The big words first

I'm just going to type some terms, then come back and edit this post to add definitions, explanations and examples for them. Some of the details will be a bit sketchy at first, in the interest of getting something for each term quickly, but I'll try to get robust details for each term in time. If you want a fun research project in the interim, you can look up the terms yourself. You'll get many hits for each term in Google. Many have Wikipedia pages, too, that I will cite. Of course if you find something stated here you believe to be incorrect, please tell me.

pdoc - a common abbreviation on the Web for "psychiatrist"
(i.e. "psychiatric doctor"). See http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pdoc or http://bipolar.about.com/od/glossaryp/g/pdoc.htm

my pdoc - what I'll call my psychiatrist, instead of using his name

bipolar II - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_II_disorder

mood disorder - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_disorder

borderline personality disorder - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder

attention deficit disorder (A.D.D.) [aka attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (A.D.H.D.)] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_deficit_disorder

lamictal - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamictal

lithium - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium

lithium pharmacology - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_pharmacology

titrate - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titrate

standard of care - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_of_care and scroll down past "Professional Standard of Care" to "Medical Standard of Care"

therapeutic drug monitoring - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_drug_monitoring

blood level - See http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/blood+level

trough level - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trough_level

peak level - See http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/peak+level

random level

situational depression - See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_(mood)

Major depressive disorder - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_depressive_disorder

suicidal ideation - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicidal_ideation

5150 - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5150_(Involuntary_psychiatric_hold)

exit bag
"ERGO"
hemlock society
Derek Humphry
helium

Amen Clinics, Inc. - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_Clinic and their home page, www.amenclinics.com.

Daniel Amen, M.D. - Director of the clinics that bear his name. He was not my pdoc; I've never met him. A living legend among many (but not all) in the A.D.D. community. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_G._Amen

By the way, as you would find watching his PBS videos, Dr. Amen's name is not pronounced as the religious word for "Let it be so" (i.e. "eh-MEN" or "ah-MEN"), but with the accent on the first syllable, "EH-men."