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Hi,

How’s it going?

I hope you are doing well.

I am really excited about a whole
bunch of projects we have going on.

I also wanted to let you know that I am
still working on setting up the webinar
and teleseminar software for the f.ree
teleseminar I will be holding answering
questions about bipolar disorder live.

NOTE

Non medical and NON legal questions because
I am NOT a doctor, therapist, or lawyer.

Yesterday was a great day. I had a fascinating
talk with Doctor Dan Lieberman, Director of the
Clinical Psychiatric Research Center.

He has a cool new automated software program
that he is going to be making available. I am
going to be promoting it and guess what?
It’s F.REE.

I was talking to him yesterday to setup
a time to interview so he can go into
great detail of the benefits of the program
he has. I will be making the interview
available f.ree to you as well.

The good news is, I don’t have to use
the webinar software that I have or
it might take forever. This will be all
wrapped up in about 2 weeks or so. I will
drop you an email to let you know the
website to go to get everything
f.ree.

So anyway, we were talking. Normally I
am really cautious when talking to doctors.
I normally let them do 99% of the talking
and I do 99% of the listening. It’s not
that I am scared of them or anything it’s
that generally I never hear anything that’s
exciting to me or even helpful.

I am a HUGE believer in doctors for treating
bipolar disorder. But I find that they
are experts in just medication. He was
a rare exception.

Well I got to talking to Dr. Lieberman and I
wanted to explain to him:

1. Who I was and why I do this (all this
bipolar stuff so to speak)

2. Why I sell some of my material and give
some of it away but not all of it.

3. Why I have so many people with bipolar disorder
that work for me

4. Why I think it will be really important
to do an interview with me so his software
and it’s benefits can be fully understood.

So to make a long story short in reference
to the above my answers were.

1. I do this to help people not to make
m.oney.

2. I sell some thing to support a massive
advertising budget that I have. In order
to build a huge list and also reach large
numbers of people, you have to spend a ton
of m.oney. Fortunately I know how to do
that without bankrupting the entire organization.
The reality is, the more I spend on advertising
the more people I reach. And nobody will give
me f.ree advertising. The odd thing is, even
if I was non profit would make a difference.

I have asked many a company if I was non profit
what would happen. All said, “same rates.” One
warned me that if I went non profit, many companies
would not take me seriously and might even require
that I pay m.oney in advance because non profits
have a track record of not having any m.oney.

Someone told me the other day, I should try for
grants. If anyone has ever done this, they would
know that grants are a nightmare to get. Also, people
with grants get dependant on them and wind up spending
more time getting grants then helping people. Then,
many times, grants dry up and the organization goes
out of business. I have seen that in so many places
that I volunteered at.

It’s sad but true. Also, if you have worked with
an organization that is “grant dependent”, you notice
how some years things are great and other years,
they are terrible. It’s all based on how much
m.oney they can get.

In today’s economic times, grants have been
cut big time.

I never wanted it to be this way and that’s
why I don’t spend time trying to get gra.nts.

3. I really feel that people with bipolar disorder
are super smart and creative and “doers” and “go
getters.” I love super smart, creative, doers and
go getters. I said to him how people with bipolar
disorder make my life much easier because they get
a lot done and fast because of their special gifts–
which are being super smart, creative, etc.

NOTE-I no longer will debate whether this is true.
I get other doctors that write me that say there is
no study that shows people with bipolar disorder
are any smarter, creative, etc. than anyone else.
I am telling you, in my opinion, they are. Period.
I am not open to debate on this subject :).

If you hired a bunch of people with bipolar disorder
that had a good treatment plan and followed a bipolar
stability equation concept, you would see your organization
explode. I am convinced of it. But again, I am not
going to get into that. To me, it’s an incredible thing
that I am work with the kind of people that I work with.
I am lucky. But I must say, I never knew this and figured
it out by accident.

ANOTHER NOTE-
Just the other day. We had a HUGE PROBLEM. Really big.
So big, I thought my mind was going to explode. I was
so annoyed. For some reason, I forgot who I had
working for me. So then I randomly called someone
who has bipolar disorder that works for me and
told him my plight. He said, “oh I can help
with that.” I was thinking, “oh, that’s right
I have super smart people that work for me,
I should let them figure it out.” So then I
gathered a group of people that work for me
and told them the problem.

They immediately began to work on a solution.
It’s only been a few days and the solution is
incredible. I figure this problem will be solved
in two weeks totally. Others have tried to solve
this problem and never succeeded. I know a massive
company that never figured out a solution after
many years.

I was amazed with what my people have come up
with.

Virtually everyone involved in the solution
has bipolar disorder.

One person is so smart she figured out
how to get out of multiple psychiatric
hospitals while not being stable
in her past life. Now she reformed,
follows a treatment plan, takes her
medication and does the right things.
She said, “fixing your problem, is much
easier than breaking out of a psychiatric
hospital when you are not stable.”

You should remember that if you have bipolar
disorder, you have special gifts or your
loved one does. Don’t forget that. Sometimes
we focus on the negative so much, we forget
the positive. There is positive if you look.

4. I was telling the Dr. that many times when something
is free and kind of posted somewhere, people don’t
really value it or take advantage. I told him how
I wanted to really get people excited to use the
software and why it’s so important and it’s
going to help them.

It will fit great with all the concepts and
strategies I teach in all 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 am really excited about it all.

Then we got into his ideas on how
to manage bipolar disorder. He had some
amazing information. Then I started telling
him about my concepts. He didn’t think
that I was crazy so to speak.

I must say, he was one of the most well
rounded doctors I have ever spoken to
about bipolar disorder. It was truly amazing.

After we do an interview on his software,
I am going to ask him to do a live call
where he asks your questions on bipolar
disorder.

Okay, don’t tell him this if you know
him but, I want to do another call
with him where he answers questions
on bipolar disorder with our new
teleseminar and webinar system.

So with my plan, you would be able
to ask him questions.

I would cover all the costs and make
a recording of the webinar and call
f.ree to you as well.

Don’t tell him that I am planning on
this. I haven’t asked him yet.
Keep it quiet for now. Hopefully he
will do it. If so, it will be great.

I am really excited to have spoken to the Doctor.

Actually I am running out of time, I have
to go to the gym right now. He said one
really important thing that got me really
excited.

I am going to reveal it tomorrow in the
daily email.

Hey, it’s starting to snow right now,
so I have to go.

I have to run now, catch you tomorrow and
have a great day.

PLEASE POST RESPONSES TO THIS EMAIL HERE

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,

How’s it going?

Hope you are doing well.

I have a bunch of things to do today.

Very soon, we are going to be having
a f.ree teleseminar where I will
answer your questions on bipolar
live over the phone and internet.

I finally almost have this software
program I will need setup. You’d
think that I was building a space
shuttle 🙂

Anyway, here’s the bipolar news. Take a look.

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/bipolarnews364

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:

Depression: your questions answered
DO> Great article.

Lawyer Chronicles Struggle with Bipolar Disorder
DO> Very good story, great insight.

Adults over 60 Needed for Bipolar Disorder Study
DO> If you can do it, take a look.

Study provides bipolar clues
DO> What do you think of this study?

Bipolar disorder and ADHD in children
DO> Very interesting. What do you think?

Book Review: Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney
DO> Do you have this book?

For these stories and more, please visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarnews364

==>> 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

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Hi,

I need to talk to you about something
that is really bothering me.

You know I get tons and tons of emails,
right? Well a lot of them are positive
ones, and they make me feel really good,
like ones that tell me how much these
emails help them, and others on how
much they have learned from my courses
and stuff like that.

Those are the emails I really like, and the
ones I’m used to, pretty much. But then
there are the emails I get that really get
me down. And I’m not a person who
likes to get down, or who gets down
easily.

But I got this email, and this woman
went on and on and on about her
problems. Now, don’t get me wrong –
it’s not that I don’t care about people’s
problems, because I wouldn’t be doing
what I’m doing if I didn’t care. You
know that, right?

But it’s just that I deal in solutions.
That’s what I write about and teach in
all my courses, how to find solutions:

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

The solutions, right? Not dwelling
on the problems. Those who have
gotten my courses know that that is the
type of person I am. And so do you,
who are reading this email. I don’t
dwell in the negative – I dwell on the
positive, and I expect the people who
are around me to dwell on the positive
as well.

So I get really disappointed when they
don’t. Like this email I got the other
day where this woman just went on and
on complaining, but didn’t offer any kind
of solution to the problems she was having.

To tell you the truth, after reading that
email, I felt like I should have charged her
a consultant’s fee, like a psychiatrist would
do, just for reading (“listening to”) all her
complaints!

Now again, I don’t want hate mail for this,
or people saying I don’t care, when you
know how much I do care.

The point is, after all this positive email I
had read, this one negative email had the
power to bring me down. Why?

So I thought about it. And I talked to
Michele about it. And she told me about
this equation she used when she was
bringing up her kids:

THE 10/2 EQUATION:

Regarding negative people – If you are
a 10 and they are a 2, and you hang
around with them, you will not bring
them up to an 8, they will bring you
down to a 4.
————————————–

She used this in teaching her
children how to choose their friends
wisely. But really, can’t you see
how it can be used in dealing with
bipolar disorder as well?

Here, follow me with this, as I apply
it to the email I got. I can either
surround myself with positive people
or negative people.

Regarding the email I got, I am the 10
and she is the 2. I could try to answer
her with positive answers, and try to
bring her up to an 8, but considering
how negative her email was, most
likely that won’t work, and she will
just succeed in bringing me down to
a 4 instead.

See what she’s done already? I’m
already bummed out about it, feeling
negative, letting it upset my day to
the point that I’m writing about it on
my blog and sharing it with you.

OR…….

I can choose to stay a 10 on the
positivity scale in the 10/2 Equation.
I can let that email go. I can surround
myself with positive people. I can
stay positive and NOT let negative
people bring me down.

These are choices I can make.

People like the lady in the email are
going to be negative no matter what.
They will try to get other people to
listen to them complain, but they are
not solution-oriented. They just want
someone to buy into their negativity.

But we don’t have to do that. We are
TENS! We have a choice! We don’t
have to be brought down to 4’s if
we don’t want to! We can surround
ourselves with positive people!

Speaking of that, I’m going to the
gym and surround myself with positive
people who are taking care of their
bodies!

I’ll talk to you tomorrow!

Your friend,

Dave

P.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 some new FREE podcasts setup for Bipolar
Supporters:

http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com

Dave

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Hi,

How’s it going?

I really have to make this short today because
I have a million things to do.

I was reading over my blog over the last
few days and I saw someone who wrote:

“My son was diagnosed as being bi-polar
two years ago. The doctor, a psychiatrist,
put him on medication. Finally, I got the
doctor to change his medication. I could
see a difference in him almost immediately!!!!
That was over six months ago! He still has a
little rage inside, but his “episodes of anger”
don’t last as long.”

When I was reading this, I was excited for
this person’s success.

A few thoughts came to mind.

First, I don’t think most people realize
how just small medications in a treatment
plan can make a big impact.

With my mom, just a small change, once
made all the difference in her moods.

Secondly, I don’t think bipolar supporters
realize that someone times the doctor
may be wrong or thinking that your loved
one is doing better than they are.

This happens because maybe your loved one
doesn’t tell the whole truth nothing but
the truth when asked, “how are you doing?”

Also, with the fact that most times, doctors
don’t see what is really going on with your
loved one.

It’s not their fault it’s just “the deal.”

Anyway, it’s the bipolar supporter’s job
to help the doctor treat a loved one in
the best possible way.

Even though my mom has a great doctor,
there have been two occasions in the last
3 years that I had to step in and persuade
my mom’s doctor that treatment had to be
changed.

In my courses/systems I have lots of
worksheets and checklists about
helping yourself with bipolar disorder
or helping a loved one when you are
trying to explain to a doctor that
the treatment plan may be off.

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 made these worksheets and checklists
to be used as a tool to help yourself
or communicate information accurately
to a doctor or therapist.

If you feel that your loved one’s medication
is not right, you can:

-Fill out the worksheets

-Bring them to the doctor

-Point out what you are seeing including
days of the week and time

-Explain why you think there
should be a change.

Build your case that is persuasive
so the doctor listens. In my courses/systems,
I talk about how to do this at length.

It’s hard to explain it all in a simple
email but here are some general guidelines.

WARNING!!!!

Do NOT bring print offs from the internet
and plant them on a doctors desk or
fax them to him/her.

This is super annoying for the doctor and
winds up making them mad at you.

I hear these stories of people going to
websites and printing 30 pages off and
then circling certain spots and then
throwing it at the doctor and saying,
“look at that!”

That’s a good way to make a doctor
mad.

Also, do NOT expect results too fast AND
don’t expect your loved one to have perfect
moods. NOBODY does. Meaning, if someone
cuts your loved one off driving, he/she
will probably be mad, medication doesn’t
fix that. If that were the case, EVERYONE
in New York and New Jersey would be on medication
because everyone is mad about “stuff”
once a day in the northeast 🙂

So be reasonable.

I have to run, 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,

If you need money for expenses related to bipolar disorder,
I have a new resource.

If you are interested visit:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarfastcashsale

Thanks.

Dave

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Hi,

Hey, how’s it going?

Hope you are doing really well.

I am really, really, really, really
tired 🙂 I have been working on a
whole bunch of things.

I must say, I am very happy with
the progress that I have made recruiting
very important people and companies to
help grow this organization for bipolar
disorder.

I have contracted with a number of new
companies, hired a bunch of people, many
of which have bipolar disorder and taken
on some volunteers. I actually am going
to be sending a message out looking for
new volunteers very soon. I’ll
keep you posted.

So, today I wanted to talk about
something that I see bipolar supporters
doing wrong a lot.

I call it, setting yourself up for
the permanent caretaker.

NOTE-This is in reference to if
you are helping an ADULT with
bipolar disorder NOT a child or teen.
That’s a different situation.

If you find yourself having to
do a whole bunch of things to
live with, work with, support
a loved one with bipolar disorder,
there’s something wrong with his/her
treatment plan (in my opinion) or
there are many variables “off” in
the person’s bipolar stability equation.

NOTE-I am NOT a doctor, lawyer,
therapist or other kind of professional.
I am NOT offering medical, legal or financial
advice.

Okay, so what do I mean by “things.” What
are things you might be asking. Here are some
of them:

-Having to walk on eggshells

-Not being able to go in entire parts of
your house, apartment or resident because
if you do, your loved one will explode

-Having to constantly watch what you say

-Constantly being worried and not knowing
if you’re loved one will be angry, happy
or something else.

-Having to follow your loved one around
checking to make sure the person went to
the doctor, therapy, took their medications,
etc.

-Handling all their important communications
with others.

If this is you, these are all signs that your
loved one isn’t doing well and the treatment plan is
wrong probably. You need to inform the
doctor and therapist about this right
away.

I notice that people in this situation wind
up becoming a caretaker instead of a supporter.

In my mind, a caretaker is what someone who
is really old has or what someone with Alzheimer’s
has. It’s a person that “handles” everything
for them forever to the end of time.

My Grandfather had Alzheimer’s and he had
first my Grandmother as his caretaker and
then he was put into a home. He was not
expected to do stuff on his own.

See the difference between caretaker
and supporter?

Notice that with my material, I don’t refer
to people as bipolar caretakers. Imagine
that?

You are a bipolar supporter if you
are helping a loved one with bipolar
disorder. NOT a permanent caretaker.

You have to make sure that whatever you
are doing it:

-is not going to require you do it forever
(for example, you can watch someone take
his/her medication for a few weeks or months
but not forever)

-the person will become responsible for him/herself
and not have you being responsible for all
their actions

-your plan or strategy to help your loved
one feels like it’s driving you into an early
grave as it goes on years and years into
the future.

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 talk about strategies that are geared
towards helping a loved one with
bipolar become independent OR how
to become independent if you have
bipolar disorder.

I think many people forget to tell
people that bipolar disorder is NOT
an illness where someone should be
taken care of for the rest of their
lives.

If you find yourself in this situation,
I believe you need to work with a doctor
to get the treatment plan correct AND
also look at your bipolar stability
equation.

If you have bipolar disorder:
Are you moving towards being independent,
responsible for yourself or do you have
caretakers?

If you are a bipolar supporter, are
you becoming a caretaker or supporter?

Ask yourself these tough questions.

With that said, I have to run. I’ll
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

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Hi,

How’s it going?

Hope you are doing well.

Hey, it’s snowing here today. I didn’t
even know it was suppose to snow today.
But I like the snow. It was much better
back when I could have “snow days” and
get a day off from school. Now, my
boss is so demanding I don’t get days
off (I am my own boss 🙂

Anyway, I wanted to write a quick note
on something that I thought of–the
bipolar disorder lesson from the Giants
football team.

Last night was the Super Bowl. The Super
Bowl is when two football teams play
each other for the championship at
the end of the year.

Football is the sport where there is a
ball that people throw around. If you
are from another country, just
run a search in google to find out.

Why am I explaining this? Well I have
had over 175,000 people sign up for
my list and there are lots of international
people that might not know.

Anyway, here’s the deal. The New England
Patriots were undefeated the entire season.
The expected to win and win big against
The Giants. ALL experts predicted this.

The experts said New England was the greatest
team EVER and that there was NO chance
the Giants could win.

Well guess what? The Giants did win.

What’s the bipolar lesson? It’s that
sometimes you have to take what experts
in the mental health field say with
a grain of salt–or ignore it. Especially
when it comes to who can become successful
or get bipolar disorder under control.

If you are a bipolar supporter, you will
be faced with a steady stream of negatively
probably. Many from those in the mental
health field. You may hear:

-your loved one won’t get better

-your loved one is a mess

-your loved one can’t ever do this
that and the other thing and won’t be normal

-you’re loved one will keep being out of control
forever

-there’s little hope

How do I know? Experts told me this about my
mom. Not only did experts tell me this, my own
family doubted there was hope for my mom.

BUT many times, these experts are wrong.

If you have bipolar disorder, you’ll hear
a lot of negative stuff as well:

-you’ll never be stable

-you’ll never be able to beat bipolar disorder or
control it

-you’ll never be able to start that business you
want to start

-you’ll never find the right combinations of medications

etc.

Even though many times this is totally not true.

You can’t let negative experts bring you down.
Now you should welcome realistic thinking like:
“bipolar is a serious condition and requires
a serious treatment plan that may take an extended
period of time to get just right” but not the
kind of statements that suggest success can
never be reached.

If I look at everyone that works for me with
bipolar disorder, ALL were told they were hopeless
and that they basically could not control bipolar.

It was suggested that Michele Soloway that works for
me be permanently put in an institution for the rest
of her life. “They” said there was no hope for her.
Well, she now works for me and is one of the most
incredible people I have ever worked with. What she
gets done is amazing. Not to mention
all the other people who work for me with bipolar
disorder.

Actually I was just thinking of something. Over
the years, my mom racked up massive d.ebt through
her episodes to the tune of over $30,000. That’s
a ton.

I was told by experts in the mental health field
that there was NO way she could pay it all off. It
was impossible I was told. Guess what? I put together
a system and this month, she made her last payment.
She paid it ALL off herself. ALL.

If I could figure out how to use my scanner, I would
scan all the sheets I have over the years showing
how she incrementally paid it off slowly but surely.

In 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

Virtually every success story that I have
as an interview reveals the odd were
against them and they were told success
was unlikely. I include these success interviews
in my material to first, let the people reveal
the real life strategies they use and secondly,
give you inspiration that you can do it as well.

If the people who are my success stories can
do it, why can’t you? Well you can.

Now the Giants did what I did. The believed in
themselves. They had a plan and strategy and
the executed it well.

That’s what you need to do with bipolar
disorder. Believe. Have a plan and strategy.
Execute like you have never executed a plan
or strategy before.

I have to run. 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?

Hey, I have a whole lot of good
news going on.

First, I have a new company that
is going to be managing a lot of my
advertising to try to control the costs
that are getting way, out of control.

Secondly, we have a new mentorship
program when if you start working for
me and have bipolar disorder, I will
pair you with a person who currently
works for me and have been successful
for a while. This way new people with
bipolar working and be mentored by older
people who have bipolar.

The goal is to get the newer up to the
level the older person is. We feel in
the organization that doctors and therapists
are great but a person who has bipolar and
is successfully working can help a new person
looking to achieve that goal.

Anyway, the program started yesterday.

So today I wanted quickly to tell you
something.

Yesterday I wrote a message about how
I have a friend that told me that
his brother had bipolar disorder and
now it seems my friend actually has
the disorder and that’s why he has
not been doing well for years.

I was writing how my friend was driving
me crazy last night with all this fast
talk and talk of people out to get
him.

Last night my friend called and was totally
calm and made perfect sense. It was rather
interesting.

This tends to happen. My friend is able to
talk normal to me many times but who knows
what he is like when I am not on the phone.

My friend knows that I know bipolar and
let’s face it, is probably trying to
manipulate me by acting really calm
so that I don’t catch on to his situation
of whether or not he has bipolar disorder.

To see the entire message what happen
the other day, and the numerous
bipolar lessons learned, see my blog below.

Anyway, people wrote me that they were sorry
and I appreciate that.

Then a bunch of people wrote me to be careful
not to get caught up in my friend’s bipolar
episodes if he has bipolar disorder.

Believe me, I sure won’t.

Here’s what I wanted to tell you. I thought
about this and there is no way that I can
spend a lot of time like I put into my mom
to help my friend. My friend is in total
denial with whatever he has and so is his
family. It would be a gigantic up hill
battle for me to do all that needs to be done
and right now I don’t have the energy or time.

Some might find this mean. There’s no question
if my friend asks me for specific help I would
help. If his family contacts me, I would let them
have access to all my material.

But as for me handing it all and doing it
all, I am not going to.

Why? Am I a mean guy? No. I just know my
limits and that’s something that many
bipolar supporters have trouble with.

Let’s talk about it.

You might think that I don’t know my
limits because it looks like I do a whole
lot of work every day related to bipolar
disorder. And I do for sure. Why? Well
I really like doing this kind of stuff.

But, I say no a whole lot every day.
There are MANY things that I don’t do
and won’t do.

When you are a bipolar supporter, you’re
going to have to say no and prioritize.

At first if you have a close friend or loved
one with bipolar disorder, you have to decide
if you are doing to help the person.

Once you do, you then have to get all the
information on what to do. You need how to
do it and strategy information.

You can get it from people like myself
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

OR, you can figure it out on your own
by calling doctors, therapists, finding
successful bipolar supporters, reading lots
of books, attending support groups and lectures
and then put together your own system.

With that said, you need a strategy however
you’re going to get one.

Then after that, you have to really focus on
your loved one and getting them into treatment,
a good doctor, helping get them on the right medication
with your doctor, and ultimately helping them
become stable.

Then after that, you have to start to clean up
the mess from the bipolar episode.

Then as you are doing this, as the person becomes
more and more stable, you turn over more responsibility
to them. You can’t expect someone in a major bipolar
episode to pay their bills, keep track of everything
that’s going on, fight off c.reditors if they exist,
etc.

But as time goes on, more and more responsibility
is turned back over to them.

Now as this is occurring you are going to have
to say no to a lot of stuff that you might not
say no to. Why? Well helping your loved one is
higher on the priority list and the other stuff
is lower on the priority list.

And you have to remember if you don’t say no
to other stuff you normally do, you will start
to burn out and almost have a breakdown.

You can only do so much at a time. When I was
helping my mom, I had to take a year off from work.
Now I could because I have my own business. I also
had to say no to hanging out with my girlfriend at
the time a lot and my friends. I had to skip
vacations and other things.

But as my mom got better, I then started doing
these things again. But I knew that I could put
all this effort into her and do all the same
things at the same time.

Now when it comes to my friend, I don’t have the
energy or time to be able to do all that needs
to be done especially with someone who is in total
denial he has anything to begin with. And, I now
run an organization where a whole lot of people
count on me so I have to be at my best and
can’t let the organization get dragged down.

There’s an old saying, “you can’t fight too many
battles at the same time.”

With that said, this is why I made this type of decision.

Some people may think this is rather mean than
me. This doesn’t mean that I would call emergency
services if my friend was going to harm himself
or something like that.

The bipolar supporter lesson is to make sure you set
your priorities, don’t take on too much, and make sure
when your loved one starts to get better, you turn
over the responsibilities back to them.

Some people make the mistake and don’t do the last step
and almost become a permanent caretaker for
someone with bipolar disorder.

Even with my mom, I refuse to fix all her problems
and enable her. She has to fix her own problems
these days and handle them. I have never felt
better since I started this new policy several
years ago. Back in the day, I fixed EVERYTHING.
EVERY problem went to me. It burned me out.
I won’t do that again.

Anyway, what do you think of this? I
have to run. 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 really well
and have a great day.

I have a super important strategy
for those who are bipolar supporters.

Read on for the story.

Yesterday I thought my mind was
going to explode.

I have a friend, who contacted
me yesterday who has a brother
who has bipolar disorder*.

His brother has had so many
problems with bipolar over the
years it’s sad. Drugs, alcohol,
sleeping around, getting married,
getting divorced, etc.

So I was talking to my friend
and first he started saying how
his brother has not been on medication
for a few months and is doing okay.

I was like, “that will NOT last
period. He will wind up going into
a bipolar episode, I guarantee
it. I reminded how many times
we have been that the ‘my brother
isn’t on medication road and is
doing great.'”

He started arguing with me. My friend
was really on edge and talking
kind of fast.

So then I changed subjects to
talk about my friend.

I said, “so how’s it going?”

He said, he was just back to
work after not being there for
weeks.

I was like, “what happen?”

Then he said a long story
about how he was sick and was
being attacked by a whole bunch
of people who were out to destroy
him.

He went on and on and talked about
this global almost conspiracy.

I kept saying, “huh? that doesn’t make
sense?” I would ask questions and
my friend would just talk way louder
and not making any sense. According
to him “these people” tried to destroy
him and that made him sick and depressed.

I was soooooooooo confused. But at this
point my mind felt like it was starting
to explode.

Yesterday I dealt with so many different
things including taxes, international stuff,
shipping issues, customer service training,
hiring people, on and on and on.

So then I told my friend to just get another
job and stay away from “THEM.” I didn’t
even understand who “THEY” were anyway
but I was like, “what the heck, just stay
away and get another job. Problem solved.”

My friend then started yelling at me
for nothing really and then kind of yelling
about this huge group that was out to get
him.

So then I changed the subject but he would
not change the subject. Finally I figured
if we started talking about his brother
he would change.

So then he said, “yea, he’s not taking
medication and doing great. There’s no
such thing as bipolar disorder.”

====>>>>>>IMPORTANT NOTICE<===========
There is such thing as bipolar disorder.
I am NOT a doctor, therapist, lawyer and
not offering any medication or legal advice.

I was like “holy, cow, wow my head is
really starting to hurt.”

For 5 minutes I heard how there is no
such thing as mental illness or bipolar
disorder. It’s because “some humans
are wronged so much by others that
it causes them to have a breakdown.
Mental illness is the result of society
destroying people.”

I was like, “NO! Mental illness is real
and to stay it’s not is a lie and also
minimizes something that’s really serious.”

My friend went on and on and on and on.

Finally my friend said that medication is
not the solution and it’s about “affirmations”
and “going to a place where there are good
people.”

IMPORTANT NOTICE
I know you guys hate when I keep saying
the same thing but I just want it to be
clear and someone doesn’t read this
and think it’s medical advice.

I am NOT a doctor, therapist, lawyer and
not offering any medication or legal advice.

At this point, I seriously thought I was
going in insane.

I changed the subject but my friend
then said, how he “doesn’t even
take his medication any more.”

I was like, “huh????”

What medication, “the medication that
the doctor gave me.”

My friend then explained how he simply
says he takes it and has some kind of
scheme that makes it seem like he is
taking it.

My friend says the medication was
for depression and anxiety.

I listened and then I thought of
something.

Look at this:

-My friend has had so many relationships
that don’t last it’s amazing. Tons.

-My friend has lost virtually all his
friends.

-My friend has gotten into many fights
with his friends.

-My friend has told me about multiple
conspiracies against him. Some so strange
that I was amazed.

-My friend has been talking really, really
fast for weeks.

-My friend sometimes says stuff that doesn’t
make any sense at all.

-My friend is super smart and creative.

-My friend’s family has a history of
addictions and my friend has had addition
problems

-My friend has made numerous threats against
people and gotten in trouble.

-My friend projects his own behavior onto
others. Meaning, he says people are attacking
him when he is the one that is attacking them.

So I ask my friend, what do they say that
you have?

Guess what he said to me. Scroll down for
the answer….

GUESS. And then scroll….

B I P O L A R D I S O R D E R 2

I was totally shocked. My friend said
it wasn’t true. He didn’t have a mental
illness and it was “society that wronged
him.”

He then said some nonsense about how
society wrongs people and that the kind
people suffer at the hands of a small
group of evil people. The evil people
medicate the kind people.

I made NO SENSE AT ALL.

My head hurt so much that I thought
my mind was going to explode.

My friend then went on a tirade.

In my head, I decided that my troops
or my bipolar supporter army was not
equipped to fight this battle and we
had to retreat.

I couldn’t take it anymore. I said,
“Hey, what time is it?” My friend said “almost
9:00pm.” I said, “Geeze, I have to call my
mom before she goes to sleep, I have to go.”
I hung up.

I sat in my chair amazed. It all came together
why my friend’s life is a nightmare. It appears
that he has bipolar and has been in total
denial for years. It all made sense now.

It was the strangest thing that his brother
has bipolar disorder and wasn’t doing all
that well but then admitted it. But my friend
doesn’t admit it and projects his own
behavior onto others.

His life is falling apart and he doesn’t
even know it. It’s really sad.

In my courses/systems below I talk about
how to get a loved one into treatment
if he/she doesn’t want to go.

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

All the
ways I have come up with. And if you have
bipolar disorder and you don’t feel good
about bipolar disorder, I talk about
all the benefits of going into treatment
and so do all the success stories I have
in my course. If you feel bad about your
bipolar disorder get my information.

The one technique that I used was the
“conversation changer.” Which is,
you change or redirect the conversation
to somewhere else when you are talking
to someone who is not doing well with
bipolar disorder.

Finally when things go totally wrong,
you have a conversation ender. “I have
to call my mom was my conversation ender.”

Also, you can’t argue against madness.
I argued a little until I figured out
my friend has bipolar disorder probably
and it would be an argument against
madness.

When you are a bipolar supporter, you
need to have these conversation changers
and conversation enders ready at ALL
times.

Finally, if you have bipolar disorder,
heed this WARNING. Get into treatment.
Take your medications. Do not game
the system.

My friend is destroying his life and
those around him. He is doing horrible
and doesn’t even realize because he
is slowly slipping out of his right
mind. If you have bipolar disorder,
don’t let this happen to you.

I have to go to the gym.

What do you think of this story?

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

*I changed a little of this to protect the privacy
of my friend. I hope you understand. The story
is 100% real however.