Carrie Fisher and Bipolar Disorder

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20 Questions for Carrie Fisher

webmd.com — “Writer and performer Carrie Fisher talks about her experiences with bipolar disorder and addiction -- plus what it's like to reach a happier middle age.View full resource at webmd.com

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Carrie Fisher: "People Are Seeing Me As This Fat Woman" | Celebrity Psychings

blogs.psychcentral.com — “Star Wars actress and bipolar disorder advocate Carrie Fisher signs on as spokesperson for Jenny Craig to lose weight and put focus back on her achievements.View full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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Celebrity Psychings: Carrie Fisher: “People Are Seeing Me As This Fat Woman” http://bit.ly/eR2QoJ

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Carrie Fisher Joins Jenny Craig - That's Fit

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Carrie Fisher Talks Losing Weight, Electroshock Therapy | NewsOK.com

newsok.com — “It's no secret that Carrie Fisher has had her struggles in life. She has always publicly discussed her problems with drugs, bipolar disorder, an addiction to prescription medication, and recently, her weight struggles. Her recent talk with ET is no different, where she openly talks about everything from what the catalyst was that finally drove her to seek help for getting her weight under control, to the controversial electroconvulsive therapy she still receives to this day.View full resource at newsok.com

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Marshall Fine: Carrie Fisher Talks About Wishful Drinking

huffingtonpost.com — “"My memory is lousy," she says, joking, "I can't tell which part of that is age, which is LSD and which is ECT." It's a good line -- is it going to become part of her one-woman show, Wishful Drinking?View full resource at huffingtonpost.com

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Bipolar Disorder and Nutrition | Psych Central

psychcentral.com — “Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression, or mixed episodes combining both extremes at the same time. For most individuals, the episodes areView full resource at psychcentral.com

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Bipolar Disorder Linked to Other Neurological Disorders? | Bipolar Beat

blogs.psychcentral.com — “Psychiatrist Dr. Candida Fink discusses the possible link between bipolar disorder and other neurological disorders, including neuralgia and IBS.View full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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Bipolar Beat: Bipolar Disorder Q&A: Bipolar Linked to Other Neurological Disorders? http://bit.ly/bDHXLH

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Bipolar Disorder: 10 Subtle Signs

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15 Minutes With Carrie Fisher | The New York Observer

observer.com — “Carrie Fisher's touring show Wishful Drinking was recently filmed for an HBO special that debuts December 12. The show, which began on Broadway, is taken from her book of the same title and provides a broad overview of her many tabloid scandals — though Ms. Fisher says she's actually not that much of a drinker. We recently had a chance to talk with her from her home in Los Angeles. So, you just got back from Australia.Oh, god. Six weeks.View full resource at observer.com

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How is bipolar disorder diagnosed? | ThirdAge

thirdage.com — “A user asked the question How is bipolar disorder diagnosed? at ThirdAge.com. Join now today to add your answer or view answers from other members to this question and many others.View full resource at thirdage.com

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Do Pregnancy and Bipolar Disorder Mix?

healthcosmo.com — “As recently as 10 years ago, doctors advised women with bipolar disorder not to have children. While that thinking is now dated, bipolar women often face tough decisions about how to handle their medication during pregnancy.Most drugs prescribed for bipolar disorder carry some risk of birth defects, yet women who discontinue medication risk relapsing into a manic or depressive episode; during the postpartum phase the relapse rate is as high as 50% to 70%, by some estimates. Even more alarming, bView full resource at healthcosmo.com

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Hope and inheritance conflict in families with bipolar disorder - latimes.com

latimes.com — “Much about bipolar disorder is mysterious, but its genetic nature is clear. But researchers are getting closer to identifying the genes that cause bipolar disorder, using brain imaging. And they're zeroing in on triggers that might cause it to flare up.View full resource at latimes.com

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Hope and inheritance conflict in families with bipolar disorder - latimes.com

latimes.com — “Much about bipolar disorder is mysterious, but its genetic nature is clear. But researchers are getting closer to identifying the genes that cause bipolar disorder, using brain imaging. And they're zeroing in on triggers that might cause it to flare up.View full resource at latimes.com

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Hope and inheritance conflict in families with bipolar disorder: The genetic nature of the affliction is clear, bu... http://bit.ly/btEayp

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Carrie Fisher Brings "Wishful Drinking" to TV - ABC News

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Bipolar Disorder: An Interview with Dr. Hirschfeld | Dialectical Behavior Therapy Understood

blogs.psychcentral.com — “According to Dr. Hirschfeld, an exciting new direction in the research of bipolar depression is a re-examination of a class of anti-depressants called MAOI's.View full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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DBT Blog: Bipolar Disorder: An Interview with Dr. Hirschfeld http://bit.ly/czUJXx

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