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Sep
Alcohol, Bipolar and Me
I’ve had various medications for my bipolar disorder over the years. In my twenties, prior to diagnosis, I took anti-depressants alone, because I would only end up in front of the GP when I was depressed. Later, in my thirties, when I was diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder, I was also prescribed mood stabilisers. Right from the off, I’ve had difficulty with taking the mood stabilisers, and for a number of reasons. Perhaps, on reflection, not least because I was already very much using one.
The 
Since moving over to WordPress, one of the things I’ve been trying to do with this site is get the SEO a bit more firmed up. As CMSs go WordPress is already pretty good on the SEO front, but there’s a few niggles here and there, some of which are a little harder to sort out than others.
One of the worst things about having bipolar is the burden and the drain your behaviour can have on those around you, particularly loved ones. Some rare families learn to survive, but statistics reveal that in marriages where one partner has bipolar as many as 