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Last night saw the launch of the Bipolar Burble blog Facebook page. In all honesty, I’ve been meaning to do this for quite a while but couch-contributed inertia slowed me down. This Facebook page is dedicated to supporting people with a mental illness and all those who love them.
I created this page in response to the concerns that some people had over the nastiness that was being put on my own Facebook profile. People felt it wasn’t a safe space to discuss articles or leave comments and while I try to make the Bipolar Burble blog clutter-free, that’s tougher to do on Facebook. Having a Bipolar Burble blog Facebook page, though, makes this task easier, so you can consider the Bipolar Burble blog Facebook page a safe space to comment and discuss mental health topics.
With a page I will be able to blacklist the appropriate people, use additional moderation when needed and try to keep everyone from being attacked, much like I do here. I want my readers to feel safe discussing delicate issues and I know that’s hard for some people. I hope this page can help out. The commenting rules for the Bipolar Burble blog Facebook page will be similar to the commenting rules here.
We’ll be discussing my articles from the Bipolar Burble blog, Breaking Bipolar on HealthyPlace and Bipolar Bites on Healthline, which might be particularly helpful for people as Healthline doesn’t currently have any way to leave comments directly. And, of course, anything else I think is interesting in the mental health world.
Right now on the Bipolar Burble Facebook page we’re discussing: Is addiction just like any other mental illness and bipolar disorder in children.
If you have any comments on or suggestions for the new page, I’m all ears.
Natasha Tracy is an award-winning writer, speaker, advocate, and consultant from the Pacific Northwest. She has been living with bipolar disorder for 26 years and has written more than 2000 articles on the subject.
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I want to share something I learned from my pdoc last Wed. I took prednisone for an inflamation for 10 days. Luckily I had the sense to tell him. He actually highlighted it in my file. Why? Because he sees one case every couple of months where someone took steroids. He said the effect lasts 6 months and that the prednisone can either push you into extreem mania or deep depression. So I just wanted to share: Don’t take any steroid without talking to your pdoc first. As for me, I’m definitely on the happy side and hoping to stay level.
Hi April,
You were smart to mention it to your psychiatrist for exactly the reason you state. Other medications can have all sorts of interactions with the medications one takes and also the condition one has. That’s why I always tell people to tell their doctor _anything_ they take including natural substances, because it’s only when a psychiatrist has the full picture that they can treat you best.
Thanks for sharing.
– Natasha Tracy
I appreciate the page and I think it’s a great idea .. however… if I ‘like’ the page and engage in conversations there it shows up in every friend and family members’ newsfeed. A few of them know I’m bipolar but most of them don’t and I like to keep it that way.
I was in a closed group discussing mental health issues. I left the group when I found out that my membership in the group shows up on my profile. Same thing with other private groups – some of which I don’t want broadcast to the world.
So sorry if I don’t participate but I really don’t trust Facebook’s so-called privacy policies. I’ve been helped tremendously by this forum as well as others. But I prefer my musings here to remain here.
Hi David,
I think that’s completely reasonable and a concern that another person recently shared with me. It’s hard to build a following and make it a private group at the same time (this is from my perspective) so I’ll consider making it private in the future if there are more people that share that concern.
Until then, I say take the steps that make sense for your to protect yourself. I think that’s smart.
– Natasha Tracy
Great! Thanks Natasha. Can’t wait to check out your page…
I did the same thing for similar reasons. I look forward to checking out your facebook page.
That is awesome! I look forward to checking out the page.