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Stability you can eat?!

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348 Seiten
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Books on Demanderschienen am22.02.20231. Auflage
What does mood have to do with food? Are you really what you eat? Are there certain foods that trigger mood swings or prevent them? This book provides answers, explains connections, and shows from the perspective of someone with bipolar what you can do yourself to become or remain mood stable. Do you know what the molecules of emotion are made of; why the nature of the cell membrane is important to bipolars; how the interaction of omega-3 and vitamin D affects behavior? If not, you should read this book. Stability also includes knowledge about the effect of exercise, biological rhythms, and sleep on mood and drive. This creates a picture for the reader of many building blocks that can help people with a disposition for mood swings to regain psychological balance and equilibrium. The book is written for people who want to do more for themselves than just passively follow the doctor's instructions and prescription pad; for people who want to take the reins of their treatment and their lives into their own hands again and for people who are willing to engage in something new and unfamiliar in order to do so. Therefore, the book is above all a compilation of how and what one can do oneself as a person affected. It is a book that encourages people to take a closer look at their eating habits and to focus much more on them.

The author became ill with "Bipolar Disorder" at the age of 47 and had to deal with the illness for seven years only. Despite lengthy treatment and therapy, she did not achieve stability. Only when she changed her diet did she become symptom-free and remains so to this day. The author would like to share her knowledge and experience with other sufferers. You can get more information on the website www.bipolar-lotse.demehr
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KlappentextWhat does mood have to do with food? Are you really what you eat? Are there certain foods that trigger mood swings or prevent them? This book provides answers, explains connections, and shows from the perspective of someone with bipolar what you can do yourself to become or remain mood stable. Do you know what the molecules of emotion are made of; why the nature of the cell membrane is important to bipolars; how the interaction of omega-3 and vitamin D affects behavior? If not, you should read this book. Stability also includes knowledge about the effect of exercise, biological rhythms, and sleep on mood and drive. This creates a picture for the reader of many building blocks that can help people with a disposition for mood swings to regain psychological balance and equilibrium. The book is written for people who want to do more for themselves than just passively follow the doctor's instructions and prescription pad; for people who want to take the reins of their treatment and their lives into their own hands again and for people who are willing to engage in something new and unfamiliar in order to do so. Therefore, the book is above all a compilation of how and what one can do oneself as a person affected. It is a book that encourages people to take a closer look at their eating habits and to focus much more on them.

The author became ill with "Bipolar Disorder" at the age of 47 and had to deal with the illness for seven years only. Despite lengthy treatment and therapy, she did not achieve stability. Only when she changed her diet did she become symptom-free and remains so to this day. The author would like to share her knowledge and experience with other sufferers. You can get more information on the website www.bipolar-lotse.de
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9783757863616
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Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum22.02.2023
Auflage1. Auflage
Seiten348 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Artikel-Nr.11109036
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Leseprobe

I. MY WAY THROUGH PSYCHIATRY

When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I didn t know what to do with it at first. I had never heard the term before. That was supposed to be the cause of my problems? I was supposed to have a mental illness? Not me! Only gradually did the extent of this diagnosis. But by then I was already in the closed psychiatric ward of the Charité.

Ten years have passed since then, seven of which I spent almost exclusively dealing with the illness. Looking back, I would like to tell you in the first part of the book how my path through psychiatry went and in the second part how I managed to find my way out of this labyrinth again.
In the labyrinth of psychiatry

My bipolar disorder was diagnosed when I was 47. With the help of an extensive diagnosis, a so-called life chart analysis, I found out in retrospect that I had already had a first pronounced depressive phase at the age of 22 after a divorce. I had known mood swings since the end of puberty, which usually veered into the manic range, but I always assessed them as a special manifestation of my personality.

I was occasionally particularly creative and efficient, sometimes had bizarre ideas and solutions, always had to do everything perfectly, was very fast in many things and didn t understand why others couldn t follow my pace. Every now and then I was called a workaholic , but I didn t see anything wrong with that. It didn t seem unusual to me to do a vocational training course with an Abitur to become a business management assistant and to study dance education at the Cultural Academy at the weekend, and then to have a child at the same time. That continued in my studies. In the first year of my studies I was the best student and received a scholarship for it, in the second year I had a second child. After a year s interruption, I was still able to complete my studies on schedule.

Until I was diagnosed with the disease, I had several acute phases that were not recognised and remained untreated. A mania that I developed during a stay at a health resort was not recognised as such despite daily contacts with a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. It is not easy for doctors to diagnose bipolar disorder.

On the other hand, I also experienced how quickly diagnoses can be changed. After a conversation of only 50 minutes, a head doctor rejected the previous diagnosis of bipolar made by other clinics because he was of the opinion that I only had a histrionic and anankastic personality disorder. Since such a disorder could not be treated with tablets, everything was stopped immediately, which ultimately led to rapid cycling, five hospital stays within half a year and repeated suicidal phases.

Between the age of 47 and 54, I was in six different psychiatric hospitals a total of four and twenty times. That was 571 hospital days. Anyone who has ever been in a psychiatric ward will know that a day in a psychiatric ward can sometimes be the length of three days outside.

In the first year of treatment, I tried to take my own life twice. I was so desperate that I came to the conclusion that it would be best for everyone if I were no longer there. It was mainly my daughter who took this pressure off me. She once said to me, Mummy, we love you just the way you are. Being suicidal is considered a psychiatric emergency and leads to admission to closed wards. There I experienced what it means to be ruled over by others. These were drastic experiences that I would rather not have had. On one such closed ward, I was even restrained, i.e. strapped to the bed with restraining belts. These experiences left their mark on me and encouraged my striving for autonomy and selfdetermination. My desire to regain control over my life as quickly as possible was a strong motive in my search for a good clinic.

Within the first two years of my illness, I went through five clinics, always looking for an effective treatment. It was only at the sixth clinic, the Vivantes Humboldt-Klinikum Berlin-Reinickendorf, that I found a treatment programme that suited me. But even there I needed another twelve stays to stabilise myself.
Psychotropic drugs - you can t do without them?

In these seven years I was treated with the following psychotropic drugs: Valproate, Lithium, Carbamazepine, Oxcarbazepine, Quetiapine, Levetiracetam, Asenapine, Sertraline, Pregabalin, Venlafaxine, Bupropion, Lorazepam, Diazepam - mostly two or three different drugs at the same time.

The topic of medication is always hotly debated among sufferers. Should one or should one not, if so, how much of which? At first, I was puzzled by these discussions, some of which were controversial and some heated, because I didn t know what to say.

Understood why the others did not simply take their medication as prescribed. I was not familiar with psychotropic drugs and had not experienced such discussions with people with other illnesses, such as those who have to take blood pressure or diabetes medication.

That s why I had no reservations about taking psychotropic drugs. But it didn t take long before I noticed what these psychotropic drugs were doing to me: They changed my conscious being, slowed me down a lot, created fog in my head and a constant tiredness, made me sleep without dreams and took away any desire to do anything. In the long term, there was also a considerable weight gain of about 15 kg.

When asked, the nursing staff explained to me that these phenomena were not caused by the medication but were signs of the disease itself. The doctors explained differently: these unpleasant side effects were unfortunately unavoidable, because there was no other alternative to treat the illness and prevent future phases. I trusted these arguments and took the psychotropic drugs regularly for seven years.
Psychiatry treats symptoms but not causes

During my many hospital stays, the focus was on quick symptom relief. That always meant psychotropic drugs. When I asked doctors about the causes of my bipolar disorder, they usually gave me evasive answers or no answers at all. There was no time for that now, first I had to become stable again.

Certainly, symptom relief is necessary for therapy to be possible in the first place. Unfortunately, I have experienced too often that the therapy was already over with the administration of tablets, that there were no further treatment offers apart from medication and some occupational therapy. This did not help me in the long run.

An investigation into the causes only took place to the extent that other illnesses were the cause of my mental problems.

were to be ruled out. When these examinations were inconclusive, it was clear that it could only be the psyche. The fact that there could be an imbalance and even deficiencies in the field of body chemistry was never considered.

It is true that a mental illness has multi-causal causes and is closely linked to the patient s biography. However, the soul does not live in a vacuum, but in a body that needs to be nourished and this in a very specific environment. I had the impression that nobody was interested in this, that nobody from psychiatry felt responsible for it.
My expectations of psychiatric treatment

The longer I struggled with my phases and tried to learn methods and strategies to prevent these phases as much as possible, the more I realised that the help offered by the psychiatric system could only be an impulse for me to work on myself.

In one of the first clinics I was strongly advised to finally accept the help and get involved. I couldn t understand that at all. I was ready to be helped. But I couldn t see what this announced help consisted of. I felt physically healthy and had almost nothing to do during the day. There were no psychologists on the ward and the daily doctor s consultation only lasted a few hours. few minutes. I was bored. I was supposed to calm down , but no one told me how to do it. I was seething inside, my inner volcano was about to erupt and so some plates and a vase of flowers had to be destroyed. Just lying on the bed was not an option. At the time, I understood this request more as an attempt at discipline,

i was supposed to adapt to the daily routine in the clinic, fit in and behave on all the time and not be a nuisance. I had the feeling that no one could understand my tantrums and eccentric behaviour, let alone treat them, and I felt like an exotic among the other patients. I felt as if no one - neither the doctors nor the nurses nor my fellow patients - understood what was going on inside me.

I expected a doctor to tell me what was wrong with me, why I was behaving like this, what exactly needed to be done to make it stop. This expectation was not met. It was frustrating, very frustrating. It took me a very long time to understand that the psychiatric system doesn t have the power to do that.

Until this realisation, I had understood the term medical help rather as someone taking something off my hands. With a somatic illness, doctors usually know quite well how to treat it.

I had experienced that from childhood. Something hurts or you feel bad. Then you go to the doctor and he prescribes a medicine and tells you what to do, and a short time later you feel fine again. I, as a patient, trustingly put myself in the doctor s hands and he will do it.

In my experience, this does not seem to be so easy with a mental illness. The success of treatment is not predictable. The help...
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