The Bipolar Disorder Moment

This month's guest on The Bipolar Disorder Moment is Dr. Anonymous. She talks about why she chose to be anonymous for the interview and she shares her perspective on stigma on a personal level and as a social justice issue. 

In this episode, I interview psychiatrist Dr. Heather Scott. She explains the value of psychotherapy for people with bipolar disorder and for people who have experienced trauma.

In this episode, I interview Kaj Korvela the Executive Director of OBAD, the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder. We discuss the value of peer support, hypomania and how creativity is experienced for people who have bipolar disorder.

This month on my podcast I have a conversation with my friend Shadna on her experience of having friends who have bipolar disorder. The topic of suicidal ideation is covered in this blog. 

Registered Acupuncturist, Dr. Hong Yan, draws from her over twenty five years experience to explain how acupuncture can be used to treat ADHD, stress, anxiety and depression. 

The Executive Director of OBAD (the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder) talks about his own experience of being in a bipolar mixed state. The topic of suicide is mentioned in this episode. 

This podcast is an interview with Canlearn Society ADHD Coach Laura Godfrey. Laura explains ADHD in detail and we discuss some of the challenges that people who have ADHD and bipolar disorder may face. 

This episode is the first of 12 episodes where I will be reading from my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal: The Allan They Never Met and I provide commentary that explains why I wrote the book and a little bit of information about myself. 

This is the second  of twelve readings I will doing from my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal: The Allan They Never Met. 

In this episode, I read from my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal: The Allan They Never Met. I will read the portions of my book where I have incidents in elementary school that change how I think of myself and I share stories of precious moments with my grandmother.

This is the fourth of a series of readings I am doing from my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal: The Allan They Never Met. In this episode, I describe my dramatic first day away from home in Victoria, B.C, Canada.

In this episode, I read two sections from my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal: The Allan They Never Met. This episode has no commentary and is just a reading of two happy memories I have from university.

This week reading contains two stories from university and one story about one summer I spent as a camp counsellor.

If you are at all curious about life in Japan you may find this week's reading from my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal: The Allan They Never Met, interesting. This reading describes my first experiences when I arrive in Japan. 

In this podcast, I read from my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal: The Allan They Never Met. In this portion of my book, I describe what my job in Japan was like and the special time I spent with my good friends the Yamamotos.

In this reading of my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal: The Allan They Never Met, I describe the last happy memories I have before the onset of bipolar disorder.

If you are curious about the events that took place that triggered my first manic episode than you will find this episode interesting. I describe how my stress level became so high and how my thoughts went from being grounded in reality to psychosis.

If you are curious about the experience of psychosis from the perspective of someone experiencing it you may find today's reading from my yet to be published book interesting. I talk about my first experience with psychosis and how it devastated my life.

I share how I started to get better from my first severe depressive episode as well as a story about my job as an interpreter for Japanese people going on horse back riding tours in my last reading from my yet to be published book, Brain Betrayal The Allan They Never Met.