Bipolar Chic

Living with Bipolar Disorder

Med Change and Mood Swings

August 4th, 2009 at 7:12pm |

My doctor put me on Concerta because I described my memory problems to him and he thinks it’s ADD. He says it is not from the seizures, and that seizures do not cause brain damage. So what I read on the internet about seizures and brain damage is wrong.
I started the Concerta today. I felt [...]

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Memory & Attention Problems

July 19th, 2009 at 9:10pm |

I’ve been worrying a lot lately about my memory and attention problems. I’ve had problems with these things my whole life, and sometimes they cause me embarrassment and shame. I work with alzheimers patients and I often see them doing things that I do. That scares me. I think to myself, “I’m not supposed to [...]

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