Bipolar And Leaning Disabilities??? Posted: 10-19-06 15:25pm
Hi all, i've had bipolar and schizophrenia
for 13 years now. About a couple of years
ago I was dignosed with bipolar and
schizophrenia. And since then i've been
on meds like ssri or other tranquilizers.
I think the manic side of me is due to the
side effects of the drugs i'm on. Coz
when I wasn't taking any medication I
didn't get manic.
Btw I think I had some learning
disabilities, such as that I can't look
ahead when I do things or I can't remember
things, like one thing goes in and out the
other, or I can't back up and try another
thing when an approach is something isn't
working. And these things lead to
depression, but when I said to my mum that
I want to be able to do things like the
others she said I was asking too much.
Until I told her about it we were on
chummy terms but these days things aren't
the way they were.
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majano
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Bipolar And Leaning Disabilities??? Posted: 11-17-06 14:55pm
You should get a complete evaluation from
a neuropsychologist....Then maybe he/she
will see the need for an audiologist to
look at a processing disorder.
My question is on the same lines, as my
grandson was obviously learning disabled
before any of the other things surfaced.
That type of thing causes frustration,
failure, depression in itself. You're
always on edge right? Get the eval. Find
a good person to do it..........One who
does school kids for their educational
evals. Be picky.
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ladylee70
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Posted: 12-03-06 01:16am
Good suggestion majano. I would
definitely seek a neuropsychologist or
possibly a clinical psychologist. Some
clinical psychologists do not specialize
in learning disabilities as much as they
do with mental health issues such as
bipolar or depression.
When you experience schizophrenia,
bipolar, depression, etc...Those most
often times interferes with cognitive
processing. You can talk with a
specialist to confirm that statement.
Also, some medications may also interfere
with cognition. The person doing the
evaluation will probably ask you how long
you have had difficulties like what you
have described. Did you have difficulties
in school despite having good behavior??
They will just ask you a lot of questions.
If you did have school difficulties
before anything else surfaced, then there
is a great change like majano's grandson.
Majano is right on track in my opinion.
Good luck. I believe you will get an
answer soon. The hard thing is convincing
your insurance that you need the
evaluation. Since you have bipolar and
schizophrenia, it may not be that
difficult for you. Your psychiatrist may
be willing to write you a
recommendation...Don't know.
Good luck.
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Balch
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Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 30 Location: Sunnyvale
My Suggestion Posted: 12-12-06 03:18am
Besides medicine,there are other ways to
deal with bipolar disorder, as I have
listed below:
product checklist for bipolar disorder
vitamin-mineral-amino acid formula
(currently proprietary)
fish oil
lifestyle changes that may be helpful
exercise influences the production and use
of neurotransmitters and hormones in the
body, and its antidepressant effect is
well known.1 a preliminary study of the
effects of vigorous exercise on the body
chemistry of patients with bipolar
disorder found that exercise increased a
specific chemical associated with better
mood.
Vitamins that may be helpful
people diagnosed with depression may have
lower blood levels of omega-3 fatty
acids.4 5 a double-blind trial found that
bipolar patients taking 9.6 grams of
omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil per day
in addition to their conventional
medications had significant improvements
compared with those taking placebo.6
i hope those tips could be uesful.
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ladylee70
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Posted: 01-04-07 21:32pm
I heard the same thing about exercise and
supplements!!
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