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Hi,

How’s it going?

Hope you are doing well.

I have something to tell you today
if you are a bipolar supporter.

Oh, hey I almost forgot to tell
you something. I am coming out
with a new F.REE podcast called:

“How Oil Affects Bipolar Disorder.”

During this one of a kind podcast,
I will talk about the impact of oil
and bipolar disorder and what you should
and shouldn’t be doing (in my opinion
of course).

I think you’ll really like it.

If you are reading this and thinking,
“What does the heck does oil have to do
with bipolar disorder?” Don’t worry,
I will explain it all on the podcast.

What’s a podcast? It’s like a
cd on the internet. You’ll have a link
and you just click on it and it will
play.

Oh yea, I have some more f.ree podcasts
coming out as well, I will keep you
posted.

I like doing these podcasts. I didn’t like
doing them when I didn’t know how to use
the recording stuff. But then I found
someone with Bipolar who set it all up
for me and made it super simple for me
to use.

It’s really cool that I have some many
people with bipolar who are super smart
to figure stuff out for me 🙂

Okay, let’s jump to today’s topic.

It’s really important.

Yesterday I had to call this guy
about a situation with his order.
It was missing.

He basically told me that I was a crook
and ripping people off and on and on
and on and on and on. Then he said
I didn’t care about anyone but
myself and that my emails were
worthless.

He didn’t even give me time to
check all the shipping logs and tracking
to see what happen to his order. Sometimes
the shipping people lose stuff and if
they do, we simply send another one.

I was really nice to him. It was like
10:00pm ET. He yelled and screamed and
yelled and screamed

It was so annoying. I actually was
so annoyed that I only slept a little.

It’s kind of amazing never in my life have
I gotten:

-multiple death threats
-people screaming at me
-people calling me a crook
-people saying this and that

As a side note, years ago, I had
a friend that had a website selling
marketing information. Someone
threaten to kill him if he didn’t take
it down. This person said that the
website was adversely affecting him.

It was really strange. It made no sense.
There was nothing on the site that could
adversely affect him.

Anyway the guy demanded over and over
again. Over many months. He said that
he would be outside his house and attack
him and his family. My friend got
really scared and had a stroke.

He eventually took the site down. Later
that person that threatened him was found
to have schizophrenia and had gotten
off his medication. He had done a whole
lot of bad things.

My friend never recovered and vanished.
He moved to an undisclosed location.
He was so frightened by the experience
he just never spoke to anyone again. I haven’t
spoken to him in years. He was a really
nice person.

Anyway, if I look back, I have been attacked by
way more bipolar supporters than bipolar
survivors. It’s amazing to me sometimes.

Anyway I tried to reason with this guy and
he was totally not reasonable.

Sometimes I wonder what the heck
goes through bipolar supporters mind
that attack me and are super angry
all the time.

Anyway, let’s get to today’s topic.

I have noticed that there is a group
of bipolar supporters out there that
are what I call, “The angry supporter.”

This person is someone who is super
mad that his/her loved one has
bipolar disorder. The major coping
mechanism is to be angry and attack
anyone other than their loved one
with bipolar disorder.

These bipolar supporters are super
mean. They are the people who attack
me. The people who walk around and
flip out on people and people actually
think they have something wrong with
them.

You have to be really careful that if
you are a bipolar supporter, you don’t
let your loved one’s lack of progress
or your loved one’s struggle make you
a super angry person.

I know several people like this locally.
When these people come into a support
group, people run and hide from them. Why?
Because they are always so angry.

There are people where I volunteer
that I dread dealing with. They are
always so mad and so down.

Now I already know people are going
to write me and say “Dave not
everyone is so happy as you with
their loved one so don’t criticize
those that are struggling to
support someone.”

I realize this for sure. BUT, no
matter what, just because you
are struggling, doesn’t give you
the ticket to be really angry.

In my courses/systems below:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

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

I detail the ins and out of supporting an
adult with bipolar, a child or managing
the disorder yourself.

Right now, if you are a bipolar
supporter, I want you to think long
and hard about the following:

How has bipolar changed you?

Are you angry all the time?

Do you laugh/smile less?

Do you think that you are negative
too much?

Do you feel that friends and family
members avoid you because you are
always down and/or talking about how
bad things are with your love done?

Think about this.

You have the power to make things better,
no matter what your situation is out there.

You might not be able to make things
perfect but you can make them better.

NOTE-If you have been an angry bipolar
supporter, go back to those that you have
been mean to and say you are sorry. They
will feel better.

Hey I have to run. I things to do and
people to see :).

Catch you tomorrow and really think about
what I wrote today.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Want your own copy of these daily bipolar
emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/register3

P.P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether
you have it or you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/catalog.asp

P.P.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.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,

How’s it going?

Boy I have a lot of things to
do today. I feel like I say
that every day 🙂

Yesterday I received a phone call
from a friend of mine. This friend’s
brother has bipolar disorder. Over
the years, he has had all kinds of problems
with not only bipolar disorder and also
addictions.

Anyway he didn’t go to a doctor
regularly and didn’t take his
medication consistently.

Unfortunately he did a ton of things
wrong which I will sum up her:

Went to multiple doctors over the years
for really no apparent reason
DO> As a result, each doctor had to start
over from scratch to learn about him. This
made treatment a nightmare.

Didn’t see any doctor regularly
DO> In addition to having a whole bunch of
doctors over a whole bunch of years, he didn’t
see the one he was suppose to regularly or
when he was suppose to and as a result side
effects from the medication where never reduced
to a minimum

-He stopped taking his medications so many
times I lost count.
DO>When you have stuff working well, or even
kind of well, I am told by experts that when
you stop it, it’s bad and it takes a lot to
get back on track. (I know this is an over
simplification but I am sure you know what
I am talking about)

-He doesn’t have a knowledgeable support
team. His family thinks the know about
bipolar but they really know little to
nothing.
DO> His family winds up agreeing with
many bad decisions he makes like: changing
doctors frequently; not taking his medication
consistently; not having a job, etc.

Last night my friend was telling
me how all his brothers problems in
life were caused by his medications for
bipolar disorder.

It’s odd how many people work. Many people
want something other than themselves to assign
blame too.

I see this all the time in business consulting
which I do. I see company owners who want
to blame bad decisions on everyone other
than themselves. They will look for anyone
anywhere to blame.

The only owners who do well are the ones
who accept blame themselves and personal
responsibility and move forward. The ones
that say, “Man, I really messed up, I take
responsibly for what I did and now we
are going to move forward. I am not going
to do that or make that mistake again. Thanks
for pointing that out to me.”

As a business consultant it’s rare that
ever happens.

It’s normally deny, deny, deny, assign
blame to someone else in the company.

When you get my courses/systems:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

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

I not only point out all the mistakes I think
I made, I accept responsibly for them.

Mistakes like:

-enabling my mom for many years costing me
all my savings

-arguing with my mom when I shouldn’t

-getting mad at my mom instead of her
bipolar disorder

etc.

I go through all of this.

Anyway, I find the same thing with
bipolar disorder. People seem to try to
look to someone or something else other
than themselves as to what caused all the
problems.

You could read a 1000 self help books
that tell you this is the wrong way to
go about things.

Anyway back to my friend, my friend agreed
with his brother that the bipolar medication
was the cause of all his problems even though
that makes no sense whatsoever.

My friend believed so strongly that
it was the medications that were the problem
not the numerous bad decisions made over
the year, that I didn’t even wind up
trying to explain how what he was saying
made absolutely positively no sense.

And then my friend said the craziest thing
to me. He said his brother stopped taking
his medication and the family saw he was better
and that he had outgrown bipolar disorder.

The family all agreed and now was supporting
his decision to not take medication any more.

I got the feeling that the brother would have
continued to take his medication if the family
would have said, “hey, you really need to
take your medication to be stable for the long
term.”

But since they didn’t, he stopped taking it.
Now it was his decision but well the family
could have probably pushed him in the right
direction.

I was totally shocked. I asked my friend
why do you think he outgrew his bipolar?

My friend said, “well because he looks
good and is doing well since he stopped
taking it.”

The crazy thing is, it’s been like 10 days.
How the heck can you measure success in
10 days?

It’s just amazing.

I listened and listened and didn’t say
much.

My head hurt so much from hearing all this
that I said, one final thing:

“When a person stops taking medication,
I have seen that they do okay for a very
limited period of time and then incrementally
get worse and worse and worse. Those around
will not notice because they adjust to
the worse behavior. Eventually that person
has a complete breakdown which can turn
into what I call is the bipolar doomsday
scenario which can absolutely destroy a family.”

I explained what the bipolar doomsday scenario
was and how it worked. My friend kind of yesed
me to death.

I went on to say, “I am not going to
preach to you because you guys are all
adults and have access to all my materials.
I don’t agree or support these decisions.”

My friend said, “okay.”

In my head I was just amazed thinking “how
in the world could people think this way?”

Then I got up this morning and remembered
that this EXACT SAME THING happened about
7 years ago and my friend’s brother went
off his medication and then was doing
okay and went into super episode and randomly
got married and then divorced. It took him
years to kind of recover.

I just don’t know what to say.

It really makes my head hurt. I realize
I can’t save every single person in the world.
I wish I could but I don’t have enough time
and money. I guess all I can do is just keep
doing what I am doing and help those that
want to be helped.

It’s a sad fact that in a few months, I’ll
probably be writing you about how my friends
brother went into a huge bipolar episode. It’s
sad but true. I have found in 100% of the cases,
this is what will happen.

Finally, I want to say the following,
NEVER EVER get off your medication unless:

-You talk to you doctor

-You are monitored closely by your doctor
without medication, reporting what’s going
on via fax, phone, email, etc.

-You have at least one supporter who has
medical releases signed so he/she can
tell a doctor and therapist how you are
doing

IMPORTANT NOTE

-If you feel like getting off your medication,
ask yourself why. Then talk to your therapist
and doctor about your feelings

-If you have side effects with your medications
and can’t stand them, talk to your doctor. He/she
can modify your medication but can’t do so
if you don’t talk to them.

-Find a good doctor you like and trust.

You know what? The older I get, the less I like
to explain to people the error of their ways.
What do I mean? Well I am a “tell it like it is
person.” That’s gotten me in a whole lot of
trouble for many years. Many people really want
to hear what they want to hear.

As a result, people get mad when they don’t
hear what they want to hear. My friend is one of
those people. He will get mad if you disagree
with him and that’s why I didn’t “get into it”
about his brother.

Someone made a comment about the fact that
I seem to be harsh with telling the story
about my mom and her bipolar disorder. That
I am hard on my brother, my dad or myself.
I am not harsh I just tell it like it happened.

I asked Pascale (who is a tell it like it is
person), what she thinks and she said, “Look,
you have over 100,000 people on your list,
someone is going to be mad at you for something
every day. Actually probably hundreds of people
at the same time. You can’t please everyone.”

I guess she is right. I will continue to
tell the real story and not sugar coat it.
It would be easy for me to do. I would simply
say, “My mom had an huge episode, we all did everything
right. Everyone was and is really supportive
and now she is doing great. She never had any
other problems after the first episode and it’s
just totally wonderful and everyone was super helpful.”

If I did that, what would you really learn? And
how would the people that everything wasn’t
wonderful think?

Hey I have to go. I will catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Want your own copy of these daily bipolar
emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/register3

P.P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether
you have it or you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/catalog.asp

P.P.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.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 have posted 25 podcasts for
you to listen to. They are on specific
topics and are FREE.

You can listen to them here:
http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com
I put a TON of work into this so
I hope you enjoy.

Dave

Hi,

I have some really exciting news. I am going to be opening
up Bipolar Inner Circle. But, I am only taking 87 people
for this 2 month trial.

Here is the deal.

The Bipolar Inner Circle is the ultimate virtual
support group. Whether you have bipolar disorder yourself
or are supporting an adult or child with it, the
Bipolar Inner Circle is for you.

Through message boards, online forums, chat rooms, monthly
offline newsletters, local resource locators, tons of special
reports, a searchable database of hundreds of articles, and much,
much more, you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of dealing with
bipolar disorder–all in the comfort of your own home.

It’s like a conventional support group, but so much better,
because YOU set the schedule and YOU set the priorities.
With its online convenience, the Bipolar Inner Circle truly
is the ULTIMATE support group–with help and support from
people all over the world, and you never have to leave the
house.

I am going to give you two months of it for
FREE so you can see how good it’s going to be.

All I am going to ask is she pay a super small
setup fee. I will pay all the other costs for you.

BUT, I am only taking 87 people total.

Visit http://www.Bipolarinnercircle.com for more info now.

There are over 100,000 people on my list and it grows up to
350 people a day.

For complete details visit,
http://www.Bipolarinnercircle.com now.

Dave

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Hi,

How’s it going?

I have to go really quick today so
I have to make this really short
today.

Here’s what I wanted to talk to
you about “can’t” and “impossible”
thinking.

What’s that? Well let me explain.

Yesterday I sent a daily bipolar
email that talked about the shocking
truth about doctors and therapists
when it comes to bipolar disorder.

If you missed it, see my blog
below to read it.

I got a ton, and I mean a ton
of people writing me saying:

-We can’t find a good doctor or
professional

-We live in a small town and there
are no good professionals

-We tried to find a good doctor/therapist
and can’t.

-We can find lots of good doctors and therapists
but we can’t afford them. It’s impossible.

In addiction to yesterday’s responses,
I frequently hear:

-It’s impossible to help so and so

-I can’t get on the right medication

-There is no hope for myself or so and
so. We tried everything

-We can’t do this or that or the other thing

-It’s impossible for this that or the
other thing to happen.

NOTE-I could insert one of 100 phrases
into this, that or the other thing but
this email would be 50 pages long. I hope
you get the idea.

I notice that when it comes to bipolar
disorder, many people are so beaten down
for so many years, they start using the
word “can’t” and “impossible” more
and more. People attitudes start to
really become negative and terrible.

It first starts with bipolar disorder
and then it starts creeping into
other parts of their lives.

You hear:

We can’t afford this or that
I can’t become a writer, scientists,
go back to school, etc.

We can’t take a vacation

We can’t have fun any more

This is from bipolar supporters AND
bipolar survivors.

When I grew up I heard:

We can’t take a family vacation

We can’t eat together at the table

It’s impossible that mom won’t get sick
all the time

It’s impossible to get mom’s illness
under control
NOTE-I heard this for years and years without
even knowing what my mom had.

This all mostly came from my dad. But then
in my 20s, my brother started saying
the same thing. He basically told me
my mom was hopeless in many areas.

I don’t criticize him for this because it
kind of looked like she was. I more
blame my dad for not doing anything.

Anyway let me jump back to what started
this email which was the thinking that
it’s impossible to find a good doctor/therapist
for bipolar disorder and afford him/her.

This is NOT true.

People think it’s true because they try the
same old things over and over again and then
hope for a different result.

When it comes to finding a doctor/therapist
for bipolar disorder, I have a great system
in my courses below:

In my courses/systems below:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

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

This is NOT anything that you would have ever
seen before. It’s totally unique.

The system was created out of desperation.
You might have heard this story before
but I want to remind you.

Basically my mom had a terrible doctor who
took her off her main medication for
bipolar disorder. She went into a major
bipolar episode. She then went into the
hospital.

Then she was there and they could not get
her stable. Then they put her in an outpatient
program for many months.

Then she ran out of time in the program. They
have some kind of limit. Then one day she
said, “I am out of the program in a few
days, I need a new doctor.”

My dad looked at me and I looked at him.
He picked up the phone book. He called I think
three people. No one picked up. He left a vague
message like, “My wife has bipolar disorder and
we need a doctor.”

Several hours passed and no one called back.
He said, and I will never forget this:

“I guess there aren’t that many doctors in
New Jersey. It’s just not possible to find
a good doctor.”

Then he looked down at the floor and looked
depressed.

It was the strange thing to me.

I thought:

Why would you only call 3 doctors

Why wouldn’t you call back?

Why would you assume that because three people
didn’t call you back there are no doctors?

Why wouldn’t you think of something else?

How could you logically think there are only
3 possible doctors when in the phone book
there are more listed?

How could you think there were only 3 doctors
even if there were only 3 doctors in our phone
book (which there were not) and there are 9 million
people in New Jersey and 20 million in New York…
how does that make any sense?

BUT then at that point, I figured out that
bipolar had beaten my dad into submission.

He gave up a long time ago. He made up his mind
that:

-Many things were impossible

-Bipolar was too great and complicated to beat

-My mom would never really be better

-We couldn’t do this that and the other thing

-There was little to no chances of success

-He had tried everything over the years so
there were no options left.

It was strange thinking to me. I certainly
don’t think like this at all.

So basically, at that point, I knew there
had to be a new system, a new management team
in business terms, a new administration, etc.

So I kind of took over then.

I basically created a systems of finding
lots of possible doctors and therapists
for bipolar disorder, sorting through
them, having them qualify themselves
as to how good they really were and then
having them contact you the person looking
for them letting you know they are a possible
match.

I found my mom’s doctor and therapist using
my new system and the results were amazing.
My mom’s new great doctor immediately helped
her when all other bad or lesser people failed
for months and months and months.

From that, I learned over again that impossible
and can’t are deadly words that ruin a whole
lot of people.

I see it on my list and blogs daily. I can
kind of understand the person with bipolar
disorder who is not stable using this language,
but I can’t understand the bipolar supporter
or bipolar survivor who is stable using
it.

Today here is your homework for today. Make
a list of the following:

What do you think is impossible related to
bipolar disorder?

Why do you think that you can’t do because
of bipolar disorder?

What is holding you back from helping
yourself or your loved one?

Now after you do this, I want you to skip
the excuses and start to think:

I can do it
There is a way
There is someone who knows this
I can find a solution

STOP using words like can’t and impossible
and start using words like I can, I will do
it and it’s possible. Realize there is a
way 99% of the time.

Also, ask yourself:

Do I have a positive attitude generally
or a negative attitude?

People come to me all the time with impossible
situations. Well they think there impossible.
After a few minutes I give them a solution and
they are amazed. Many times I tell them it’s
because they were so focused on why something
can’t work or it’s impossible instead of how
it can work or it can be possible.

Make sense?

Anyway one have any stories of things they
thought were impossible and then turned
out to be possible? Post them on my blog
please.

Don’t possible any impossible stories,
because I have 10,000 that I have heard
and read 🙂

I have to go, catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Want your own copy of these daily bipolar
emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/register3

P.P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether
you have it or you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/catalog.asp

P.P.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.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 FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <=
Hi,

How’s it going?

I hope you are doing well today.

First I want to say that for any
one who has my bipolar supporter
master course, there will be an
update to it or an “add on.”

It will be sent to your email.
It’s important that you listen
to this information.

I just learned it the REALLY, REALLY
hard way.

I don’t want you to have it happen
to you.

It’s far to complicated to write in
a daily email. I am currently
working on explaining what happen
and of course a counter or solution
to the problem.

I must say, this particular bipolar
problem really left me, for the
first time, unsure if there was a solution.

Then it hit me late last night. So I am
working on putting it all together.

NOTE-For anyone who gets my bipolar
supporter master course, this new information
will be coming with the course so
don’t worry. I have a system to
get this done.

Well that leads into today’s topic
of the shocking truth about doctors
and therapists.

What’s the shocking truth? Well it’s
that doctors or therapist can make
mistakes and can give bad advice.

Veterans in bipolar disorder might
say, “Dave, that’s not shocking to
me, I already knew that.”

Unfortunately, there are tens of thousands
of NON veterans on my lists.

I could have called this email,
the shocking truth about “professionals”
because the information will not only
cover doctors and therapists related
to bipolar disorder but all professionals.

Over the years, I have discovered that
many professionals can give bad advice
and recommendations.

Take a look at this:

-Look at the mortgage industry, that’s
the result of professionals giving
bad advice.

-Many argue that the war in Iraq is
the result of bad professional advice

-The collapse of the huge company
Enron was the result of professional
bad advice

-These days, banks are writing off BILLIONS
of dollars in losses from bad professional
advice.

Now this is all not related to bipolar disorder,
but everyday, I get emails, letters and phone calls
from people who tell me about how they were told
things like:

-Trusted therapist says a person doesn’t have bipolar
disorder for years

Reality=person has bipolar disorder, goes undiagnosed
for many years suffering. NOTE-therapists don’t
diagnose people, doctors do.

-Therapist says a person doesn’t have to have medication
changed.

Reality=therapists don’t make this determination, doctors do.
Person goes into mini episode than super episodes, husband leaves
her.

NOTE-Some therapists try to function as a doctor when
they aren’t one and aren’t trained to make certain
determinations and decisions.

-Doctor says a person doesn’t have to fill out certain
forms for disability

Reality=Doctor knows little to nothing about disability,
person listens, denied disability.

-Therapist says family is too hard on loved one, advises
family to back off and tells person she needs more
space

Reality=Family is disgusted. Leaves individual alone.
Person has bipolar, goes into an episode, there are
no supporters, person attempts suicide and almost kills
herself

-Doctor tells person with bipolar disorder to have
abortion because she is young and has bipolar
disorder and doesn’t have a husband. Doctor says
pregnancy will cause her to go into a super
episode.

Reality=person reads up on how to manage bipolar
disorder during a pregnancy, has baby, does
not go into super episode and is fine with a system.

-Therapist tells person with bipolar disorder
to stop working.

Reality=Doctor didn’t know therapist said this.
Doctor told person in past that working in a non
stressful job is critical to her well being.
Person stops working. Has no money.
Gets depressed. Loses job. Goes into
bipolar episode.

-Family doctor says a person doesn’t have
bipolar disorder.

Reality=Family doctor knows little to nothing
about bipolar disorder (psychiatrists do). Person
really has it. Person goes into huge episode destroying
her family and causing them all to leave.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE STORIES.

How do you prevent this from happening to
you?

Well there is no easy answer but here
are some pointers:

-Take the time to find a good doctor
and therapist

In my main courses/systems below:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

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

I have a TON and I mean a ton of
information on how to find a good doctor
and therapist. I have an entire system. It
sorts through hundreds of them and has
the good ones contact you. It’s a f.ree
gift with my courses/systems.

-Have at least one backup doctor and therapist

-Don’t ask a doctor or therapist a question
outside their area of expertise. For example,
if you don’t doesn’t know about how to get on
disability, don’t ask him/her. If your doctor
doesn’t have a law degree, don’t ask him
her a legal question.

NOTE-I am NOT a doctor, lawyer, insurance
person or other kind of professional and I am
NEVER offering any medical or legal advice.

-Become informed yourself. Whether you are a
bipolar supporter or a bipolar survivor, educate
yourself. Talk to people. Ask the hard questions.
Challenge people. Get as much credible information
as you can and read, watch or listen to it.

-Think about how your decision will affect
things long term. Think about how it
all will connect together.

-Try to find someone else who has been
through the problem how he/she dealt with
it.

-Get a second opinion from someone
as qualified or more qualified.

So I want you to be careful. You have to
listen to the professionals but you also
have to be careful as well.

It might sound confusing but I hope that
you understand what I am saying.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Want your own copy of these daily bipolar
emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/register3

P.P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether
you have it or you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/catalog.asp

P.P.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.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

Hi,

Here is the current Bipolar Disorder news.

Make sure you take a look at the news. It takes
a lot of time to put the news together so please
read it.

To see the news visit:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarnews361

There’s some really interesting news stories this week.
Take a look at them. Also, write me some feedback by
visiting my blog below.

Here are some of the headlines:

Is Britney mentally ill?
DO> Interesting article looking at mental illness

Researchers Discover How Lithium Works
DO> This is a great must read article.

Psychiatric Drug Treatment in Children: Is it Necessary?
DO> What do you think? Let me know.

Chicago author to shed light on bipolar disorder
DO> I am trying to interview this person

Cynthia Martin’s Solo Flight Addresses Bipolar Disorder
DO> Very interesting situation. What do you think?

For these stories and more, please visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarnews361

==>> Get Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<<== Check out all my resources, programs and information
for all aspects of bipolar disorder by visiting:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/catalog.asp

Your Friend,

Dave

=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <= Hi, How’s it going to? I hope you are doing well. I probably could write a 100 pages of this
email today. Why?

Well yesterday was a total disaster for
me with bipolar. I clearly LOST the battle
yesterday but NOT the war.

There are so many things I could say today.

If you have been following the story,
I saw signs of a bipolar episode with
my mom about a week ago. Normally her
Novembers/Decembers are bad for
bipolar.

BUT, she does well when there is
a big problem or situation. My uncle
was in the hospital. My mom handled
it REALLY well.

BIPOLAR LESSON-Learn your own or
your loved one’s patterns. They probably
hold true once you figure them out.

BUT, in January he was released and
fine.

At first I thought, “great, we made it
through the holidays with no problems.”

I let my guard down. I kind of forgot
the second part of my mom’s pattern.
AFTER the bad situation or difficult,
a bipolar episode starts many times.

THIS HAS HAPPENED TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

I was thinking in my head back 20 years
and I remember this happen. Before I even
knew what my mom had.

Anyway, in the past week or 10 days
the electricity went out where my
parents live. Why? It always happens.

They live in an area that always has
power failures. No big deal. It’s
been like that forever.

So my mom calls me a bunch of times
to tell me her power if off and she
can’t respond to any emails I send.

I rarely send an email to my mom. I certainly
don’t send anything that is urgent or needs
a quick response.

I knew this was a potential bipolar mini
episode sign.

Then my mom called again.

Now keep in mind that my mom actually
works for me which further complicates
things. She has a REAL job with me
not just a charity job.

So eventually like a few hours later,
the lights came back on. My mom
then said there was a big problem with
the computer.

She called me a number of times, talking
really loud.

I will tell you how I thought:

One part said, “Why is she telling
me about her computer problems?”

The other part of me said:
“Well she is telling me because
she works for me.”

So I listened. But she called many
times and it just didn’t seem to
make sense.

I did believe there was a problem
with the computer but something
was rather strange.

I know from her patterns, when there
is a mini bipolar episode coming,
there are MANY problems. What I mean
is this.

My mom will take something that isn’t
even a problem and make a big
deal out of it. And get others
worked up as well.

So I made a mental note.

Then I got a bunch of calls at like
8:30pm or so this past Friday
night. I was annoyed. Why? Well I knew
they weren’t calls to say hi. I knew
it was some kind of drama.

So I called back and got my dad. He
told me there was a problem with their
computer.

I asked if that’s what she was calling
for because she had already called me
a whole bunch of times.

He said if I knew a computer person they
could call then. I said, “at 8:30pm on a
Friday night, for a non emergency?”

My dad started getting mad at me for not
being helpful.

I must say, as I write this, I can’t
tell you how frustrated I am. Let me try
to explain so you don’t think that I am
a mean person.

Okay, first do you know how many
times that my mom pressured my dad into
doing something about the bipolar
emergency and spending a lot of money?

Well you don’t know 🙂 Anyway, many
is the answer.

Here is how it would go. My mom would
be in an episode and say there was a
big emergency. It could be anything.

It could be the dishwasher didn’t work
right. The lawn wasn’t green enough.
The septic tank MIGHT be full.
The dryer was old, etc. In this case
the computer MUST BE FIXED RIGHT AWAY.
NOW!

My mom would demand some kind of action
to fix the bipolar emergency that wasn’t
even an emergency.

My dad would buy something, hire someone
at a cost that was so much it was a joke.
He wouldn’t even think about it, he would
just spend money to make my mom’s bipolar
happy.

So the reason why I was mad about the computer
question was “Do you know how much it would
cost to get a computer person on a Friday night
for a NON emergency?” A TON!

Is it that important? NO! It could wait until
Saturday.

My dad like normal was giving in to bipolar.
Like he has always done for as long as I
can remember.

See, my mom or her bipolar would not ask
me because they answer is no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, and no.

I can’t be manipulated in this way. No
matter what. I talk about how I do
this in my bipolar supporter course.

Anyway, Her bipolar gave up on me a long time ago.
So it quickly moves to my dad where it
can win an manipulate.

So anyway, the computer had a problem with
the hard drive.

I actually highly recommended they take
the computer to a place up in Sussex County
where I know a person who is honest and fast.

Of course that didn’t happen. I really don’t
know what happen but I guarantee it cost 4
times what it should because my dad
was pressured.

BIPOLAR LESSON:
When you are a bipolar supporter, you
have to stand up to bipolar and say no
a lot. Otherwise, you’ll get yourself in
a lot of trouble.

If you have bipolar disorder, you should
be happy if you have a supporter to do
this for you. Most people don’t care enough
to stop you if you are in an episode and
doing something that is against your own
best interest.

So anyway, basically my dad wound up getting
mad at me when I was talking to him because
like normal, it’s easier to get mad at me
than it is to deal with my mom’s bipolar.

So then, basically I discover a bunch of
other things that have gone wrong.

I actually had to contact my mom’s
treatment team but I forgot to do ONE
thing so I created a problem for myself.

The reason was, I just did it without
reading my material on what to do.

Then after I realized this, I was mad
at myself for making a mistake so I
wound up doing nothing yesterday.

One thing I was thinking about was:
I wonder how all the people out there
deal with bipolar that have little
to no information on how to really deal
with it.

In my courses/systems below:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

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

I go through real strategies to handle all sorts of
situations whether you have bipolar or
your are a supporter.

Then I thought about it and figured out
what they do. Supporters either leave,
throw money at the problem, or spend their
entire life being controlled by bipolar.

Those with the disorder have decades of
problems and never really reaching
their full potential.

When I think about this, it makes me
feel bad because there are MILLIONS
of people suffering from bipolar
when they don’t need to be.

It’s really sad stuff. I will say this,
bipolar is really tough to deal with.
If you don’t take it seriously and have
strategies to deal, you’re doomed.

It sounds dramatic but it’s true.

Another thing that is odd is this. I can
have 20 good things in one day and my
mom’s mini bipolar episode could erase anything
positive from those 20 good things.

I guess the moral of the story for today
or the lesson is for those with bipolar
to immediately contact your doctor/therapist
when you feel the signs of an episode.

For those that are bipolar supporters, realize
that you have to be vigilant and have
to look for the signs and then take action
right away.

If I do nothing I run the risk of this
going into a huge bipolar episode eventually.

Well I have to run. I have outlined a plan
for the day including a serious of if/then
strategies. What’s that? Well if this, then
I will do that. I basically brainstorm
all possibilities and what my counter will
be.

If you have my bipolar supporter course,
it’s everything in there. Actually the
reason why I am sending this email out
so late is because this morning I was
reading my manual again and also listening
to some of my success interviews to build
my strength for what effectively will
be a counter attack against my mom’s
bipolar disorder which clearly beat me yesterday.

ANOTHER BIPOLAR LESSON:
Get mad at bipolar not your loved one and
separate the bipolar from your loved one.

As it stands now. I feel that my mom
is on the road of a bipolar mini episode.
She is NOT there yet.
What’s the road of a bipolar mini episode.

Well it’s a long road that leads to
the state of a HUGE bipolar episode. If
someone turns take an exit on this
road it leads right to a bipolar mini
episode and then the next town is called
bipolar huge episode. That’s the kind
of town people don’t want to be in 🙂

However, there are lots of “exits” on that
road. One of the exits is the town called
“stability.”

So with the right choices and right
supporter, I feel that this will not
escalate to a huge bipolar episode.

It’s funny when I write these analogies,
people write me that I am crazy or
this or that. But I am sure you understand
what I am talking about and the point
that I am trying to make.

Hey, I have to run.

Tomorrow is the bipolar news as well.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Want your own copy of these daily bipolar
emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/register3

P.P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether
you have it or you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/catalog.asp

P.P.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.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 FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <= Hi, How’s it going? I hope you are doing well. Well I have to make it short today. First, I have posted 25 podcasts for
you to listen to. They are on specific
topics and are F.ree.

You can listen to them here:
http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com

I put a TON of work into this so
I hope you enjoy.

Also I was excited to learn that
Medical News Today is now promoting
my Ten Greatest Lies About Bipolar
Disorder.

See their write up:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/93862.php

Okay, a few days ago, I was sent
an email that’s really sad:

“Dear DBSA colleagues:

It is with great sadness that I inform my
DBSA NJ colleagues that my brother Martin
Max Siegel of Lowell, Oregon was killed by his
son on Monday January 7th. He was 57 years old.
His son is 20.

It is the most horrific thing that I have ever
experienced. I am shocked, numb etc. etc, The
family had always been a model family for the world.
My brother was best buddies with his son. They had
moved last year to Oregon from San Diego and together
my brother and his son had made a joyful trip up the
coast (after going back for Christmas) from with the
last of their belongings to their new home in Oregon.

My nephew had been diagnosed at age 16 with a serious
emotional disorder. He went off his medications for
about 10 days (a friend convinced him he didn’t need
them) and had just started them again the day before
the event (on the insistence/advice of his mom).

The combination of being off his meds and then not
sleeping for 3 nights is of course not good for
someone with a emotional disorder (it can trigger
a psychotic disorder). My brother and his wife had
been warned that if Andy missed a dose-he could
have an episode. ..but ultimately he had made that
decision to not take his meds. He tried to save his
father and called 911 first but it was too late when
the ER team got there.

All of the family members will convene on Friday the
18th for a long weekend and A Celebration of Marty’s
Life. Hopefully we will have time to all take a hike
in honor of Marty who loved Oregon so much in the
brief time he was there. He had retired from his
position as a director of engineers for the civilian
Navy in San Diego and had taken a job recently in
Oregon with the Army Corp of Engineers. He absolutely
loved his new job which required him to be outside in
the woods of Oregon.

I intend to find a way to make something positive in
the world around this (maybe help people with emotional
disorders to be more aware of how important it is to
stay on their medications.)

The love that my family and other loved ones all have
for each other will see us through this.”
-Lynn

This is really sad. The worse part of it all is
that if the son stayed on the medication, this
probably would have never happen.

I talk to and meet far too many people who
play the bipolar medicine game–not taking
it all all or taking it when they feel like
it.

This message should serve as a reminder how
serious bipolar disorder can be when you are
not taking your medication.

In my courses/system below:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

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

Virtually everyone who is a success story
talks about what happens when they don’t
take their medication–really bad things
happen.

People who are calm and gentle turn
into different people and do really
bad things.

I spoke with a doctor the other day
that told me she got off her medication
and wound up assauling someone and
doing other reallty bad things she
never would have done.

I could go on and on with horror stories
of people not taking medication. Don’t
let this be you.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Want your own copy of these daily bipolar
emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/register3

P.P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether
you have it or you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/catalog.asp

P.P.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.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 just wanted to send a quick friendly
final notice about my material on
bipolar disorder an addictions.

I do this so people don’t get
mad when the offer is gone.

I have a special going on for
28 people if you are looking for
guidance in that area. It sends
Tuesday,January 15, 2008 at 10:00pm

Take a look at:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolaraddictionsale

Thanks.

Dave