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Expert: - 11/14/2007


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What are the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and is Lithium the best medication?
Can Bipolar Disorder affect your ability to hold down a job and do employers discriminate because of it?
I have a history of mental illness and various treatments for depression and anxiety, however until recently I wasn't aware of bipolar disorder and have always felt that my conditions have never been properly diagnosed/treated.

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Hello mark,

For a full description of Bipolar Disorder see:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000926.htm

For natural treatments of Bipolar Disorder see:

Treatment for Bipolar Disorder at:
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/default.htm#B

Bipolar people do respond well to the Hypoglycemic diet.

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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search

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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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