I began my health journey 11 years ago when I picked up Eat Right 4 Your Type. It has helped me lose weight, and manage joint pain, recurrent infections, Seasonal Affective Disorder, and diagnose celiac disease in myself, my children, and many family members. My journey continues with my efforts to lose the weight from my last pregnancy, and to help my oldest son with his trouble...
lately i am currently in a relationship /w my 50 year old Capricorn Widow Boyfriend who also is self diagnosed /w Schizo Affective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder & Autism Spectrum Disorder Own Asperger's Syndrome. i love him so much that Patrick & My Father Both Suffer From type 2 Diabetes this time i want him to get better for me so Patrick and i can move on /w both our future at stake.
I'm a 26 year old guy living somewhere in England and the bits of my brain that deal with sleep and mood don't work properly. My current diagnosis is bipolar affective disorder (also known as manic depression). I'm also waiting to go to a sleep clinic where they might, if I'm very lucky, diagnose and treat my ridiculous sleep problems (which are probably some variety of circadian rhythm sleep...
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Matt Whitehead is the Therapy Director of the Egoscue Method in Portland, Oregon.
While majoring in Exercise Science at Gonzaga University, he was a NCAA Division 1 cross-country and track runner but found his time there riddled with injuries: foot pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, and anterior compartment syndrome. The thing that shocked Matt was that no-one could...
I am the mom to a wonderful boy on the autism spectrum - he is funny and smart, plus a master negotiator. I advocate for my son and other children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and mentor families affected by ASD as well. Our family uses holistic, biomedical, and alternative treatments to work toward wellness. I also recently received both my level I and level II Reiki certification and am in...
I'm a clinical child psychologist and neuroscience researcher working at a large Midwest university-based child psychiatric institute. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I conduct studies on affect regulation and mood disorders in children and adolescents. I'm also the founder of the Translating Research Project, a series of informational blogs designed to rapidly...
I blog about computer ergonomics and related pain and injuries, offering easy to understand info about injuries, medical and alternative treatments, and treatments you can do at home to prevent and heal from computer related injuries. Five years' professional writing experience, and the same length healing from repetitive stress injuries, helping friends cope with RSIs, and consulting with...
I am an award-winning author and mental health journalist. I have been writing about mood disorders since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1999, ranging from a website, an email newsletter, a book, articles for HealthCentral, and this blog. More recently, I have been producing videos. Writing about my illness has played a very strong role in my healing and recovery. Writing allows me to...
I have struggled with a mood disorder and ADD most of my life. I am an artistic person in constant battle with the conformist values of the world and staying true to myself. The only things that seem to bring me momentary solace are writing, making music, being creative, learning new things, and admiring the beauty in Nature. This blog confronts my struggles with mental illness. I write it...
I'm Catherine, the author of Reuben Jack & Callum Andreas. Reuben was born with CHARGE Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder affecting 1 in 10,000 births. This is the story of the challenges I as their mother faced in conceiving after 6 years of infertility, surgery and IVF, the miraculous story of Reuben who has undergone 10 surgeries including Open Heart and the wonderful addition of Callum to...
