Today, Psych Central (one of the oldest and most popular mental health and psychology resources online) announced its selection of Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2008. Included in the list is a bipolar blog I co-host with Candida Fink, MD called Bipolar Beat. Candida and I also co-authored Bipolar Disorder for Dummies and continue to co-host our original Bipolar Blog.
Granted, Psych Central, the organization that granted the award, also hosts our blog, but Bipolar Beat really is one of the top bipolar blogs on the Web. Candida and I have invested a great deal of time, energy, and (her) expertise in addressing topics that we feel are most relevant to the bipolar community – including topics nobody else seems to want to touch, including the over-diagnosis of childhood bipolar, weight gain often caused by medications to treat bipolar, and alternative & complementary treatments that the mainstream medical community doesn’t care to acknowledge.
We owe much of our success, however, to the many people with bipolar disorder and their loved ones who have posted their stories on our original blog, Bipolar Blog. The Post Your Bipolar Story has become one of the most popular features on our blog. I believe it contributed significantly to the opportunity we were given to host Bipolar Beat – Psych Central’s only bipolar blog.
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My name is justin pierson i have bipolar disorder im 19 years old im feeling like i would like to kill myself and want to know what to do
Hi, Justin–
Please get some help immediately. If you feel you cannot talk with friends, family, teachers, or others you already know or believe they cannot help you, call a suicide hotline in your area or 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433).
And please come back and let me know how you’re doing.
Joe
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