Natural Remedies for Bipolar Disorder

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimate that around 2.6 percent of people in the United States have bipolar disorder, and nearly 83 percent of cases are severe. On average, it starts when a person is 25 years old.

A person with bipolar disorder experiences times of severe depression and times of mania, or “high” mood. The risks during a low mood include an inability to function at work and in other areas of life.

During mania, the person may be at risk of making reckless decisions. If the mood becomes too high or low, psychosis can develop.

There is no cure for bipolar disorder, but treatment enables people to manage it. Some lifestyle adaptations can also help, alongside the medication.

Natural Remedies Include, but not limited to:

1. Sleep
2. Diet
3. Exercise
4. Moderation
5. Omega-3
6. Magnesium
7. Vitamin C
8. Folic Acid

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

Personally, I refuse to take medication because of the personality changes it creates inside me and have tried (sometimes successfully and sometimes not so successfully) to mentally manage my own control by simply dealing with it and hiding it, as best as I can, from others.  When I was not successful, I was just referred to as an ASSHOLE and no one ever thought that my behavior might be associated with being bipolar.

I have also exercised and controlled my diet as well as meditated or isolated myself away from others.  Stress was a trigger for me and now that I am retired, most of my stress has been eliminated.

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My birthday:  October 31, 1947

 

These 2 symbols have underscored my life ever since the 3rd grade...  sometimes positive and sometimes negative however I have always tried to use them to my advantage...  this sometimes worked and sometimes did not work.

About 8-10 years ago, my brother financed investigating our heritage our genealogy and ancestry and discovered that our ancestry on our mother's side of the family, traced back to AFRICA while on our father's side of the family traced back to CHARLEMAGNE.  

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What an interesting arrangement of symbols to explain my life and might explain:  Who am I?  But, when you add in the fact that my personality is an INTJ and Bipolar, it really confuses the type of person that I ended up to be and why it is so difficult to get to know me...

Bipolar Triggers

The mood episodes inherent to bipolar disorder can often seem random and uncontrollable, but in reality, they may be triggered by a broad range of identifiable phenomena. Sleep, negative life events, drug and alcohol use, seasonal changes, the reproductive cycle, as well as goal attainment and positive events can all have a deleterious impact on your stability, triggering a destructive cycle of mood switching. By understanding these bipolar disorder triggers and discovering ways of proactively coping, you can minimize the risk of experiencing mood episodes and protecting your psychological health. If you find that your mood episodes are not effectively managed with your current level of care, however, you may need more advanced bipolar treatment.

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"Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't..."

This is similar to being bipolar...  believe it or not...  I'll wake up in the mornings and I will not be aware of what I am until later, especially if I am by myself; however, if I am with someone, then our first interaction will pretty much confirm if I am up or down.

It is a weird way to live one's life.

Bipolar Case Study

WHISKEY... TANGO... FOXTROT...

W  T  F...

The American Public is STUPID...  Stupid...  stupid...  and, it is not just the youth, but the middle class, the wealthy...  males, females, and LGBTQ+...  all ethnic groups and illegal immigrants...  as well as the liberals, Democrats, and Socialists...

NO ONE IS DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING...

Otherwise,
COVID-19 would not be spreading!!!

I may be a senior citizen...
I may be retired...
I may be bipolar...
I may be depressed...
I may be at high risk because of my cancers...

BUT,
I am not stupid...

PERSONAL OPINION

I believe, right or wrong, that the Democrats are going to get the big chili up the brown eye in November 2020, as a result of the Impeachment Hearings and how President Trump is handling of the COVID-19 and the Democrat's criticism of his actions...  the American People know that someone like Trump, his personality and his attitude, is the best person to handle this crisis, whether they want to admit it or not...

COVID-19 is the worst thing that could have happened to the DEMOCRATS...

G E M I N I

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How do you feel this morning?

Interesting question...  and, the way that I used to answer that question was:  "I feel with my fingers..."

But, the question does not pertain to that type of feeling sensation but how do you feel emotionally, psychologically, or mentally.

Very few of us it would appear to me really are "in touch" with our feelings let alone have the desire to share those feelings with others, even if they are family members and not strangers...

Does that mean we are TWO-FACED...  in that we have a face that we show to the public and another face that we show to ourselves in private?

CONSEQUENTLY, we are always hiding something from someone...