MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hypomania'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4179527&cid=t_102908_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fwhat-is-mania%2F Mania is a state of extreme physical and emotional elation. Many alcoholics and addicts suffer mania episodes, especially while under the influence. Symptoms and types of mania A person experiencing mania or a manic episode may present with the following symptoms: Elevated mood. The person feels extremely ‘high’, happy and full of energy; he or she may describe the experience as feeling on top of the world and invincible. The person may shift rapidly from an elevated, happy mood to being angry and irritable if thwarted. Increased energy and overactivity. The person may have great difficulty remaining still. Reduced need for sleep or food. The person may be too active to eat or sleep. Irritability. A person in a hypomanic or manic state may become angry and irritated with those w... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4179527 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:47:40 +0100 4179527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3764185&cid=t_102908_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F18%2Fare-you-spiritual-or-psychotic%2F In his bestselling book, “Strong at the Broken Places,” Richard Cohen profiles, among five persons living with chronic illness, mental health advocate Larry Fricks. He writes: Larry had been to hell and back and now his spirit soared. “Religion is for people who fear hell,” Larry told me. “Spirituality is for those who have been there.” Life to Larry is not about a church but belief in the human spirit. “Richard, that spirit is why I get up each day.” For him, doctors did not understand this dimension. “Psychiatry tried to beat it out of me, to convince me this was just a symptom of my disease, a psychiatric disorder” “And that was not the whole story?” “No. Even in sickness, I see a spiritual realm that to me is... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3764185 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:09:59 +0100 3764185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512989&cid=t_102908_140_f&fid=36503&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAzureone%2F%7E3%2FAOlHBmEKlP0%2Fdepressive-end-of-spectrum.html When depression hits me it is an endless buzz of pain that paralyzes. Stuck in bed but unable to sleep. I feel constant self hatred. My skull seems to collapses in on my brain. The pain is extreme -- it seems there must be some physical manifestation, for example, a blood trickle out of my nose, eyes or ears seems reasonable. A siren (think car alarm) relentlessly screams its spittle on my face. Assaulted and frozen in a white hell I cannot escape. No end. No help. No way to make it stop. Ahhh and then the thought comes. It will stop if I stop. Death becomes the solution. Relief is death. Death the logical choice.My family and friends find it odd that I would ever choose suicide because I love life. I have always tried to live as deeply, as large as possible ("suck the marrow out of bones"... azureone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512989 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:58:00 +0100 2512989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676750&cid=t_102908_140_f&fid=35469&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolardaily.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fmanaging-bipolar-disorder-highs.html Last year I entered an essay competition with the Black Dog Institute in Australia on the set title: Managing the BiPolar Disorder highs and the getting of wisdom. Put quite a bit of effort in, only to be told later that overseas entries were not eligible (even though, as they admitted, this fact was not displayed ANYWHERE on their website). So I thought I may as well put the essay to good use:LEARNING TO FLY (AND LAND)Managing the BiPolar Disorder highs and the getting of wisdomThere is something about astronauts returning to earth after an outer space trip that compels respect. You want to talk to them, listen to them, find out what it was like.Undoubtedly, some of the respect is for their courage in undertaking the trip into the unknown. But there is also a deeper awareness that these f... BiPolar Daily(ish) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676750 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:11:00 +0100 676750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=483640&cid=t_102908_140_f&fid=34838&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarmale.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fwind-is-in-from-africa-last-night-i.html "The wind is in from AfricaLast night I couldn’t sleep"(Mitchell)Last night I couldn’t sleep but I think the wind here was coming in from the Arctic and blowing snow with it. The house is cold and I am huddled up in front of a blank screen with a fleece and only coffee and the voice of Joni Mitchell to warm me up. Mrs Mo confiscated the diazepam after my night of abuse but has since returned it in a vain attempt to get me to sleep. I’ve not really bothered with it as I think it only starts to have a hypnotic effect on me when I’ve taken enough to start shutting down my respiratory centre. I think the lack of sleep is starting to catch up with me, I’m no longer buzzing, just quietly driven (like Lady Penelope by Parker) and burning out. However, I’m still infused with ideas of m... Bipolar Mo blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=483640 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:26:00 +0100 483640