Bipolar Disorder/Bipolar Boyfriend

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Expert: - 3/3/2010


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I really love my boyfriend. I can tell he's really a great person but something is really wrong with him. He can't sit still. He's always irritable and angry and sad. He can be really happy one minute and then one word or phrase could change his mood just like that! And he's sad or upset. He said he had thoughts of suicide once or twice, and just recently I found out that he was on what he says was depression medication as a teenager. He doesn't have insurance so he doesn't go to the doctor for regular visits. Is there something over the counter??? What does that sound like to you????? HELP?!?!

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Hi Nikki,

I suggest that you ask your boyfriend to complete the following questionnaires.

The Nutrition-Behavior Inventory Questionnaire at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/nutrition-behavior_inventory.html

and/or the

The Hypo Quizz at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.org/hypo_test.asp

If he scores high it may be positive for hypoglycemia, which could be responsible for the symptoms. This can be treated by going on a hypoglycemic diet (Search our web site for this). Please discuss with a Nutritional Doctor, Clinical Nutritionist or a Nutritional Psychologist, if self-help therapy fails. Try to avoid drug therapy as much possible.
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Mood swings, depression and anger outbursts are well-known signs of hypoglycemia.

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist
Hon. Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

Expertise

Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

Experience

I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Organizations
Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

Education/Credentials
BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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