LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Manic Depression: Moods
built 639 days ago
Bipolar or Manic Depression is a serious but treatable mental illness and mood disorder. There are many excellent information resources available from your public library, local and national agencies, and your home computer. This pathfinder lists just some of the helpful information sources available through Onondaga County Public Libraries, or your home computer.
Source:
People with manic-depressive disorder have traditionally been given some form of the element lithium, a natural salt-like sodium that seems to even out mood swings in both directions. Some of the brand names under which lithium is sold are Lithane, Eskalith, Lithobid and Cibalith.
Source:
Most people diagnosed with manic depression are referred to see a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist will conduct an in-depth assessment of your treatment and support needs. The treatments for manic depression are designed to stabilise your mood and prevent the severe swings.
Source:
If you live with a manic depressive (bipolar), then you know how much you can love someone with debilitating behavior. They can be way up and loveable or way down and very difficult. Their mood swings inevitably affect those around them—spouses, children, coworkers, friends, parents, healthcare professionals. Learn how to live with erratic behavior sanely!
Source:
Narrated by Academy and Emmy Award winner Patty Duke, this is the first major documentary to feature people with manic-depressive illness telling their own stories in their own words. The program features nine people with the mood disorder--including a Fortune 500 executive, a nurse, a high school teacher, a therapist, and Patty Duke herself--describing their efforts to stabilize the disorder's effect on their lives.
Source:
If you have had a recent manic episode or have a rapid-cycling disorder, an antidepressant may push you into a manic swing. It may be safer to increase the dose of the mood stabiliser without an antidepressant.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Moods