Bipolar Articles

Relationship & Mental Health Issues

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, January 6th, 2013
I've suffered from depression from a very young age--pill overdose at 14 and mh hospitalization at 21. All of my "relationships" until now have been of a sexual nature and I have been very promiscuous since losing my virginity at 23. I've had ...

Continuing Symptoms Despite Treatment

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
Thank you. A month ago (or so) Dr. Kristina Randle helped me answering my question. (Misperceiving reality without medication). After reading the answer I decided to contact my former psychiatrist (the one I used to trust) and started a treatment with her. I was feeling so ...

Brief Psychotic Symptoms & Possible Bipolar Disorder

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, December 10th, 2012
Hello, I am inquiring about the plausible causes of some symptoms that I have experienced. Sometime during my prepubescent years, I believe to have had mild auditory hallucinations. Beginning shortly after laying my head down on a pillow at night, it often sounded like two ...

Bipolar Boyfriend Won’t Let Me Sleep

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, December 7th, 2012
my bf who is bipolar expects me to stay up all night because he cant sleep. i have been up for 20 hours and have to be to work in 5 1/2 hours. i say i cant function on no sleep and need at ...

Can I Get The Disorders My Mother Has?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, November 16th, 2012
My mother Has Schizophrenia, Manic Depressive, and Bipolar and I was wondering if I would contract any of these mental illnesses. She has been coping with this for many years now. She was diagnosed before I was born and now she is 51 years ...

I Feel I Am Completely Insane

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
My mind scares me. The way that I think. Sometimes I can't even control it. I try to stop doing things or saying things but I just can't. I really want to kill someone. Sometimes, I just have urges to hurt people. I am a ...

Constantly Irritable

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, October 6th, 2012
I have been married for 6 years and have a 6year old and a 2 year old. Ever since I had my last child, I have mood swings throughout the day. Ex: him not buying something i asked him to buy I get very angry. ...

Am I Bipolar?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, September 30th, 2012
i think i am bipolar... i go from being happy and normal to being extremely irritated and really angry. little things can ruin my day to the point where i shout and swear at people who did nothing wrong, while i am doing this i ...

Are Random Thoughts just Drug Side Effects?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, September 23rd, 2012
I've noticed this recently and it's happened to me in the past. I feel like it's side affects from the pills I'm currently taking. I have bipolar disease my therapist prescribed me Lamotrigine. My dosage was recently increased, not by too much, but I ...

What Do I Do with my Wife?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, September 14th, 2012
I have a problem with my wife (Age 30) and I have reached a point where I do not know how I should deal with her. We have been married for over 10 years with 4 kids, all under 10. She has a very unpredictable/random personality to ...

Am I Crazy?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, September 10th, 2012
When I was younger (middle school aged), I had what I think were hallucinations. I tried to tell my grandmother about them but she told me it 'was the devil' and that I should never tell people about it. So I didn't. It happened three ...

Stress, Bipolar and Cutting

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, August 31st, 2012
Hi, im 18 years old. im married to a man who was just released from the military, but we are currently separated. ive been cutting on and off since i was 12. and i recently relapsed. ive been doing it as close as every other ...