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Late-Onset Bipolar Disorder: When Mania Appears After 50
When a person who has lived for decades without significant mood problems suddenly becomes unusually energetic, restless, impulsive, or unable to sleep after age 50, bipolar disorder may not be
- by Dana Hinders
You started an antidepressant hoping to feel more like yourself again. Instead, you suddenly feel like you’re running on overdrive. You’re sleeping less but have more energy. Your thoughts are...
- by Dana Hinders
When an aging parent suddenly becomes confused, withdrawn, paranoid, or agitated, families usually assume the cause is dementia, grief, or “just getting older.” Sometimes the real cause is sitting in...
- by Dana Hinders
The late afternoon shift catches families off guard. Your mother is calm and pleasant at lunch, and by 5:00 p.m. she’s pacing the hallway with her coat on, insisting she...
- by Dana Hinders
Grief and depression can look nearly identical from the outside. They often come with the same tears, the same exhaustion, and the same withdrawal from daily life. But grief tends...
