Stay Happy

A few years ago, I got a call from a social worker, asking me to come to a local mental health facility and attend a meeting for family members of people who were receiving treatment — which came as a shock, as I did not know I that had any family receiving treatment at a mental health facility. She told me that my mother, whom I hadn't spoken to in months, had come there to learn how to cope with her borderline personality disorder. I hung up the phone shaken — no matter who you are, you're never really prepared to field a surprise phone call about how your mom has checked herself into a mental hospital. But I was also relieved. I had spent decades of my life struggling to find a name or cause for my mother's mood swings or terror of being abandoned. I wondered if I finally had discovered it, and if things were finally about to change.

BPD, for those of you who only know about it from its mention in the 1999 Winona Ryder movie Girl, Interrupted, is a personality disorder that, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, is typically marked by unstable moods and relationships as well as problems regulating emotions. It afflicts 1.6 percent of Americans over the age of 18, but many experts think that more people than that struggle with the disease, which is frustratingly difficult to diagnose — symptoms usually manifest in relationships with others, as opposed to mood disorders like depression or anxiety, which often have physical symptoms or symptoms that appear independent from outside stimuli.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , the reference handbook that mental health professionals use to diagnose psychological illnesses, recently overhauled their criteria for BPD, switching over from the classic nine symptom checklist you might find floating around the Internet, to a more expansive list of symptoms of borderline personality disorder. For the purposes of this article, I'm referencing the most common BPD symptoms listed on the website for the National Education Alliance of Borderline Personality Disorder.

Of course, just learning abut BPD didn't magically change my relationship with my mother — like any mental health problem, there's no magic bullet to "cure" BPD. And treating BPD is harder than many other mental illnesses, because the symptoms can look so different from person to person. But still, being aware of what a person struggling with BPD is going through can be helpful for a number of reasons, whether you're helping a loved one cope with the disease, or you've just been curious since you read about NFL player Brandon Marshall's BPD diagnosis. So here are six common symptoms of borderline personality disorder, explained.

1. Unstable Relationships

People with borderline personality disorder are, to use a metaphor popular in mental health communities, the emotional equivalent of burn victims — the small setbacks, slights, and miscommunications that the rest of us brush off cause them intense emotional agony. As the New York Times described it, "affected individuals seem to be born with a quick and unduly sensitive emotional trigger." Dr. Marsha Linehan, a psychologist who developed a treatment method called dialectical behavioral therapy that is commonly used for BPD, told the New York Times that BPD sufferers “are in excruciating pain that is almost always discounted by others and attributed to bad motives.” As you can imagine, this causes a lot of stress and trauma in personal relationships, for all parties involved.

BPD sufferers often have tumultuous relationships with loved ones, which the National Institute of Mental Health says are often typified by alternating "idealization—'I’m so in love!'—and devaluation—'I hate her.'

2. Black-and-White Thinking

The idealization/devaluation pattern described above is also sometimes known as "splitting," or "Black-and-white thinking." This kind of thinking generally categorizes all people, places, and things as either the best or worst ever, with no shades of gray. This applies to the BPD sufferers themselves, too — a conflict with others can often make a sufferer view themselves as either a pure victim or the worst person who has ever lived (this may play a role in why self-harm and suicidal ideation are so common among BPD sufferers — up to 80 percent of BPD sufferers experience suicidal feelings, and between four and nine percent actually die by suicide).

In a great piece for Thought Catalog on life with BPD, Carrie Lynn Davis describes the experience of being a BPD sufferer in a relationship and the role that that kind of black-and-white thinking can play:

Borderlines often feel the most extreme version of a feeling. A fight with the bf/gf can almost instantly send you into a head-exploding rage or a major, debilitating depression — either he/she is the Anti-Christ / Torturer of You 4Ever / User & Abuser Extraordinaire, or you just destroyed the best and only relationship your sorry ass will ever have.

3. Fear Of Abandonment

People with BPD often have a major fear of abandonment. The National Institute of Mental Health describes the common fear of abandonment among people suffering from BPD as "[e]xtreme reactions—including panic, depression, rage, or frantic actions—to abandonment, whether real or perceived." This can often look like manipulative, irrational, controlling or just selfish behavior when you're on the receiving end.

As Lauren Oceane wrote in a sharp essay on living with BPD for Elite Daily,"If I’m not spending most of my time with my friend or significant other, I immediately believe he or she will abandon me." Or as an anonymous writer on Quora explained it: "You feel like you will die if someone does not love you anymore. You feel this way because you feel essentially unloveable, and this makes you feel pointless and worthless and, most importantly, disgusting."

4. Impulsive, Self-Destructive Behavior

A lot of us think of ourselves as impulsive — we buy clothes when we told ourselves we were going to stick to our monthly budget, we take a last-second trip out of town, we decide that this party isn't a real party until we move it to the karaoke bar down the street. This is a form of impulsivity, yes; but it's not the kind that people dealing with borderline personality disorder have to struggle with. Rather, impulsive behavior among folks with BPD often has to do with self-destructive behaviors, or even actual self-harm; according to NAMI, "spending sprees, unsafe sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, and binge eating" are all common among sufferers.

An essay from xoJane by a BPD sufferer named CC helps put the kind of impulsive behavior that a lot of BPD sufferers struggle with into relief:

But everyone my age has dangerous sexual habits, problems with Adderall and drugs, falls in love with a man after meeting him and then upon the first sign of betrayal seeks to destroy his life. Everyone drinks to blackout and then drives around town listening to music, doesn’t eat for days then binges at a fast food joint. Right?

5. Distorted Self Image

The National Institute of Mental Health also notes that many BPD sufferers experience a "[d]istorted and unstable self-image or sense of self, which can result in sudden changes in feelings, opinions, values, or plans and goals for the future (such as school or career choices)." This kind of distorted thinking can also relate to their sense of physical self-esteem or how "good" or "bad" they think they look.

As Oceane wrote, "There are times when my personality is sweet and caring, but there are times where my personality is wild and reckless. There are times when I feel non-existent, like I don’t have a personality at all. I just sit there and feel nothing, even if I’m thinking everything."

6. Problems Regulating Emotions & Thoughts

Folks suffering from BPD often have a problem controlling both their thoughts and the ways that express them; NAMI points out "inappropriate, intense anger or problems controlling anger" as one of the most common expressions of this tendency, although obsessive and paranoid thoughts can also be a part of it.

CC from xoJane reports a tendency to obsess about topics from pulmonary embolisms to "my mattress catching fire in the night," and describes how having trouble regulating her emotions impacts her dating life:

In general relationships are exhausting for me because during one day, I have at least 5 different moods and feelings that all feel legitimate and warranted about the person and they’re none the wiser. Sometimes it’s so overwhelming that I depersonalize -- that is, I don’t feel like I’m in my own body.

Oceane at Elite Daily similarly noted, "Another painful part of BPD is the way I treat other people. I can go from appreciating people to completely devaluing them."

The Bottom Line

There's no getting around it: borderline personality disorder is sh*tty, both for the people who have it and the people who love and live with the people who have it. But it's not hopeless. Knowing all of this made me start to think of BPD more like alcoholism: there's a disease that makes you act in a certain way that hurts yourself and the people around you. There are tools you can use to improve your life and theirs, but it is on you to use them.

I don't know if my mother ended up using them. We had one doctor-mediated meeting, six months into her treatment, that felt as full of cruel, black-and-white thinking as anything I experienced in my childhood. I left thinking, "Either this doctor is a quack, or my mother, in addition to suffering from BPD, is just an asshole."

And that's the thing: BPD doesn't make you a villain. People suffering from BPD may sometimes act in negative ways that are out of their control, but ultimately, they can make a choice to create a better life for themselves and their loved ones. It may be much harder for them to make that choice than it is for many of us — but the choice to get help and try to have a better life is still one that can be made.

6 Signs Of Borderline Personality Disorder

When my husband fails to replace the shampoo, the soap, the towels, and even the whole under-construction bathroom, it’s not because he’s selfish. He doesn’t expect me to do it. He isn’t even too busy. He just forgets because he has ADHD, and I’m working on not taking that as a personal insult — because it’s not.

I married my husband 19 years ago. We have 4 children together and every single day we survive, so I guess you could say we are winning. My husband is my best friend. He is humorous, intelligent, loving, fun, and an amazing provider and father. Not a day goes by that I don’t reflect on how lucky I am to live in this world with him.

When we first started dating, I mistook his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) for an endearing, mysterious quality. He was a rambling man unlike any other man I had ever met. I have a ton of stories about our ADHD marriage but I’d like to share the most recent because, after all these years, we have learned that laughter is often the most healthy response.

That said, I will admit it is still frustrating and exhausting being the primary family organizer. But one thing has changed: I no longer get resentful. I have learned to stop and think before jumping to conclusions. I have learned what I need to do without question and I have learned to pick my battles.

Yesterday, while out on a much-needed date night with my husband, I was reminded how far we have come on our ADHD journey. About 15 months earlier, my husband decided to remodel the kids’ bathroom. He started off with gusto by upcycling our vanity, but life got in the way and the bathroom was still gutted and non-operational a year later. Finally, I hired some people to help with the remodel because 6 people, including 2 teenage boys, sharing our master bathroom was a bit complicated. We finished the remodel two months later.

Last night, while we were eating our meal, my husband says to me, “So what have you been using in the shower for soap?” I quizzically look at him and flatly reply, “I have been using the new hall bathroom. Haven’t you?” A surprised look crosses his face and he says, “So I’m the only one using our bathroom?! I couldn’t figure out why all the shampoo bottles were empty and I haven’t had soap in weeks. I’ve been using shampoo for everything. Come to think of it, all the towels are dirty, too.” We both burst out laughing.

It’s taken many years to get to this point. In the beginning of our marriage, I thought he didn’t care or he expected me to do everything for him. Now I know that it’s because he forgot. He forgot to get new soap, a clean towel, or buy new shampoo because, by the time he got out of the shower, those thoughts had escaped. He is only reminded of his shower necessities the next time he steps into the shower, and by then it’s too late. This Father’s Day, I put new shampoo, conditioner, soap and clean towels in the bathroom and wrote Happy Father’s Day on the door. He laughed and, in his smile, I knew he was tremendously grateful.

I wouldn’t change a thing about our complicated lives. My children are a lot like him and, when my worries about their ADHD get to me, I look to my husband and I know that we are going to be alright.

Thoughts Escape Like Butterflies

People once thought of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder as a problem for little boys. Today, however, experts agree that girls are just as likely as boys to have ADHD, and that girls tend to display different ADHD symptoms that may be less noticeable to parents and teachers.

Not as hyperactive

Ask anyone, and they'll tell you that one of the classic symptoms of ADHD is trouble sitting still—check out these signs of ADHD in toddlers. But compared with boys, girls are less likely to have trouble with hyperactivity, according to Understood.org expert Mark Griffin, PhD. They're not as likely to be fidgeting or moving their bodies all the time.

Less impulsive

Girls are also less likely than boys to struggle with impulse control, says Griffin—although, if you need help getting your child to manage impulse control, here's some advice. Girls are less likely to get in trouble for doing impulsive things, like grabbing and taking things without asking.

Less disruptive in school

Because girls with ADHD are less likely to be hyperactive and impulsive, they're generally seen as less disruptive in school. "You could say that boys with ADHD frequently stand out more in the crowd than their female peers," says Griffin. This may be one reason why ADHD in girls is often underdiagnosed.

More distracted

An inability to focus is one of the key symptoms of ADHD. Boys and girls can both struggle to pay attention. But compared to boys, says Griffin, girls are more likely to seem like they're daydreaming, withdrawn, or distracted when they're in class.

More struggles with shame and self-esteem

Parents are all about building self-esteem in their children—here are some tips every parent should know. Girls with ADHD often experience feelings of shame about their inability to focus or pay attention. They're also more likely to blame themselves for their difficulties, which can severely impact their self-esteem.

Likely to feel isolated

Both boys and girls with ADHD often struggle with making friends. However, compared with boys, there can be more social pressures on girls to pay attention to their friends' feelings and pick up on subtle social cues. When they fail to, it can cause social issues. Boys with ADHDalso face social pressures, but often because of different expectations around being "tough."

Very emotional, hypersensitive

Most kids with ADHD struggle with emotional control. Strong emotions and ADHD often go together. However, girls may come across as more hypersensitive or overly emotional than boys.

Nonstop talkers

Girls with ADHD are more likely to be chatty and miss the social cues that allow friends and family to interject, says Griffin. They may interrupt in conversations more, and they may have trouble knowing when talking is not appropriate. Here are 10 silent signs your child could have ADHD.

More likely to have depression and anxiety

Girls with ADHD are more likely than boys to struggle with depression and anxiety, especially when reaching puberty. Watch for these 13 signs of childhood depression. Girls are also likely to strive for perfectionism by becoming hyperfocused. This often creates stress.

9 ADHD Symptoms That Can Look Different in Girls

20 Best Home Remedies For Neuropathy Pain In Hands, Legs & Feet

The 23 Worst Symptoms of Autoimmune Disease We Don't Talk About (and How to Cope)

4 Signs Proof the narcissist abuses you intentionally and will never change

Bipolar depression disrupts and devastates lives, and tends to dominate the course of a person’s illness. Yet, it’s still difficult to diagnose and treat.

It is the manic phase of bipolar disorder that attracts—no, demands—attention. But those who have the illness, or love someone who does, know it is depression that most disrupts and devastates lives—and dominates the course of the illness.

“Few people understand [that] depression sucks the life out of you,” says C.A., 52, of Oregon. “Desires, self-esteem, motivation, self-worth—any of those qualities that keep you going in life—disappear.” Since her 2002 bipolar diagnosis, she has gone only 18 consecutive months without depression.

When P.S. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is sad, she sometimes avoids bike riding with her seven-year-old daughter. The guilt she feels at withdrawing from her child only intensifies her depression.

“You look at the functional outcomes, such as the ability to work, family life, being an active participant in society—this is largely driven by depressive, rather than manic, symptoms,” notes Roger S. McIntyre, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto, and head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network in Toronto.

One reason depression is more debilitating than mania is that it lasts longer; another is that it occurs more frequently: According to a 2002 study by Lewis L. Judd and colleagues at the University of California at San Diego published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, people with bipolar I experience depression three times as often as mania. For bipolar II, the ratio of time spent in depression versus mania is a whopping 40:1.

Bipolar depression is also difficult to diagnose, and therefore to treat. Some studies suggest that as many as 50 percent of those with bipolar disorder are misdiagnosed with unipolar depression, according to Michael E. Thase, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and author of several books on bipolar, depression and related topics.

It’s not surprising that misdiagnoses frequently occur. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV), doesn’t distinguish between bipolar and unipolar depression. Rather, a bipolar diagnosis is made based upon whether the person has experienced mania or hypomania.

“Bipolar depression looks very similar to major depression, with no distinct features,” says McIntyre. “That being said, people with bipolar depression more often complain of symptoms that are atypical for unipolar depression, including increased eating, sleeping, and profound reduction in energy. Moreover, people with bipolar depression also frequently complain of seasonal worsening and ‘therapeutic misadventures’ with antidepressants—that is, the depression gets worse with antidepressant therapy.”

Because bipolar and unipolar depression can “look” so similar, psychiatrists must take care to get detailed family histories—and to ask patients if they have ever experienced symptoms of mania or hypomania, says Eric D. Caine, MD, chairman of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Otherwise, “the tendency is to treat it as if it’s unipolar depression, with antidepressants alone, which may serve as rocket fuel for a manic episode,” he adds.

How it feels

How does one experience bipolar depression? That depends upon whom you ask. Many people undergo distinct periods of stability, mania, and depression. Yet other individuals can feel both depressed and manic at the same time—simultaneously feeling very sad and energized.

Holly A. Swartz, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, says it is relatively rare for people to meet the DSM-IV criteria for a mixed state, which requires a major depressive episode and a manic episode nearly every day for at least one week. “However, individuals meeting diagnostic criteria for either a depressive episode or a manic episode often have a few subsyndromal symptoms of the opposite pole of the disorder that co-occur with their predominant mood episode,” Swartz says. “For example, someone will meet full criteria for a depressive episode but will also have racing thoughts.”

Rapid-cycling—as defined by the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria—is having at least four distinct episodes of major depression, mania or hypomania, or mixed symptoms within a 12-month period. But it is possible to experience more than one rapid-cycling episode a week, or “even within one day,” according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Just because you are feeling down when you wake up and hypomanic later in the day, however, doesn’t mean you are rapid-cycling, emphasizes Joseph R. Calabrese, MD, director of the Mood Disorders Program at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He says consumers often confuse mood lability [instability] with rapid-cycling. Only about 15 to 20 percent of people with bipolar experience rapid-cycling, he adds.

Jennell A., 53, of The Villages, Florida, says her moods shift quickly—sometimes from one hour to the next.

“Yesterday morning, I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and by 8:00, I knew I was in a hyper-manic cycle,” she says. I was running around nonstop, never stopped talking, and felt like I was running a marathon all day.” But the next morning, Jennell, who awoke early for a golf date, felt like she was “in a fog.” “I knew I could either get up and get going, or spiral into the depressed side of me. I went golfing!”

Triggers

As with mania, knowing what stressors leave you vulnerable to depression can help prevent recurrences. Lack of sleep, work-related stress, and traumatic events can all be triggers. For T.L.’s husband, holidays are particularly difficult—they stir unhappy childhood memories. Vacations are also potential land mines.

“After a couple days, he becomes extremely irritable and annoying,” says T.L., who lives in Wayne, New Jersey. “He can’t relax, which is no vacation for either of us! It seems to have to do with breaking out of his work routine and structure. Even on weekends, he tends to be more symptomatic.”

Then there are the stress factors beyond one’s control—such as ill health or the death of a loved one. “The economy has greatly affected our finances and our work situations,” says Therese J. Borchard, a mother of two, popular blogger (Beyond Blue on beliefnet.com), and author of several books, including the memoir, Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes (Hachette Book Group, 2009). “It has taken about nine months to navigate through that stress, but now that we have found a way to produce enough income, I think I will be less prone to fall into depression.”

Keeping things steady

The severity of the illness, one’s support system, the luck—or failure—of finding effective medication, a competent doctor, and a supportive partner—all affect how successfully bipolar depression can be stabilized. Muriel H. of Easley, South Carolina, managed to teach for 32 years, in part because of her husband’s steady encouragement, but some days it took all her inner resources to make it through the day.

“Had it not been for my work ethic, I would have been home in bed,” Muriel says. “On many weekends, I would hole up in my apartment, not coming out again until Monday morning.”

Severe bipolar depression not only robs one of the ability to enjoy life, but also may even interfere with basic acts of self-care. C.A. lives directly across the street from a grocery store, but recalls one morning when even that short distance was too far to walk. She showered, applied some makeup, but found she couldn’t leave the house. “I stood at my bedroom window, looking across the way at the store and crying. I felt helpless and stupid.”

It is when we are in absolute despair that we most need the comfort of loved ones. The irony is this is also the time when we feel the most unlovable, are least able to return love, and tend to strain the devotion and patience of even the most steadfast caregiver.

T.L. knows her husband’s depressed when he grows quiet, turns from sweet to “snappy,” has trouble sleeping, becomes overly critical, and begins obsessing over trivial things, like irritating TV commercials. As soon as she observes such symptoms, T.L. asks her husband how he’s feeling and whether anything is stressing him out.

“One time, I was on the computer and he came down to the office to say good night. I was in the middle of writing an email. He gave a big sigh, stomped up the stairs, and slammed the bedroom door. I went up and calmly asked what his problem was, and he snapped something about not kissing him goodnight … as if I could read his mind. I quickly realized this was an [irrational] conversation, told him so and to get some sleep, and we could have a rational conversation the next day, which we did.”

The darkness of despair

When the darkness doesn’t lift, despite the help of family and modern medicine, many people lose all hope. According to the National Mental Health Association, 30 to 70 percent of suicide victims suffered from major depression or bipolar disorder. And a 2000 study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that approximately 25 to 50 percent of patients with bipolar attempt suicide at least once.

A mixed state can place a patient at particularly high risk of suicide, says Caine of the University of Rochester. “In a mixed state, someone has the thinking and motor features that are much more like someone on the manic end of things,” he says. “But you can also be very suicidal then. It’s a time of impulsivity and very rapid actions. It may appear like suicide is sudden, but the person may have been thinking about it for a long time, and now they have the fuel to do it.”

The trick for doctors and caregivers is not to be fooled by body language—someone in a mixed state can be smiling and standing straighter, yet still be capable of suicide.

Self-help

Having a plan in place can help prevent minor symptoms from turning into a full-blown episode, says psychologist Elizabeth Saenger, PhD, an assistant professor at Columbia University’s department of psychiatry. She suggests: “Work with a mental health professional to put together a plan: ‘How will I recognize when I am beginning to get depressed? How will my family?’” Saenger also recommends enlisting a trusted friend or family member who isn’t afraid to tell you, “I think you should go to the doctor.” And then do it.

Jennell has a rich support system—a caring husband who will play cards with her for hours to distract her from her depression, a therapist she sees every other week, and a psychiatrist she visits monthly. She also has her faith.

“God plays an important part in my life in everything I do,” Jennell says. “Having that as my main support gets me by.”

P.S. of Halifax says her psychiatrist is the “one constant” in her life. “I really rely on her. I respect her opinion. If she tells me to back off—that I’ve taken on too many projects—I might argue some, but eventually I realize she’s right.”

The light in what can—at times—seem like the endless darkness of depression, is that people do recover, find medications that work, and rebuild their lives. Two years ago, Borchard would have said that her depression “got in the way of everything.” Not anymore.

“Today I can honestly say that my illness has made me a better spouse, mother, and worker because I’ve had to learn how to use an incredible amount of discipline with just about everything: from sleeping to eating to exercising and communication, to workload and relationships,” Borchard says. “I take every step of life with much more deliberation and care. If I get lazy, it could literally cost me my life because my illness needs healthy relationships and healthy life habits.”

* * * * *

DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS

MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
Difficulty concentrating
Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed
Difficulty sleeping
Overeating or loss of appetite
Persistent aches or pains, headaches, cramps or digestive problems that do not ease even with treatment
Thoughts of suicide, suicide attempts

BIPOLAR DISORDER

Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
Difficulty concentrating
Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed
May experience sleep disturbances, or oversleeping
Overeating or loss of appetite
Persistent aches or pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems that do not ease even with treatment
More suicide attempts than with major depressive disorder
A profound loss of energy
Severe depression more likely to include psychotic symptoms
Onset of depression occurs at a younger age
More likely to have a co-occurring mental illness, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, or substance abuse
More likely to have a family history of mania
More episodes of depression than with unipolar depression
Use of antidepressant—without mood-stabilizer—may cause hypomania or mania

1. Unstable Relationships

2. Black-and-White Thinking

3. Fear Of Abandonment

4. Impulsive, Self-Destructive Behavior

5. Distorted Self Image

6. Problems Regulating Emotions & Thoughts

The Bottom Line

6 Signs Of Borderline Personality Disorder

More like this

Thoughts Escape Like Butterflies

More like this

People once thought of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder as a problem for little boys. Today, however, experts agree that girls are just as likely as boys to have ADHD, and that girls tend to display different ADHD symptoms that may be less noticeable to parents and teachers.

Not as hyperactive

Less impulsive

Less disruptive in school

More distracted

More struggles with shame and self-esteem

Likely to feel isolated

Very emotional, hypersensitive

Nonstop talkers

More likely to have depression and anxiety

9 ADHD Symptoms That Can Look Different in Girls

More like this

What Are Symptoms Of A Neuropathy?

What Are Causes Of Neuropathy?

What Are Risk Factors Of Neuropathy?

Top 20 Natural Home Remedies For Neuropathy Pain In Hands, Legs And Feet

1. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Manage Your Blood Sugar Levels

2. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Have A Healthy Diet Plan

3. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Alpha Lipoic Acid

4. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Mustard Oil

5. Eat More Nuts

6. Manage Stress

7. Home Remedies For Neuropathay – Evening Primrose Oil

8. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Cinnamon

9. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Vitamin B12

11. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Protect Your Feet And Skin

12. Avoid Drinking And Smoking

13. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Exercise Regularly

14. Home Remedies For Neuropathy Pain – Castor Oil

15. Kava Kava

16. Home Remedies For Neuropathy Pain – Brahmi Oil

17. Vitamin B9

18. Vitamin C

19. Home Remedies For Neuropathy – Hot Pepper

20. Chiropractic Massage

20 Best Home Remedies For Neuropathy Pain In Hands, Legs & Feet

More like this

The 23 Worst Symptoms of Autoimmune Disease We Don't Talk About (and How to Cope)

More like this

Submission 1 – Breaking you down

Submission 2 – Hiding the truth

Exhibit A – Isolation

Exhibit B – The two faces

Submission 3 – The body does not lie

Exhibit C – Joy at the pain of others

Submission 4 – In their own words

4 Signs Proof the narcissist abuses you intentionally and will never change

More like this

Bipolar depression disrupts and devastates lives, and tends to dominate the course of a person’s illness. Yet, it’s still difficult to diagnose and treat.

How it feels

Triggers

Keeping things steady

The darkness of despair

Self-help

DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS

MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

BIPOLAR DISORDER

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About BIPOLAR DEPRESSION

More like this