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On Sunday, I had a post on my blog before
I stopped all postings on my blog because
people were writing crazy posts. NOT the
woman below but other people.

I wanted to address a few things that this
person named “Dyeann” posted on my blog
because others have the same types of questions
so I figured I would send what I posted back.

She essentially said a few major points:

1. I was shaming my mother using her story
on my websites.

2. I was not being honest about the importance
of medication and bipolar disorder. That I was
over exaggerating.

So I posted back to her:

“To Dyeann,

I would like to say one other thing in reference to
the comment by dyeann:

“I find it in pretty poor taste, and sadly humiliating
and shaming of your mother.”

Actually Dyeann my mom has given me permission
on I believe 8 different occasions to use her story,
print the whole truth and educate people about the
realities of what happens with bipolar disorder.
Before I started this, I had my mom sign an agreement
and had her do so for several months afterwards.
She has read virtually EVERYTHING that I have written.

She is not going to be writing stuff on the internet
anytime soon. Why? She doesn’t have the time or the
desire. She is busy.

My mom feels (I am sure you think I am making this up :)),
that if she was given truthful information about
bipolar disorder she would not have wasted years
and years of her life.

My mom feels that we could all make up stuff,
lie for years, about what happens with bipolar disorder
and sugar coat what really happens and basically have
a situation where people get mislead for half if not
all their lives. But she feels this is wrong. This
is what happen to her. This is what happens to
MILLIONS of people everyday. They are not told the
truth about bipolar disorder.

Why do you think the suicide rate is so high? Many
say 20%.

With that said, I think I may even post the agreements
that I have signed from my mom to use her story and to
freely talk about what happen. Yes, I have gotten that
and gotten every year since I started. In addition
both her doctor and therapist are okay with my entire
website and feel that it society.

I would say every couple of months I get the “Dave you
are really mean, I can’t believe you take advantage of
your mom, you’re a terrible person, shame on you,
you’re going to hell, etc.) I’ve been doing this for
a while. I heard ever possible statement.

Finally, I find that there are people that want to go
to the end of the earth to tell people with bipolar disorder
things that are NOT best practices. Taking medication
is best practices.

I look at it this way. If someone in high school said
“can you give me the best practices or things most likely
to lead to business and personal success?” Imagine this
person continued to say, “should I drop out of school,
do drugs, drink all the time, hang out on the beach and
then try to become a successful in a career and personally?”
“Or should I stay in school, not take drugs, not drink all
the time, go to college, set goals, etc.”

I am sure you can guess what I would tell the person,
the second path. BUT, you can find people who did the
first path and did eventually become a success. But is
it likely? The answer is no. So I promote things that
are highly probable to help a person with
bipolar disorder–that equals finding a great doctor,
taking the medication as prescribed, and following a proper
treatment plan.

I am sure we find people who do everything possibly
wrong and do great. I never find them but I am sure a
few of them exist. There are people on my list that
swear that doing illegal drugs every single day is good
for you.

As I write this, I think of the few remaining people
that I know who smoke cigarettes. Each will cite that
they know one person who smoke 10 packs a day for 50 years
and lived over 100. I laugh when I hear this because
obviously smoking leads to early death. Even though die
hard smokers want to tell you how it doesn’t, they want
to tell you about that one person, they want to tell
you about the statistical outlier–the person who
deviates from the norm. They all know people who
smoke tons and live a long time. They want to talk
about the smoking urban legend–the one who smokes
all the time for decades and is in great health.

You probably aren’t going to like my newsletter
because I am not going to tell you what you want
to hear. That’s not my job and that’s not my goal.

It’s comforting to know some like what I say with
all the errors you mention because I now have over
220,000 sign ups and I believe over 7,000 testimonials.

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/testimonials

You are right, I could spend more time on the newsletter.
I could spend hours on it a day but I have a long list of
things to do and I committed so spending no more than 1
hour per day 365 days a year to the newsletter. I can’t
do any more when it comes to the newsletter. Sorry.

Enjoy your day.”

I think that not only does Dyeann have these questions but
others do as well. That’s why I sent out my reply.

In my courses/systems below:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
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Visit:
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You will find that in every case a person was
doing poorly with bipolar disorder, many times
for YEARS and medication was the thing that
started to get them back into society.

Story after story. Get my courses/systems
and listen for yourself. I don’t make this stuff
up. You can hear with your own ears.

I have people that work for me that didn’t
take medication seriously or consistently
and for DECADES and attempted suicide up to
8 times, were homeless, bankrupt, married
up to 5 times, lost all their friends and many
family members. I could go on and on but
you get the idea.

The reason why I talk about medication and
bipolar disorder is because it works. I don’t talk
about stuff that I haven’t seen work.

I don’t even understand why there is a debate.
There is no debate.

The sad fact is, people who get off their
medication THINK they are fine many times.
The problem is they are not.

The other day, I spoke to a woman who said
that I broke into her house, stole her information
and ordered stuff and sent it to her. She really
believe that it was true. It took me 1 hour
to convince her it was impossible. She was NOT
on medication. She thought however she was totally
fine.

Remember bipolar disorder is a mental illness
a mood disorder and a person can think they are
fine when they aren’t even close to being stable.

Remember that.

Finally I will say, I have spoke to many people
who decided to get off medication who do fine for
a short time and then slowly get worse and then
eventually they crash.

In my head I can think of so many people that called
and mocked me saying, “I am okay, you have no
clue.” Then I found out these people lost everything
in less than a year.

I don’t make this stuff up. Get my courses and you’ll
hear the same thing.

But in my courses/systems not only do you hear about
how you need medication you’ll hear that there are many
other things that go along with living with bipolar
disorder yourself or being a good supporter. There’s a
bunch to learn. Unfortunately most people learn the
hard way. Smart people learn the easier way. They
learn from others.

Your Friend,

Dave

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