Who We Are And Our Aims: This site has been set up in an effort to inform those who are interested in Bipolar Mixed States. We will do this as well and as far as our limited resources will allow.
We aim to present this information in as an accurate manner as possible. We do this, for at this time there little Information about Bipolar Mixed States and what there is can be hard to find.
This website came into existence as when I was diagnosed with Bipolar Mixed States I attempted to find information about it. I was totally confused as I thought I could not have the disorder, due to the fact that I did not have the classic alternating manic or hypomanic and depression symptoms.
We searched further and found there is not a lot of information in regard to Bipolar Mixed States. We have aimed to present in this one site, what we hope is relevant information in regard to Bipolar Mixed States.
We present this information in a manner, which does not require any scientific or medical type training to understand. Thus this site contains information, which we hope is interesting and helpful to any layperson who wishes to enquire about or understand more about Bipolar Mixed States. These could be those with Bipolar or friends and relatives of those who may have Bipolar Mixed States, and who would like a better understanding of Bipolar Mixed States.
Reliability of Information: While care and research has been carried out on the various subjects, we wish to point out that the information contained on this site has been written by a lay person with Bipolar Mixed States, well she thinks so as she has been diagnosed as Bipolar Spectrum, Bipolar II and most recently Bipolar Mixed States - ah hang on, she is back to Bipolar Spectrum. Yes at this stage she is totally confused - however her symptoms represent those of Mixed States as far as she is concerned. With possibly some ADHD-C (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-Combined).
This written information has not received any accreditation or confirmation in regard to accuracy by any relevant medical professional.
This layperson has a B.Sc (twenty five years ago) where she studied microbiology, biochemistry, anatomy and physiology and who has devoted some time researching for information about Bipolar Mixed States. While this previous education and her own experiences with Bipolar Mixed States may assist with her interpretations, it does not make her medically knowledgeable at all, or correct in her interpretations. Her interpretations cannot replace those of a medical professional.
For a pdf list of the various written material that the above layperson studied please click on Web Bibliography
When this site refers directly to research papers or works by known medical professionals and others trained in psychology, some maybe followed by either a link or references to a particular research project or known researcher. When these references and links are present, some of this information written on this site about the particular matter of the research, or linked site will have been interpreted and written by the same layperson, as above.
Patient/Physician Relationship: Please be aware that the information presented on this site is designed to support and not replace the relationship that exists between a patient (site visitor) and his/her physician.
We would strongly encourage any site visitor to raise any medical type issues they may have, whether they be physical or mental with a physician. We urge this particularly strongly. For example a sibling of the author of this site, lost his life due to not consulting his doctor in a timely manner and wrongly diagnosing himself via the Internet for some eighteen months (cancer – for the curious).
Alternative Treatments: While this site may give information in regard to Alternative Treatments, this fact is not to be interpretered that this site endorses or encourages Alternative Treatments. A person should consult and discuss with their physician if they wish to try any Alternative Treatments. In fact to give up medication and other treatments recommended by a medical professional can be dangerous for those with Bipolar Disorder.
Links: This site offers links to other websites. Once any site visitor leaves this site and goes to the site of one of these links we cannot vouch for the accuracy or reliability of any information contained on those sites.
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Jennifer Allen
www.bipolarmixedstates.org