Bipolar Disorder/help

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Expert: - 9/12/2004


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hello, over the last seven months i have felt different, kind of down, and get butterflies in my stomach often, it is harder to get up in the mornings as i feel down and nothing seems as real,and sometimes it feels as if my brain vibrates to make me dizzy, i never used to feel bad really before, i do take care of myself and im fit, i feel older or something, im 21 and in college,and this is affecting my focus and motivation also, my brothers friend has biopolar disorder is it possible that i caught it off him please help

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I can understand that you feel somewhat worried about these symptoms. You cannot 'catch' bipolar disorder from anybody.

I suspect that you may have hypoglycemia that may cause you to feel anxious for no apparent reason and also somewhat depressed.

Please read:

"Whta is Hypoglycemia?'

"The Hypoglycemic Diet"

at our web site.

Jurriaan Plesman
Free web site
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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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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