Oct 2, 2025
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Our Healthy Lifestyles study is exploring how eating changes can improve sleep in individuals with bipolar diagnoses.
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😴 Protecting your sleep schedule isn't just self-care. It's symptom prevention!
Our Healthy Lifestyles study is exploring how eating changes can improve sleep in individuals with bipolar diagnoses.
The same brain pathways involved in epilepsy treatment may be relevant for bipolar. This is why some seizure medications work for mood disorders, and why researchers are exploring adjustments to eating for mood stability.
You can learn more about the research behind this in the video under the cut:
With the number of queer clients with bipolar I get, I’m starting to think that’s not just a coincidence. We already know that queer folk have higher rates of mental health conditions than the general pop, so I don’t think it’s absurd to ponder as to whether or not bipolar is near the top of the list of conditions affecting queer folk.
I’ve tried Googling to see if research has been done on the topic, but I haven’t been able to find much. Does anyone have access to an online journal database for free through their college/university? If you do, would you mind doing a little search for me? Reaaaally curious about this.
Results from a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group, 2x2 factorial trial indicated adding lamotrigine to quetiapine treatment improved outcomes among individuals with bipolar disorder I or II. “Lamotrigine is widely used as an antiepileptic. It is an inhibitor of voltage-sensitive sodium channels, and is thought to work by reducing presynaptic release of glutamate,
This is the combo I’m on.
A study in Translational Psychiatry has identified three potential genes that could prove to be responsible for disturbances in mitochondrial function and DNA repair mechanisms in bipolar disorder. The genes in question – POLG, OGG1, and NDUFV2 – may open new targets for examination. The study authors themselves consider the results to be “somewhat promising.”
Hurry up and figure it out, and then find a way to turn them off--I’m done with having BD.
More evidence to suggest that we need family-focused treatment for bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorders research: CREST.BD is a multidisciplinary network dedicated to research and knowledge exchange about psychological and social factors in bipolar disorders.
These folks produce a webinar once a month on bipolar disorder related-topics. This month's was on recovery focused CBT for bipolar disorder. Check 'em out!