Runaway Mind, My Own Race with Bipolar Disorder?, wrote this book with the vision of helping to give hope to others living with the Bipolar Disorder like herself and give their families and friends hope that a person with this mental illness can lead a normal productive life.

Bipolar Disorder, today it is a buzz word in the news and media for right now for over 3 percent of the population suffers from this mental illness whose onset is almost always during the fragile teenage years. The only books you seem to find are dry, clinical accounts of sad, mad, lost people. Not full of exactly encouraging words for a Mom and Dad desperately clutching at straws for their child. Today Maggie Ressse holds true to her vision to change the stigma of Bipolar Disorder and to help families understand what their child is going through and discover hope that there can be a future filled with possibilities.

Her memoirs prove that a person suffering from Bipolar Disorder can go away … and come back to life again.

The International Bipolar Foundation nominated and approved Maggie Reese to be on their Executive Board and she is the recipient of the 2011 Young Advocate of the Year Award presented by N.A.M.I. of San Diego.

Help Maggie plant the seeds of hope for those living with and affected by the Bipolar mental disorder, order the book or learn more about Maggie Reese at http://www.runawaymind.net, read her daily blog Maggie?s Runaway Mind world at chicwildmamma.blogspot.com, follow her and post questions at facebook.com/RunawayMind. She can be heard monthly on her show Runaway Mind on Blog Talk Radio interviewing her guests in a fun and honest style.

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