ALT-therapies4bipolarWelcome to ALT-therapies4bipolar! This website arose through several years' worth of discourse developed by people diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder (I, II, III, or other forms of cyclothymia) at the ALT-therapies4bipolar Yahoogroup.
Natural Bipolar Avenues
Supplements for Bipolar DisorderOrthomolecular Diagnosis and Treatment
Thoughts on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Bipolar
Gunas and Bipolar
(Foods and Mental Health from the Hindu Perspective)
Supporting articles in the media...
Why We Should Ban Psychiatry
MadMarket - Items For Sale
Coming Soon:
Neurofeedback
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Why?
Why bother trying things to help yourself, when you can listen to your doctor and take all the wonderful new (and old) drugs s/he can give you?
The answer is simple -- most of us find that the drugs do NOT help us, and our doctors refuse to listen to how they hurt us... until we have a major organ (kidney or liver or thyroid gland) stop working, in which case they use their infinite wisdom to prescribe a different drug (which attacks different organs).
Fifty years ago, bipolar disorder was known to affect less than 0.5% of the population; since then, with our doctors' wonderful drugs, it has grown to over 12% and continues to grow. Fifty years ago, Bipolar Disorder was known to develop during the years 18-24; now it is epidemic among small children as well.
We wanted a way out.
We have found three major veins of patient-directed therapy, each of which appears to work for at least 80% of those trying it. After long bickering and argument, we have come to the realization that all three paths may be equally valid (although not equal in terms of personal expense), did a big Group Hug, and created this website. It is quite likely that one method will work when another may not (or may be found to be incomplete).
There are other views and treatments, and we will post them as articles become available.
This website is a collection of information of the treatment of any form of Bipolar Disorder, with or without the aid of a physician. The authors are not licensed health care professionals, and advice on this website should not be taken as medical advice or prescription.
It is possible, indeed likely, that these treatments may help other mental illnesses, such as depression, schizophrenia, PTSD, and other dissociative disorders. If you have success with these therapies, please write us. We also would love to hear what modifications you made and how well they worked.
Check out my monthly article, "Door to the Beyond: Paganism and Mental Health" at
http://paganpages.org
See also the article on nutrients and mental health
at Well Being Journal
Also see Gianna Kali's excellent blog at
http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/
and
Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web's
articles on
Recovery from Mental Illness
If you're single or just trying to find friends, you know how much that label of a psychiatric diagnosis can do to get in your way. Well, there is now an online dating service specifically FOR us, and on top of everything else there are no charges or membership fees AT ALL. You can send email to anyone in the group without paying anyone a cent, view and create profiles, the whole dataing/friendship thing.
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Last Update: July 7, 2008