Post Easter Important Bipolar Message

Hi,

I should have sent this note before Easter but I forgot.
With all holidays, you want to make sure you know how
to find the doctor or therapist if there is an emergency.

Even though I teach this in all my courses, this slipped
by me yesterday. We couldn’t get a hold of any of my
mom’s medical people and we needed to.

Now if you find yourself in this situation, you can always
take a loved one to the hospital or call 911 in the
US. I am not sure if other countries have 911 which
is a help system one can call on the telephone
that will send an ambulance.

I also wanted to address something else I keep getting
from people. People are asking, how I lost more
than $242,000 from my mom’s bipolar disorder. It’s a
long story and it’s included in all three versions
of my courses.

SUPPORTING AN ADULT
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net

I am not trying to get you to buy
my courses, rather it’s not something that I can
explain in one or two lines.

I go over everything from a to z in more than 30 pages
in my course and a 60 minute audio presentation.

When it comes to m.oney and bipolar disorder, there’s
alot people need to know.

Now many people are also asking me if my main courses
talk about how to g.et o.ut of d.ebt. There answer
is this. I have a VERY short report on how to
g.et o/ut of d.ebt in all my many courses.

BUT, if you are in serious d.ebt, you should look
at my other material that covers this and this only.

You can read about it at:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/debtletter

I must say, if you have been following my story with my mom’s most
recent mini episode, you’ll know that it’s been very stressful.

I was thinking yesterday on Easter how important money is
to bipolar disorder. Yesterday, I had to get ahold of
my attorney on a Sunday and on Easter. I am not even
sure what that’s going to cost me.

Over the next week, I am going to have to pay to meet with
my mom’s old therapist, new therapist, and current
doctor. This all is going to cost me m.oney. I am not
complaining only trying to urge you that you really have
to understand this is an expensive illness.

This is why I constantly harp on people should be looking
for ways to i.ncrease their income. Whether that be
at their job or in some kind of b.usiness at home.

People think I am out of my mind when say these things. When
people don’t get it, I think the people who don’t are
either lying and don’t really support someone with bipolar
disorder OR they are totally clueless.

If you are supporting someone for more than 6 months, I
would imagine that you completely understand how important
money is to the illness.

The strange thing is, even when you get the best doctors,
therapists, and medications, that cost the most, this still
is not the total solution.

Over the next few days, I will explain what I am talking about
as it relates to my mom’s current illness.

Well I have to get ready to do a whole lot of things and that’s
why I am sending this out so early in the morning.

I will let you know what happens with my mom’s doctor and
therapist tomorrow hopefully.

One last thing, I know some of you have had trouble with
my f.ree podcasts. I think it’s because they are too long.
I have to start making them shorter I believe. Sorry.

Hey I just got a call from my mom’s doctor finally 30 seconds ago
as I was going to send this email. I have been trying to get
her ALL weekend. She is going to “help my mom ASAP.” Which
is exactly what I was looking for.

I used a technique yesterday to ensure my mom would get to
the front of the line so to speak to get maximum help. I am
glad it worked.

I will write you more tomorrow.

Dave

Hi,

First Happy Easter if you celebrate that.

I have to make this quick today. I have a ton of things
to do. I am working on 11 projects at the same time (
one of them is a new editing business I am starting,
just kidding :)).

NOTE: If you ever see me start a business that is
about editing, you should have me sent to the doctor
for evaluation LOL.

Okay, seriously, before I get started, how do I work
on 11 projects. It’s called organization in case
you wanted to know. I know people will write and
ask how can I do it? Am I bipolar? No. Am I manic? No.
So on and so forth. I try to cut the questions
off before they come in to cut down on the up to
980 emails I now get a day.

Anyway, the other day I started telling you how there
is a big problem going on with my mom and bipolar
disorder. Over the
last couple of days, through tremendous hard work
on my part and seriously following my own system
at:

http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11 I was
able to SOMEWHAT, but not totally, reverse a disaster
that was heading our way.

I have to finish up next week. Monday is D-day for me.
What’s D-day?

D-Day is a term often used in military language to denote
the day on which a combat attack or military operation is
to be started and commence.

With Bipolar Disorder, there are many D-days so I use the term
to designate the day upon which some significant event will occur
related to my mom’s bipolar disorder. On Monday I will be
dealing with all the doctors and therapists getting a resolution
to this current situation.

What’s going on with my mom? Well if you have been following
along, my mom is going through another kind of mini episode
which could turn into a big episode. I am 99% sure it
won’t because I caught it. BUT, she wasn’t the cause.

The reason is really disturbing and VERY complicated.
I told my dad and aunt and they were like “huh?”

I explained again. BOTH of them are really mad at
my mom because they blame her for the most recent
episode (which I really wouldn’t call it that maybe
new kind of episode). After a careful investigation
by me, I have concluded it is not her fault. Over the
next couple of days I am going to reveal who’s fault
it is.

Imagine this, you get my course OR you figure out how
to helped a loved one from a to z. You get it all done.
Everything is going great and BANG. The person starts
sliding into an episode. Can you imagine how this could
happen? I couldn’t believe how it did. BUT, it can happen.
Beware.

BUT, I wanted to tell you something else today. Okay, here’s
the situation. I woman called me and asked for a referral of
a doctor that I knew. I actually was way to busy to call her
back. So I forwarded the message to someone who helps me out.
The woman wanted a referral of a doctor in NJ by where she
lived. I knew of a good doctor. I normally NEVER, EVER
give referrals.

Why? Is it because I a mean? Oh, no. It’s because it
doesn’t work. The person insisted on getting the referral
so I “oked” it. I was kind of worn down.

The person went to the doctor and things didn’t work out
like they were suppose to. Anyway the person called me
back wanting to know if I really thought the doctor
was good and what the deal was. She left a message.

I got the message. I forwarded it to Jen. Jen is also
helping me out these days. You may have spoken to her.
Jen doesn’t have bipolar disorder but she knows enough
about it to help me out (she is not a doctor or lawyer
and doesn’t play one on TV either).

The woman called again and again. I saw her on my
caller id (which is a thing that lists calls that are coming
in for those outside the United States). I called her back
really quick.

She basically told me she wasn’t having a good experience
with the doctor. I listened. Then I realized why I never
give referrals even of good people. It’s the same reason
why when I hire people I don’t take referrals. Everyone
comes through a system.

Here’s the deal. There are a ton of people who have gotten
my courses and stuff. You know one of the key things in
my material at:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net

Is the doctor finding system. You know how there are all
these steps and procedures one uses to get a doctor or
therapist to qualify themselves and actually contact you
and let you know they are good and serious and can help.

The problem is with a referral you skip the system and
that’s when the good potential person actually can turn
out to be bad. I told the person how to turn around the
doctor even though she didn’t come through the doctor
finding system. BUT I strongly believe, and now have seen
time and time again, the best doctors come through
the system.

Another thing, she had this misconception that I thought doctors
should be also the people who are the therapists. I am NOT
a doctor or lawyer, but in my opinion, and my opinion only,
they should be separate. You should formulate your own
opinion check with your doctor, lawyer, pastor, spiritual
advisor and everyone else to form your own.

I think this because it’s a check and balance. They can
check each other. Just like in the US, there isn’t ONE
branch of government. There is more than one to serve
as a check and balance. That’s the way my system is.

I suggested the lady and her husband think about if
they think separation of therapist and doctor is a good
idea. If so, use my doctor/therapist system to find a
therapist.

After that, I had to run. I think the lady probably
thought I was odd because there were pots and pans banging
in the background because I was cooking. Why am I cooking
in the middle of the day? Is it because I am crazy? No.

NOTE-If I do or say the slightest thing that is odd, people
think I have bipolar, schizophrenia, etc. If you knew
me personally, you would know, I think almost every single
thing I do from a to z.

Anyway, I eat 6 times a day for my training. That’s why,
if I call you, I may be cooking or doing dishes.
Maybe after I make the 52 million that some think I make
from this, I can pay someone to do it for me. Right now,
I do it myself just like I am sure you do.

Well I have to run. Catch you tomorrow. Stay tuned in
to my emails and blog to learn about my mom and this
most recent situation. It’s sad and disturbing. I am not
exaggerating this but what happen to my mom is truly
hard to believe.

I was telling my dad, if we didn’t have all this information,
my mom would have easily gone into another huge major episode.
Here’s the deal. Without information my dad and myself probably
would have left the state. Seriously. I simply don’t think
we could go through another major, disaster episode without any information.

Remember in my mom’s last episode, I had NO information. I
was figuring it out as I went along. I had to take almost
a year off from work. I suffered immensely.

The reason why I can support my mom is because I know how to.
I really don’t know how people do it without knowing how to do
it. That probably doesn’t make sense but I hope you understand
what I am saying.

I can deal with my mom because I know the ins and outs of it
is what I am saying.

Okay, have to run. Have a great day.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails
that I have sent in the past and lots of great
information for you:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/supporterblog/

P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give
mini seminars designed to teach you information
you can’t learn anywhere else.http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com

PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS

Yesterday I wrote you about the situation with my mom.
I have a lot to tell you but I can’t do it today. I
am currently still investigating but I am 99% sure
you’re going to be shocking at the cause of the
problem.

I will be writing a long email detailing things on
Monday I think.

Based on what I am seeing, it’s really disturbing.

As for now take a look at the weekly news.

Here is the current Bipolar Disorder news.

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarnews320/

Here are the headlines:

Weiland’s wife: Bipolar disorder caused meltdown

Drugs used not much beneficial in bipolar disorder: Study

Study Sheds Light On Medication Treatment Options For
Bipolar Disorder

Mentally Ill Children To Get More Services

Mind Matters: Depression can creep in through many different doors

Intensive psychotherapy more effective than brief therapy
for treating bipolar depression

Latest NIMH Study on Bipolar Disorder

Study backs therapy, not just pills, for bipolar illness

View the news by visiting:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarnews320/

My Resources For Bipolar:

Quickly And Easily Explain Bipolar To People
Go here for more information.
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/explainingbipolar

Need Money Because Of Bipolar Disorder?
Go here for more information
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Want To Marry Someone Who Has Bipolar?
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Trying To PREVENT A Divorce From Someone With Bipolar
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Your Friend,
Dave

Hi,

I have some really bad news for me. Good news for
you. Here’s the deal. Over the last 10 days or so
my mom has increasing NOT been doing well.

I haven’t said anything because I like to
see how it goes before I make any determinations
as to what course of action I am going to take.

This is bad news for me. The good news is
I am going to try to explain what I did
to help her so you don’t have to learn the
hard way.

Over the last few days I have gotten a lot
of “That’s great your mom is doing great”
emails. I was thinking that maybe people
don’t know the entire situation.

Bipolar disorder is a life long thing. My mom
WAS doing great up until 10 days ago. But
something has changed. The thing is, you just
never know what can happen. She can be doing
great and then something happens. So
I don’t want to mislead you into thinking
there are never, every any problems.

The system I have setup handles most of
the problems but things are not perfect. A
year ago we had a situation. 6 months ago
we had a situation. Then since it’s a mood
disorder, my mom’s moods change quickly
so I have to deal with that.

Do NOT think for a second that everything, on
every day is perfect because it’s not. I want
to be 100% honest with you.

When I started these sites, I wanted to bring
how to information and positive material not
just negative stories you can read in the news.

I have courses/systems here that focus on people
who do well:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net

I think in doing so I may have unintentionally
caused you to think that everything is perfect
all the time with my mom.

Currently, I can’t even describe what’s going
on with my mom but it’s a growing problem. BUT,
she is NOT exhibiting traditional signs she
normally exhibited in the past. This makes
it really complicated.

Meaning, there is no screaming, no yelling,
no cooking random food, no spending money,
etc. All the stuff you can read in my story
that was in her last big episode.

It’s VERY strange. I don’t know if it’s
an episode or something else. I have never considered
something like this happening.

What happen? Well I can’t get into it because
I have to prepare to talk to her doctor, therapist,
and employment specialist today. It’s VERY complicated
to explain. I am going to be making charts, diagrams
and stuff for the doctor and therapist.

If you think you couldn’t do this, it’s going to be
on paper. I have no idea how to use any kind of graphics
program. I draw about as good at as a 7th grader.

So anyone could do what I am going to be doing to
get my point across to the right people.

Basically, a part of my system caught that there
was a problem. Her doctor was alerted. Keep in
mind her doctor 2 weeks or so ago, said she was
doing absolutely positively great and wanted to
see her in two months.

NOW before you get mad at her doctor. It’s not
her fault. Anyway, her doctor was alerted about
the situation. She responded and is bringing
my mom in early before 2 months.

It all kind of got worse really fast so it’s
been hard for me to keep up.

Today I have to investigate from a to z. I am
going to be talking to 3 people that help her.

Now, I have to be prepared for the following. And
this is important for you to realize. When I
call these people, I will be ready for all
possibilities:

them helpful treating me nice
them hostile not treating me nice
them saying I can’t talk to them
them saying they won’t talk to me

You might think, “Dave, why wouldn’t they talk
to you?” Well that’s part of the problem with
my mom BUT it’s hard to explain. On the other hand,
they may say they lost the talking release form
so I can’t speak
to them. I am not saying they will but they
may and I will be prepared.

Normally people hope for the best and plan
for the best which makes no sense. I hope
for the best and plan for a major disaster.

I model all the disasters and what I would
do and how the system would help me.

Last night I was talking to my dad. He is REALLY
REALLY worried. When this happens he thinks it’s
going to go back to 2 years ago.

I assured him that this was IMPOSSIBLE. There is
NO way that can happen. There is NO way the current
system would allow for it.

He said he believes me but I know in the back of his
mind he is really worried.

He said some rather interesting things to me. He
had a message for you as well.

He was telling me how he’s been married to my mom
for 41 years. For 39 years he was run over by my
mom’s bipolar disorder. He said he practiced
appeasement and it didn’t work.

He told me a few stories and I must say, they
were disturbing. Stories from 35 and 38 years ago.

Stories of how right after they first got married
my mom went into an episode and he didn’t even know
she had bipolar disorder or what was wrong.

I must say, I can’t imagine dealing with someone’s
bipolar disorder when there was no internet, no support
groups, no courses/systems like mine, no good books,
very few doctors, very few medications, very few
therapists, etc.

Imagine that? People complain on my list that there’s
nothing to help. How about 35 years ago?

It must have been a TOTAL nightmare. My dad told me
to tell you and I quote: “Tell your people on
your thing, they are lucky to have something
that tells them what to do or how to do it. I never
had that….Maybe I made a mistake and could have
done more research but I will tell you, 30 years
ago, there was no information. I tried to research
but there wasn’t anything. It was during that time
that I kind of gave up trying to beat the bipolar
disorder. It beat me.”

FYI: My dad calls my newsletter list “that thing.”

Anyway, it was kind of sad. It’s almost like the policy
of appeasement which was a contributor to World
War 2.

The Policy of Appeasement was the attitude, strategy, and
thinking Britain and France took against Germany before
World War 2 started. It’s the willingness to give
in to aggressive powers no matter what they wanted.

Over the years, my dad almost always gave into my mom’s
bipolar disorder episodes.

When I stepped in in 2004 and 2005, I redefined a new
strategy. I told my dad if I was going to help, there
was going to be a new strategy, policy and philosophy
and his had failed. He agreed.

The rest is history. Well I have to run and get ready
to go to my various “battles” for the day. In addition
to running my other businesses, working out, volunteering,
etc.

I also have a war with my printer. And another one. I am
currently engaged in 3 wars with three different things
all at the same time. Think I will lose?

I have a complete strategy for all of them. I must
admit, my resources are being really taxed.

I will win. I am 100% certain of it.

People wonder why I talk so much about wars, history,
battles, etc. If you haven’t already noticed, this is
a war with many battles along the way. You are fighting
a war against bipolar disorder NOT your loved one. A
war that must be won.

Some days you lose the battle but in the long run,
you have to win the war. Battles make wars. To many
battle lost lead to losing the war. Make sense?

I have to run.

I will keep you posted on my mom. Have a great day.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails
that I have sent in the past and lots of great
information for you:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/supporterblog/

P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give
mini seminars designed to teach you information
you can’t learn anywhere else.
http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com

Hi,

I am going to teach you a powerful bipolar disorder
strategy I used against a printer.

Okay if you have been on my list for a while, you know
that I have had HUGE problems with my printer. I am
currently working to transfer everything over to another
printer in upstate New York. It’s going to take about
3 weeks or so.

So far, this printer is EXCELLENT. HOWEVER, I still
have to work with the old printer who is a NIGHTMARE.

The old printer:
forgets work to be done
overcharges
doesn’t return my phone calls
gives me an attitude when I call
ignores me
talks down to me
doesn’t answer any of my questions
offers no advice on how to improve the system.
doesn’t really care about the work

This printer has cost me a fortune or time AND money.
Now, this email is not about printers it’s about bipolar
disorder. Look at this.

Guess who this is?

Forgets appointments
overcharges
doesn’t return my phone calls
gives me an attitude when I call
ignores me
talks down to me
doesn’t answer any of my questions
offer no advice on how to improve the system
doesn’t really care about the situation.

You might be thinking, “Dave you just wrote the same
thing again. What the heck is wrong with you? Do you
have bipolar disorder? Maybe ADHD or something else?
Should I stay on your list because maybe there’s
something wrong with you?”

GUESS WHO OR WHAT I AM REFERRING TO IN THE LAST LIST?
Then scroll down.

GUESS THEN SCROLL No cheating!

I am referring to my mom’s out patient program
that she went to for 90 or 100 days or so. What?
You are confused maybe. Let me explain.

When I was thinking about the printer, I realized
they were the same as the outpatient
program my mom went to.

NOTE: An outpatient program is this. People go
to inpatient where they have to stay. Then usually
hospitals or insurance companies put them out
and put them in outpatient programs where people
are only there for the day or a few days a week.
This is a really sneaky way for the system to reduce costs.

Anyway, Am I crazy? NO! That’s exactly what the outpatient
program was like. It was just like the printer I was
dealing with. Same type of issues just different people.

For example, the program would not tell me what was
going on with my mom and kept changing her doctors,
her treatment and always
saying she was doing great and should be released
even though she was not stable at all.

It’s like they wanted to just get rid of her. They
had no care in the world. I would call and they would
avoid my calls, ignore me, talk down to me, etc. I would
tell them how my mom was screaming and yelling at everyone
that she threw a phone at me. How she spit on me. How
she painted a message to my dad and myself on the wall
in the house and that she should NOT be let out of the program.
They would just ignore me. People would never call me
back.

They treated me like a young dumb kid.

Well, I have gotten a handle on the printer and I am
going to tell you which powerful bipolar strategy
I used on the printer.

What I did was this. I used the Mrs. C. Principle.
This is a strategy I learned from a woman who’s last
name started with a C. This lady was powerful.

Her son was one of my best friends in high school. He
had dyslexia and he was mistreated by the school until
Mrs. C, his mom, found out.

She had a strategy and it worked.

Here’s what I did based on what I learned from her
some 15 years ago.

First, you ONLY use this if your objective is
not in violation of any local, state, federal,
international laws. AND that’s it’s moral
and ethical and doesn’t go against your faith.

After I make this determination, I am ready to
go.

I start at the lower levels. Asking for whatever
I need. I am pleasant. I am nice. I say please.
I say thank you. I almost beg for assistance.

Then I will surely be blocked and not get help.
BUT, according to the Mrs. C. strategy, you have
to give them the ability to help you before
you move to level or strategy 2.

Then you find a supervisor or boss and state
your case and act just as nice as you were to
the first set of people or persons.

If this fails, level 3 is the next level.

You find the highest possible people in the
organization. You find, the CEO, the operations
people. People who run the entire show. You get
their addresses, fax number and phone number.

You prepare for an all out battle to get your
way. The person in this position does not want
to talk to you and will do whatever it takes
to make you go away happy. This is the way
large organizations work.

You write. You call these people. You go
and see them. You state your case. You
drive them crazy. You only talk to the
high up people and NOT the low level
people.

The top people HATE complaints and know
that too many complaints derail their “career
path.” They hate letters, threats of letters.
They hate hearing how their organization is
terrible and that you are going to tell others.

With my mom’s outpatient program, I did this. They
kept my mom in the program. They kept her to right
until the insurance ran out. They provided the best
service they could. They treated me nice. They
didn’t get my mom stable but the tried hard even
though I think most of them were clueless and
incompetent.

This only happened because I went to the top
and was all over the top people. The top people
wanted to avoid me like the plaque. They must have
issued a command of “MAKE THIS KID HAPPY” to
the lower level people. And, “I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR
FROM HIM AGAIN.”

You know in many mental health places, the service
is horrible and if someone started looking they would
be appalled. The people running the places aren’t dumb.
They know this. It’s a secret. They don’t want anyone
to know either. So when you start hammering the people
at the top, they want to make you happy and make
you go away and be quiet.

Now I only told you about 90% of the Mrs. C. strategy
because the rest is too long. I have to run. BUT, if
this doesn’t work. There is the final strategy
that I learned from her and another person that I have
NEVER seen fail. It gets results. Most people won’t
need it however. The people running most of these
mental health places you may have to deal with don’t
require it.

You can find out about it in one of my courses/systems:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net

REMEMBER you can only use this for things you are in
the right with. For example you would not use this
strategy to get your loved one a f.ree TV and Sony
Xbox while they were getting well again.
That wouldn’t be right. You
can’t abuse the strategy.

If you do, there’s a counter strategy that can
be used against you so don’t do it.

With the printer, I called the CEO yesterday and got
an assistant to the President. She immediately didn’t
want me to talk to him (because she probably would have
been fired if I called him and got through).

She started to handle everything. With 60 minutes I was
called by many lower level people with temporary resolutions
to my problems. TEMPORARY. This printer is a nightmare. No
matter what, they will always be a problem so I have to
move on even if it looks good for the next few weeks.

This is a good lesson in itself for mental health. If a
doctor, therapist, hospital, etc. is terrible and then
you use the Mrs. C. strategy and turn them around, it
won’t last forever. You will have to keep doing it. I
recommend you use the strategy and transition to some
person or place that doesn’t require constantly
using this strategy.

SIDE NOTE-My best friend, graduated, went to college
and is a huge success thanks to his hard work and his
mom–Mrs. C.

Mrs. C is legendary. People would run from her and hide.
She meant business. She would blast people. She had a
way with words that instilled fear into the hearts of
those in the high school. She was one powerful woman.
NOBODY wanted to mistreat her son. He got the best
education he could. The education that he was legally
entitled to. Nothing more. Nothing less.

I have to run.

Catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails that I have
sent in the past and lots of great information for you:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/supporterblog/

P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give mini seminars
designed to teach you information you can’t learn anywhere else.
http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com

Hi,

I was just reading a f.ree consultation certificate (for
NON medical and NON legal questions because I am NOT
a doctor) that I got from someone who got my course
at:

http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

This person wanted to know how to find a “good therapist”
he had indicated that he had spent a “fortune” on bad
therapists and thought they were generally crooks and
had no clue.

He wanted to get my opinion on how to find one like
the kind my mom has. He said he had almost given up
on therapists but since I presented a strong case
for one in my course he wanted to have an open mind.

I do agree with most of what he said.

I must say, I have found there are a ton of therapists
with absolutely positively no clue about how to help
someone with bipolar disorder or many other mental illnesses.
I have no idea why they even “market” themselves as having
knowledge they don’t have.

I don’t know why, if they don’t know much about bipolar disorder,
and can’t really help someone, why they don’t tell them no
I wouldn’t be able to help you.

I do consulting for private equity firms that invest in
companies. Every now and then I get a potential assignment
on something I don’t know anything about. This happen last
week. So what did I do? I said “I can’t take this
assignment.”

You should be aware that many therapists that are not
qualified to help with not do this. This is the truth.
And guess what? Since I told you this, I am going to
get a bunch of therapists get all mad at me because
they feel I shouldn’t tell you things like this.

They’ll say what I am telling you is “harmful”, “dangerous”,
“wrong”, “not true”, etc. In the old days when I was younger
and had more energy, I would call and debate with them how
they had no idea what they are talking about and the truth
is important unless you are in a cult.

The last time I said something about how SOME, NOT
all therapists use a strategy that causes people
to pay more money than they need to for help, I got
almost attacked my several therapists.

It’s like, you know many mortgage people are borderline
crooks. We would be kidding ourselves if believed
all mortgage people are honest, tell the truth,
do the right thing. So if you had a kid 18 going
to get a mortgage, would you tell him to trust
and believe everything the mortgage man/woman says
or would you say doubt and verify?

You know, when you tell the truth or the real deal
people get mad at you. It’s really sad. In mental
health it’s completely like this. You rarely get
good information you can use. Over the two years,
I have been doing this, I have received so much
bad information it’s hard to believe. I almost
don’t believe it.

You want to hear something REALLY crazy I was told.
Actually it’s so crazy and disturbing I can’t even
tell you. Just forget it, it’s not important.

I try as best as possible to get real and useful
information.

I setup my sites and courses to do this. I am
lucky that I don’t have to please everyone and
anyone to make this work. I don’t get government
grants. I don’t get money from big giant drug
companies that can control how I write and
what I say.

I think there are a number of people that don’t live
in the real world. Some ask me why I don’t give away
my information for free. I don’t because I have huge
costs and have to pay for things. I couldn’t only
do this if I were getting money from someone or
something thing. If I was, you better believe this
site would not have the kind of information it has
on it now.

It would look like all the other sites out there with
information that is of little to no use for you.

AND before someone sends me an email saying they
know how I can get money or get a grant, etc. Please
don’t send it because you know what happens with this
money? Well eventually they can take it away. SO, when
I started all of this, I said it would be SELF SUSTAINING
and I would not be controlled by anyone and have to
wonder if they money would be there next week.

When you are looking at any information on mental health
always ask, who is funding it? Don’t you think that’s a
good question.

But back to my point of this email.

If you got my courses/system you know I believe
in therapy. I think that it works well for people
with bipolar disorder. I have seen the success stories.
I have interviewed many people who feel therapy
has helped them a ton.

My mom thinks it’s helped her significantly.

My mom actually has a new therapist. She felt that
she had moved beyond her old therapist. I really
liked her old therapist a lot. I don’t know
the new guy that well but I am going to be meeting
with him really soon. I just have been super busy.

The bottom line is people have to pick a therapist
that’s good for them not good for me or someone
else.

I HIGHLY recommend using the same level of seriousness,
you would use to find a doctor, to find a therapist.

In all my main systems/courses, I go over this in fine
detail. I am NOT trying to keep it from you. I can’t
paste 40 pages of written material in here and also
have all the forms I used. Not to mention post audio
in an email so that’s why I can’t go over everything
from a to z in this email. Sorry.

If you are interested in getting more information on
my courses/systems that go over this look at these links:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net

I have to run now.

Your Friend,

Dave

I got up at 6:00am and I am already behind schedule. Anyway, I
wanted to drop you a quick email about something that I wanted
to tell you.

Yesterday I was talking with someone about why their loved one
was “so slow” to get better. I was kind of shocked because I felt
this person was kind of being mean.

Their loved one went into a major episode like my mom and he was
saying how it had already been a month and she wasn’t better.

I said to him, “how long do you think it should take to recover
from a major episode from a serious chemical imbalance mood disorder
like bipolar disorder?” He said, “well when you say it like that
I guess well maybe longer than a month.”

So I told him to listen to “My mom’s story” which is a cd
in my courses/systems. He skipped that cd because he
wanted to get to the important stuff. I explained
I didn’t add filler material in my stuff and that everything
was important. He said that he would go through everything more
carefully.

I hope this isn’t you. If you got my courses/systems:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net

I hope you listened to that cd. It should have been the
first one for you to hear. I did that on purpose.

WHY DO I HAVE MY MOM’S STORY ON A CD?

I wasn’t going to have this. But really at the last second
of finishing up my material I decided to include it. See when
my mom was undergoing treatment, I never knew how long it would
take. I didn’t know what to expect. NOBODY would give me any
answers or estimates. It was really annoying. They would give
me the you just have to wait and see.

I felt like if I put exactly what I did to help my mom on
on CD and how long it took, it would help you know what you would
be up against. People love that cd because of this.

Think about this. If you have a loved one and he/she is not
getting better after 6 months you might feel like there is
something wrong. But then if you hear it took many people 12 months
or more to become stable after a major episode you change your
view.

Information is the key and that’s what the mental health community
never seems to offer. They tell you about the 16 medications,
what they do, and all the names of illnesses. They don’t tell
you a lot of the stuff you need to know. Like, it takes time
for a loved one to recover from a major illness.

If I were you, take whatever you are thinking and double it and
plan for it. This way it makes it easier. If your loved one recovers
quicker that’s great.

This reminds me on what something a girl named Lindsey told me the
other day. I was looking at getting a new desk and filing cabinet
for my home office. Right now the files fall out of the filing
cabinet because it’s broken and my desk is broken which is really
annoying.

So I was trying to figure out how big of a desk I could fit
in my room. I also wanted to get a new filing cabinet and
shelves.

I started to round down when I was doing my calculations. Lindsey
said why are you rounding down not up. Then I thought how dumb
that was. It’s kind of like helping a loved one with bipolar disorder.
Plan for recovery to take longer and don’t get mad or impatient if it
takes more time.

Hey I have to run and get some stuff done today.

I will write more tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails that I have sent in the
past and lots of great information for you:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/supporterblog/

P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give mini seminars designed to
teach you information you can’t learn anywhere else.
http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com

I told you yesterday that I was going to give you an update
on my plans in the coming weeks.

1. I am adding a lot of new articles to bipolarcentral.com. They
will all be f.ree of charge and these aren’t going to be
boring articles you find anywhere else. Really good stuff.
Some I wrote and some others have written.

2. There are 17 categories of mental illness. For about a year
I was always annoyed that I could not find one place where
all of them were defined. I found the government site did
an okay job but didn’t have all of them. Plus some of
the information was old.

So I hired a doctor and his staff to spend 4 months writing
10 to 15 page descriptions of each category of mental illness
PLUS real references and footnotes AND illustrations and pictures.
So, now you can read up on a category and then go check the
references and footnotes. AND last thing on this, the references
had to be from REAL medical books, papers, sites, etc.

So you will not see a statement and then it’s referenced to
www.buildyourownsite.com/bobsfamilysite/~familybipolarhomepage

Know what I mean?

3. Since I need a lot of help, I am going to be posting
independent contractor positions from various jobs online
for anyone to apply to. Andrea my webmaster is WAY behind
and suppose to get caught up next week. Actually I need
to get a second web designer so this type of thing
doesn’t happen in the future.

4. I am considering a new program to teach people who want
to build a h.ome b.usiness. I have built several and run
4 right now. I am pretty good at starting and running
h.ome b.usinesses. I am not really good at editing :).
Just kidding. Seriously, tons of people are asking
me about how to start a o.nline b.usiness, a this business,
a that business. Unfortunately, I can’t take the time
to go over this on the phone with one person at a time.

I’ve had a bunch of people use the f.ree consultation
Certificates from my courses/systems:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com/

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net/

to ask questions about how to increase their i.ncome
or start a h.ome business. These were not suppose
to be used for this purpose but I have let it slide
but I won’t be able to do it anymore. Some asked
me about how to start an e.bay b.usiness quick recently

Currently I am starting an ebay business. I bet within
60 days, I will be doing better than 95% of the people
on ebay. I am not saying this to brag BECAUSE, the
reason it’s going to be so successful is NOT because
of me. It’s this type of thing I want to teach others.

Some people beat their heads against the wall trying
to start a h.ome b.usiness. They do things like
n.etwork m.arketing which CAN work in certain cases.

I have done REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY well in n.etwork
m.arketing but it’s NOT for everyone and the way that
I have done really well is NOT doing what everyone
else does.

Anyway, I am thinking that I am going to do a sort of
coaching program. I am going to setup topics, and then
have a lesson once a week, take questions, record the
call, give copies of the recording, give a transcript,
allow people to fill out a form for me to call them
with additional questions, etc.

This is going to be a PAID program. There is no way
on the earth I can do this for f.ree. It’s going to
cost me a ton to setup. So if you’re gonna get mad
because I am going to charge, I guess you are already
mad.

But of course, I will have a guarantee like I always
do and no one else does. Meaning, think about it. I offer
a guarantee on all my stuff. No one offers any kind of
guarantees in mental health. I often ask Doctors why they
don’t if they are so good. They laugh at me. Give me
that “young kid” you’ve got a lot to learn look.

Whatever.

SIDE NOTE:

Someone wrote me this on my blog:

“I have been reading your emails almost daily now.
I am still trying to figure out if this is a scam.
No offense meant to you. It has been my experience
(so far) that Internet offers usually end up benefiting
the one making the offer financially and leave the consumer
disappointed. I have still not made up my mind. I will
continue to look into what you are offering as I am
in desperate need of help. I believe in letting the
buyer beware. Especially since people who have this
problem in their lives usually have financial issues
and can not afford to spend money with no results.
I hope this is real. Thank you.”

I read this kind of thing, and I wonder, how in the
world come someone think this is a scam. Who in the world
would put this much work into a scam? I really think
that people like this say this almost as an excuse
for failure or lack of success. There is a family
member of mine who says everything is a scam. He
does this so he can basically blame his lack of success
on someone else. It’s really strange.

If I am running a scam, which I am not, I would be the
dumbest scammer ever. I didn’t make a dime last year on
this. I LOST MONEY on this entire thing. How do I know
well if you read yesterdays blog post and email, you
know I went to the accountant. Well he informed me that
this lost money and that he is “concerned” about me.

He thinks I am wasting my time and should focus on “profitable”
things like my other businesses. I told him don’t worry about
it. It’s not about making money. He says he is about making
money and doesn’t like losing money. Oh well, I am the
boss with him so he still has to listen to me :).

Okay let me get back on track because I’ll get 123 emails tomorrow
saying, “I read your email yesterday, I think you have ADD…
Have you been checked for this?”

So the bottom line is I am making some kind of program some way.
I am working with Michele who has bipolar disorder and other
things and Megan who has Depression on how we are going to run
the program. But I guarantee it’s going to be really good. And if
you sign up and don’t like it, you will be protected because I am
that kind of a guy.

5. I will be posting 114 articles for f.r.e.e on schizophrenia. I
will be sending the link out in the next month. Don’t tell my
accountant. He HATES when I post anything for f.r.ee.

6. I am working on some new courses, guides and manuals.

How to afford expenses and high priced doctors/therapists
or ones that are no longer in your insurance plan

How to develop fast cash when
you need it for expenses related to mental health.

How to keep a relationship when you are supporting someone
with bipolar disorder. Actually put together by a friend of
mine.

Bipolar Success Stories Volume 1. In this cd set, you will
hear 6 to 8 of the best success stories of people with
bipolar disorder and 6 to 8 of the best success stories
of people supporting ADULTS with bipolar disorder. I must
say, this cost me a TON to put together. You’re going
to like it.

7. I am going to be posting online video. I don’t know of what
but everyone says that in order to be cool online you have to
post video. The kid who told me looks like he is 5, but
has the brain of a 55 year old, just kidding he
is like 18 or something and knows everything about anything
that is cool. He said that I should post some video for you
guys to help teach some things. He said that he can show me how
to do it and that would be so simple “Even David Oliver can do it.”
He called me “old school” because I don’t have an ipod which
I am getting really soon one day in the future.
He was making fun of me I think.

I am seriously thinking about doing an online video with some
people who have bipolar disorder that have done really well. They
are actors anyway. I just have to catch up with them.

8. I am going to be doing more podcasts regularly.
About one a week. They are going to be f.r.e.e with great lessons
on them. Don’t tell my accountant LOL.

HELP ME OUT.

Hey forward this email to people you think would be interested and
also, feel f.r.ee to link to my site www.bipolarcentral.com

Well, I have to run to the gym, the library and I am going to the
movies today. I will catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails that I have sent in the
past and lots of great information for you:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/supporterblog/

P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give mini seminars designed to
teach you information you can’t learn anywhere else.http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com