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Guest Post: Interview with Author of ” I am Her She is Me” Birdie Thorn

Bipolar Bandit

The 5 phases are: Phase 1-Reflection, Phase 2-Content, Phase 3- Manic, Phase 4- Paranoia, Phase 5- The crash. I would cycle through these “phases” pretty consistently. Once I established the phases, I began adding symptoms, triggers, and durations to them. I explain each phase in the book.

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Guest Post: A Letter To Police Officers Regarding the Mentally Ill by Nancy Boucher

Bipolar Bandit

A person who has a serious mental illness and is in crisis may be experiencing paranoia, delusions, hallucinations and be feeling threatened and fearful. I have learned these lessons on the front lines as a Mom, and the road ahead in helping those in crisis with serious mental illness. Their brain is not functioning normally.

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of ” I am Her She is Me” Birdie Thorn

Bipolar Bandit

The 5 phases are: Phase 1-Reflection, Phase 2-Content, Phase 3- Manic, Phase 4- Paranoia, Phase 5- The crash. I would cycle through these “phases” pretty consistently. Once I established the phases, I began adding symptoms, triggers, and durations to them. I explain each phase in the book.

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“The hospital staff were texting with [the child welfare agency] about the dilation of her cervix”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The government placed the child with strangers two hours away, strictly limited visits and tried to deprive the child of her mother forever. So heres the second question of the quiz: What mental health condition kept coming up as something from which the mother allegedly suffered? AI images designed with deepai.org

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Those Mental Health Symptoms May Have a Physical Basis

Gary Direnfeld

It wasn’t long before her energy returned, depression lifted and paranoia abated. Turns out, that was an issue. The doctor prescribed Synthroid, a hormone replacement for hypothyroidism. She was slowly taken off the antidepressant. This is just one example of a medical condition giving rise to symptoms of mental illness.

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10 Ways Substance Addiction Can Change Your Personality

Gateway Foundation

Other substances like methamphetamine or cocaine can lead to reckless behavior due to paranoia or overconfidence. Paranoia Paranoia is another common symptom of substance use. Alcohol is one example — intoxication can cause poor judgment and influence decision-making.