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		<title>Caging the Lion: Identifying and Managing Bipolar Triggers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While episodes of bipolar disorder are often cyclical, for many people with bipolar disorder, episodes are often brought on by what are called &#8220;triggers.&#8221; A trigger is something that often precedes an episode, and managing triggers is one an important part of managing bipolar disorder. However, in order to manage triggers, it is necessary to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Heroism of Everyday Life with Bipolar Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very easy to become disappointed with ourselves when we have bipolar disorder. After all, we often won&#8217;t accomplish as much as other people. Moreover, we often develop grand plans while hypomanic, only to find that we cannot carry them out. This level of disappointment can really affect our overall happiness, as it makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts of the Storm: Creativity and Bipolar Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written a lot about the difficulties with having bipolar disorder. Today, I want to talk about one of the most positive aspects: how it affects our creativity. Bipolar disorder gives us wonderful connections between ideas, many of which can be very insightful. It gives us a passion for beauty that expresses itself artistically. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Off-Label Marketing War: How Much Do We Really Trust Our Physicians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal and state governments in the United States have declared war on pharmaceutical companies that are marketing medications off-label. In the United States, medications are approved for certain purposes. Physicians are free to use approved medications for different purposes, which is called prescribing &#8220;off label.&#8221; However, pharmaceutical companies are not allowed to market their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Smeared Rainbow: How Bipolar Disorder Can Be a Different Experience for Different People</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of people with bipolar disorder, and one thing that I&#8217;ve really noticed is the way that bipolar disorder affects people in very different ways. The difference isn&#8217;t simply the difference between types like bipolar I and bipolar II. It also isn&#8217;t just the difference between people themselves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conditions of Disability: Bipolar Disorder and the &#8220;Sick Role&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One idea that I encountered a little while ago is a concept from sociology called the &#8220;sick role.&#8221; It is the idea that there are certain implied rights and obligations of people who are sick in various ways. In short, people who are sick are exempted from certain social obligations, but in turn are obliged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making an Impression Versus Making a Connection: Mitigating Social Anxiety</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, one of the most frustrating symptoms of bipolar disorder is social anxiety. In conversing with other people, I often find myself running a constant check on what it is I am saying and how other people will respond to it. After conversing with people, I often find myself going over every little thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loss of a Brother: Mourning the Healthy Me</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bipolartoday.com/loss-of-a-brother-mourning-the-healthy-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 14:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bipolartoday.com/?p=3537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In having bipolar disorder, there is an important person that I have lost. Occasionally, I meet him in my imagination, especially in my disappointments. This person is the &#8220;me&#8221; that I might have been if I had never had bipolar disorder, and he has been with me in my imagination for a long time. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whatever Works: Why Bipolar People Are the Best Authorities on the Best Treaments</title>
		<link>http://www.bipolartoday.com/whatever-works-why-bipolar-people-are-the-best-authorities-on-the-best-treaments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bipolartoday.com/whatever-works-why-bipolar-people-are-the-best-authorities-on-the-best-treaments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bipolartoday.com/?p=3492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Given that I have so many opinions about bipolar disorder (hey, I started a blog about it), I have surprisingly few opinions about what sort of treatments are best. Often, I&#8217;ve encountered the belief that everyone on bipolar disorder should be on a certain type of medication, or that everyone should be in a certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Bipolar Disorder Real? Version Two: Is There a Test for Bipolar Disorder?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bipolartoday.com/is-bipolar-disorder-real-version-two-is-there-a-test-for-bipolar-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Bader, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first installment in this series, on whether or not bipolar disorder is a brain state, click here. I&#8217;m going to continue with my occasional feature about what is meant when people ask whether or not bipolar disorder is real. The first article asked whether or not bipolar disorder is a brain state, but [...]]]></description>
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