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...
I lost a kidney and have just recently found a path to take because a Doctor took the time to listen and realized I was not a hypochondriac or a big overly sensitive, stressed, depressed woman. (yes, lots of justified sarcasm).
I was athletic, very lean and continued to stay fit by enjoying bike rides and playing recreational co-ed softball. However, when I started a family at 25, I had...
I’m a Christian woman, wife & mom of 4.(ages 11, 14, 20 & 23). My older children are my step daughters from my husbands first marriage. Blended families can be hard, but God has worked miracles in our marriage and family life. I love that God is bringing other Christians to my Beachbody team!
When I turned 40, I found out I have a slow thyroid which is called...
Carolyn Scott just celebrated her 10 years as a vegan as well as an entrepreneur. After college, Carolyn moved to Los Angeles from Miami in 1998. Shortly after arriving and becoming vegan, she studied holistic nutrition as well as dabbled in the culinary arts before she opened Ineventions, Originally a pr & event firm, it is now a full film, TV and web production branch under the...
I’ve suffered from Candida for years. About 12 years ago I went to a naturopath for chronic thrush and she diagnosed me. She started me off on an anti-candida diet, but unfortunately she started me off on anti fungals right from the word go.
My body went into total shock. I got terrible cold sores and then my whole face swelled up like a gigantic...
I joined your community because I think I might be married to a disguised narcissist. I was hoping you can help me figure it out. I knew there is something wrong with him and his family but I never considered NPD. When a US military base psychologist brought up the idea I looked up NPD on Wikipedia and I didn’t take it too seriously because he did not match the symptoms described. His...
William C. Dement MD PhD (born 1928), is a pioneering US sleep researcher, and founder of the Sleep Research Center, the world's first sleep laboratory, at Stanford University. He is a leading authority on sleep, sleep deprivation, and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy.
