By Dr. Lynette Charity, Board-Certified MD, Anesthesiologist & Keynote Speaker Hello, my name is Lynette Charity MD, and I suffer from depression. Becoming a physician was my dream come true. I still remember watching the TV medical drama Ben Casey when I was 9 years old. The year was 1961, and I lived in the…
For over two decades, I have been managing bipolar disorder, learning about it, how to cope with it, and how to keep it at bay. This has been no easy task. After all, trial-and-error is extremely time-consuming and exhausting. When I first started on my journey, post-diagnosis, I never dreamed that discovering the right treatment would…
The demon of depression has made an appearance in my life once again. I knew it would happen. I just had no clue when. Depression is my demon. It physically and mentally sucks the life out of me. I am tired all the time and no amount of sleep will make me feel refreshed. My…
Bipolar depression is similar to unipolar depression, but there are two main differences. It generally takes bipolar depression longer to get under control, and it rarely responds to traditional treatments. The DSM is a diagnostic manual to help doctors diagnose a mental illness like bipolar disorder. A bipolar depressive episode must have four of the…
It’s a bad feeling when you need to do something, but you just don’t have the energy to do it. Do you feel exhausted? Tired? Fatigued? If you have ever experienced a depressive episode, you know what I am talking about. If you are or have ever felt this way, then you know how hard…