Illness

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  by John Huetteman

  Created on: July 06, 2007   Last Updated: August 18, 2009

  The fact that a current debate over whether Bipolar Disorder is an illness or an excuse is evidence

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  by Julie Mauldin

  Created on: November 15, 2008

  Bipolar disorder, once thought of as a form of Manic Depression, is a very common mental illness that

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  by Daniel Cloud

  Created on: February 05, 2011

  As a bipolar patient myself, nothing about the disorder is an excuse. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness

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  by Bruce W. Coffman

  Created on: July 20, 2008

  Have you ever felt so depressed that not only was it difficult or even impossible to get out of bed,

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  by Derek Oxley

  Created on: January 03, 2011

  Bipolar is most defiantly an illness, that one can go through half of their life without knowing they

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  by Jacinta Hall

  Created on: February 18, 2008

  Bipolar Disorder is a very real and threatening illness, which needs to be treated as a long term disorder

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  by Patricia Burke

  Created on: February 23, 2012

  As the wife of a husband and the Mother of a son who had bipolar disorder, I do not believe that anything

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  by J.R. Lewis

  Created on: June 20, 2007

  Bipolar Disorder

  Bipolar is a real, tangible disorder. It is as real as diabetes or MS. It affects symptoms,

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  by Robin Shane

  Created on: September 30, 2008

  Bi-polar Disorder: A Real Nightmare.

  It would be terribly convenient for my severe bi-polar disorder

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  by Linda Burleson

  Created on: June 27, 2008

  Bipolar disorder is a fairly new term for this particular condition. Essentially, it has replaced "manic

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  by Holly Rogers

  Created on: March 05, 2009

  When I was a teenager, I was convinced I suffered bipolar disorder. I had unpredictable highs and lows

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  by Mona Gallagher

  Created on: October 21, 2007

  Bipolar disorder is biological in nature. The patient suffering from this disorder can do nothing, in

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  by David Couttie

  Created on: October 19, 2011   Last Updated: October 20, 2011

  Living with Bipolar has made me realise that if this were an excuse I would be living with less stress

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  by Melissa Woody

  Created on: May 22, 2009   Last Updated: March 16, 2011

  I know for a fact that Bipolar disorder is an illness. Unless you yourself have suffered from the illness

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  by Melanie Halcomb

  Created on: January 01, 2009

  The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, fourth edition" (DSM-IV) reads that Bipolar

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  by Christina Rivas

  Created on: March 02, 2008   Last Updated: November 06, 2008

  Any one who has done research knows that bipolar disorder is an illness not an excuse. Bipolar disorder

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  by Lucius Trae

  Created on: March 10, 2010   Last Updated: April 05, 2011

  If bipolar is an excuse, paraplegics should just try harder to walk. Obviously, if you've lost the ability

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  by Heather Braerley

  Created on: September 25, 2007

  Walk in my Shoes!

  Imagine a scale that is a basic ancient scale that measures the weight of objects

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  by Christina Creal

  Created on: December 12, 2007

  Bipolar disorder is a neurobiological disorder. This means a person is BORN with a condition that affects

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  by Carmel Brulez

  Created on: September 29, 2009   Last Updated: October 04, 2009

  Bipolar depression IS an illness, but it is an illness which can be controlled and managed so that you