For several months now I’ve been writing posts entitled “Deadly Bipolar Disorder”. They are meant to inform the average person about the severity of the disorder. But I’m starting to ask myself what this might be accomplishing? Scaring those that have the disorder and their families? Cause [...]
One constant among those who suffer from bipolar disorder is medication. Get a group of people with bipolar disorder together and that’s going to be the main source of conversation for them. There are a handful of brave souls out there living a life without medication, and my hat is off to them. [...]
From the news, another case of wrong-place-wrong-time that would not have occurred if not for bipolar disorder. Yet another tragic bipolar disorder death.
Woodworker shot dead in Robinwood
He was a well-known craftsman in the Severna Park area with the gift to make wood come alive.
But Timothy Hayes Marsh, 48, also struggled with bipolar disorder, his [...]
Police shoot, kill bipolar man in standoff
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Dec. 22 (UPI) — An investigation began Monday into a police shooting of a 25-year-old man with a history of bipolar mental illness in an apartment standoff west of Toronto.
Police in Mississauga received 911 calls around 1 a.m. Sunday about a man shouting and throwing things from [...]
Cocaine use, manic phase cited in wrong-way fatal 590 crash
A clinical pharmacist testified Tuesday that Herman H. Bank lacked adequate insight and judgment into the consequences of his actions on the night he is accused of driving his car the wrong way on I-590 and killing two people.
“According to his history, he engages in cocaine [...]
Restaurateur, former city council candidate Crafaik dies
This article is about a suicide – what people expect in a bipolar disorder death. Not surprisingly, he appears to be an interesting and successful person:
Longtime Michael’s Bistro owner and former politician J. Michael Crafaik III, 37, died Saturday, December 13 at UVA hospital, according to [...]
Finding words at last for an unspeakable loss
Danielle and Ken Lambert’s 5-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son were carried to their deaths into oncoming traffic on Interstate 495 in Lowell by Danielle’s identical twin in a nearly unfathomable tragedy…
Lambert lost not only her only children, but her sister, Marcelle Thibault, on Jan. 11…
Thibault, who was 39, [...]
I sent an email last night to a former colleague of mine, one of the nations foremost authorities on bipolar disorder. I was sharing with him my premise of the danger of bipolar disorder that goes far beyond suicide. He responded:
Also, I’d be very interested to see how you develop your thoughts on [...]
Some may have heard of Jeff Buckley, he was an incredible singer, he sang the definitive version of that beautiful song “Hallelujah” that has been recorded so many times. He died at age 30 of bipolar disorder. Don’t believe you can die of bipolar disorder? My son did, and Jeff Buckley did [...]
I was thinking about this earlier, but I don’t remember why, so I can’t place a context with the thoughts. But I absolutely believe this.
Bipolar disorder is one of the deadliest health problems a person can have. This makes it a huge health issue with respect to society as a whole.
The numbers are [...]
