According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, generalized anxiety disorder is a mental health condition that causes excessive, persistent, and unrealistic worry about everyday events or activities. People with GAD may have difficulty controlling their worry, which can impact their social, occupational, or other areas of life. “GAD affects about 3% of the adult population in the… Continue reading Parenting with Anxiety
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Parenting with bipolar II: Alysia’s story
Meet Alysia, a member of the 2018 PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors who’s living with bipolar II disorder. Here’s what she had to say about parenting with a mental health condition, learning to adapt and how she “defies the odds.” When I was younger I wrote stories about my alter ego who had kids. I lived almost… Continue reading Parenting with bipolar II: Alysia’s story
Discussing your health condition with kids? 5 handy resources
With Father’s Day coming up this weekend, parenting is on our minds. Do you talk about your health with your kids, and how do you go about it? Read on to see where to get pointers as a parent living with cancer, a mental health condition or chronic illness. 5 sites or articles to… Continue reading Discussing your health condition with kids? 5 handy resources
What’s in my bag? Motherhood with a health condition = “Mary Poppins” purse
Happy (almost) Mother’s Day! I’m Erin, a PatientsLikeMe senior copywriter living with type 1 diabetes – and a very busy toddler. My sister recently joked that my purse is “quite the Mary Poppins bag.” And it is. Between my diabetes “jazz” and baby paraphernalia, I need a big bag. The spread of stuff I lug… Continue reading What’s in my bag? Motherhood with a health condition = “Mary Poppins” purse