WORLD BIPOLAR DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2023 Bipolarindia conducted its 7th National Conference to mark World Bipolar Day on Sunday, 2nd of April, 2023, with Amaha as presenting partner. The well attended conference conducted at S P Jain Auditorium, Bombay Hospital,…
I am a bipolar disorder survivor and have faced around three episodes of depression. In this post, I have explained in detail the measures that I had taken to deal with depression and the steps I take now to help…
What happens when a pool of incredibly creative talent expresses itself? There is a starburst of creativity to feast upon! Our Peer Support Community is just such a reservoir of talent. Thus, when we at BipolarIndia were invited by Bloggers…
This is about an inspiring story, in fact two stories. One is mine and the other had narrated to me. Let me begin with the latter. In those days I was in the audio-visual presentations business which took me to varied…
‘Health is Wealth’ it is said and rightly so. For, if you are enjoying good health (physical as well as mental), you have the capability to chase your dreams with all the energy that you require. Good body health is…
Among the major streams of medicine, the practitioners of Allopathy, Homeopathy and Ayurveda often distrust the ‘rival’ streams. What actually works differs from person to person. My acute asthma was getting out of control and I had tried virtually every…
Tread carefully, for this is uncharted territory. Indeed, managing Bipolar Disorder, while eminently doable, remains a challenge, as would have been apparent from my article on World Mental Health Day. It is a long, uphill climb which few have the…
If you were told, “Today is World Mental Health Day” What’s That?” You might ask. Yes, that is the kind of indifference this serious issue is treated with in these parts of the world. Whereas we have reams of articles…
It was 23rd of May, 2003 when the carpet was pulled from right under my feet. A Psychiatrist pronounced that I had the dreaded mental illness, Bipolar Disorder (a term I had not even heard of until then!). Hospitalised for…
I have come a long way from being a prime contestant for the ‘Laziest Person On The Planet’ Contest during my teens. Oh yeah, I was that tardy towards attempting any exercise which could be done away with. Well,…
