Bipolar Disorder and Weight Gain – Is It the Drugs?

Potato chips. Ice cream. Cupcakes. Pie. Cookies. Chocolates. Fried anything. Food can be the enemy when we cave to cravings. We who are bipolar are prone to eating our problems. And taking some medications, like Seroquel, can result in weight gain. A 2008 study by nurses Susan Simmons-Alling and Sandra Talley published in The Journal […]

Bipolar and Addiction: When To Disclose?

Despite extensive progress in recent years, the stigma against both addiction and mental illness remains high. But there are simple statements you can make to dodge the question at first.

Deadly Blue Whale Suicide Challenge Continues to Thrive

This is Jonestown in the age of technology. The founder of an online “game” called the Blue Whale Challenge has said his victims are “biological waste,” that they were “happy to die,” and that he was “cleansing society.” The online Blue Whale Game is spreading throughout social media and the bodycount is rising. If you […]