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i never knew till recently that there were other forms of dyslexia. Can someone tell me what they are and their symptoms....also direct me to an online site with info about the different types....or maybe a book? thanx

hi, i'm new here and just learned from my mother that my school told her they thought i had dyslexia. I believe she was told this when i was about 5 or 6....i'm 41 yrs. old now. I am diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was recently hospitalized for it and my room mate happened to be dyslexic...

New here....new to this forum and was hoping to get a proper education from whoever should feel inclined to teach a muggle like me ;). I have 10 million questions, but for now, i'll start with a few. My 2 main questions are the following: Do we have brain imaging technology that...

Tired of these constant interruptions. Right now i'm back in "the hole"....(depressed episode). i had 5 months of what seemed to be remission...no highs or lows. That is the longest i've gone in a long time. I was just starting to join the human race again, when all of a sudden, the familiar...

hi, i really need some advise/info. regarding a 17 yr. old girl who i've taken under my wing. She is my neighbor and in the past 5 months i have sort of become her surrogate mother since her home life is so atrocious. Long story short, both her parents were/are severe junkies/alcoholics, lived...

Yesterday, I watched a very important movie that spiralled a domino effect within. French foreign movie entitled:' The City of Lost Children ', This Dickensian steam punk fairy-tale, (no less horrific than a brother's grim tale), was about a genius neuroscientist/geneticist, incapable of...

I recently rescued a cat i found crying at my stoop. I've decided to keep her since my kitten and her have become best friends. There are some mysteries concerning this cat because she is definitely not ferral. I don't know how long she's been outdoors, but she must have at some point belonged...

I'm currently in a depressed state.....i've been like this for 2 months. I'm on meds (effexor and depakote) and though my doc upped my antidepressant to the max dosage, not much has changed. I've been on the upped dosage for over a month and a half, but I still feel depressed. I don't have a...

I've noticed some people here mention they were on disability and also married. I've always assumed i'd lose my disability if i were married. I'm on social sec. disability and receive medicare and medicaid. Does anyone know if i lose all these benefits if i were to get married? I will be...

I often tend to start questioning god's existence whenever i fall into a depressed episode. I don't know if it's because i get mad at him or more. But i feel so far away from him right now and really wonder if he's there. Life is meaningless if there is no god. I just don't want to think about...

I've found some recipes for naan bread online, but none of them come out the same as the soft thin naan i've eaten at indian restaurants. When i make it, it comes out thick and puffy and kind of on the tough side. I know nothing of bread making so i don't know what i'm doing wrong. How are they...

I just saw something on PBS about this experimental surgery to treat depression. Perhaps many of you have heard about this already, but i thought i'd post this article i found on line that describes it. Perhaps further research in this "area 25" in our brain, will lead to a cure someday. I just...

I'm pretty new here and rarely ever talk to others with bd, so i'm curious about the similarities we may share with regards to the meds we take. I thought we could just post the changes/side effects we have noted (if any) in ourselves since we've started on meds. I'm on depakote, effexor and...

I just recently watched something on tv about bible coding. It would be cool if it's true, but i'm quite skeptical about such things. I was wondering if anyone here studied this. Thoughts anyone?

I just found a huge female cat crying on my doorstep. It's raining outside and so she must have taken shelter there. She's definately not ferral since she has a flea collar and came right in when i opened the door. she's very friendly and is quite comfortable with humans. She made herself at...

I'm in the process of toilet training my cat and was wondering if anyone here is doing this or has already trained their cat to use a human toilet. I could sure use some tips and advice. I use the litter kwitter. My kitty is on the final stage, but is still not "aiming in the hole" for the...

I know very little about OCD and would like those of you with OCD to advise me how i can help my friend who has OCD. This friend of mine was diagnosed with Asperger's/OCD. He told me he sees a therapist, but refuses to take meds because he said his past experience with meds made him too tired...

Forgive for my ignorance... Is OCD caused by a physical malfunction in the brain like bipolar disorder or is it a disorder caused or brought on psychologically? If physical/organic please explain.

I suffer from bipolar disorder. I'm on meds but i still have symptoms though they are less severe than if i wasn't on meds. I'm on disability and haven't held a full time job for about 6 yrs. or so. I don't know how to cope when i slip into depression. Small tasks seem monumental and i get...

ok, here's the deal. I'm a christian in a serious relationship with another christian. We live together, but we have remained pure the entire 2 yrs. we've been together, with the exception of a few times we succombed to the heat of the moment when we didn't live together. (this happened at the...