Big Bipolar Mistake My Dad ALMOST Made

Hi,

If you have been following my story and emails over the
last week. You know my mom went into another episode
and we caught it. She was doing really bad. Then we
used a technique to get her to the doctor. It was
really easy actually. BUT before we were able to
a number of bad things were done.

I am currently figuring out what went wrong
and have discovered some shocking reasons why
she went into this episode. I will be revealing
them next week. It’s taking me a while to write it up
for you.

BUT in the meantime, I wanted to tell you this.
One thing that happen is my mom stopped seeing
the great therapist I found for her and started
seeing a new guy who is a TOTAL disaster.

He is a joke. He actually shouldn’t be allowed
to practice. You might think this is harsh but he
has done a ton of bad things.

Anyway, she needs a new therapist. I am going to
use my old doctor/therapist finding system
which is in all my main courses:

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

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

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

BEFORE I told my dad this, he said to me,
well I wonder where we can find a therapist.
He said, maybe we can look in the phone
book.

I WAS SHOCKED. I was like HELLO,
the phone book? If you know my courses
I go through why the phone book doesn’t
work for finding doctors/therapist generally.
Neither does the internet.

Actually I had a lady the other day call me,
she got my course and was using the f.ree
consultation for non medical and non legal
questions. She said that she tried everything to find
a good therapist.

Her definition of EVERYTHING was looking on the
internet. I asked her why she didn’t use my
super easy system. She said, “I forgot.”

Here’s the deal. A therapist is super important.
You can’t mess around and hope for a good one.
You need to be proactive and take it DEADLY
serious.

Use my system, OR make your own. But do something
that is going to work for you.

Shame on my dad for not even remembering or reading
my stuff that he has for f.ree. He did say to me,
he has done stuff wrong for so many years, it’s hard
for him to break old ways of thinking.

Hey I have to run. See you tomorrow.

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Your Friend,

Dave

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

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

  1. David,
    I am not certain I have utilized the program to your fullest extent..sorry I am posting here but not sure how else to get you. Please email me with a way to get to you directly to send my question.
    In response to your letter, I am a medical professional and we all know that the phone book is “pot luck” Thank heavens you stepped in even though sometimes our choices aren’t always the best ones

  2. Hi David, I too know that good therapists don’t fall from the sky, or a hospital, or a welfare clinic. ( made necessary by huge debt)Where to turn when funds are limited, and the System is overworked and/or incompetent is frustrating and frightening. he won’t take meds because he ‘feels fine’. -at the beginning of an upswing. the crashes are horrific.The suicidal threats are real, not just threats, as some friends blow them off. “He’ll come around” they tell me. Sure! It’s cyclic!Please tell me how you found a good therapist, as paranoia is also a problem.I am working within the Medicaid system, so am limited all the more by financial problems. Trusting Doctors is beginning to become a problem for me, as well, and I often wonder if It’s catching! Has that happened to you too? Since it’s often hereditary,I fear for myself, as I try to control the uncontrollable. I know I can’t control the Diease, but modify the behavior? There must be a way, and you sound like you have really been there too. I’m looking forward to reading about all of your experiences, maybe someone else’s voice can help. I feel so alone in this sometimes.
    Thanks just writing this helped me abit.
    up a tree

  3. Hi David, my 7 year old is Bipolar,and ADHD so i have my hands full he has his spells three times a week so i dont reaaly know what to do. We are on Medicaid and we have been to quit a few theripist and physiciritrist (sorry cant spell) When they give him med’s his body gets amune to it and it dont work no more and so when we go to the doctor they up it and we go throught the same thing with that over and over..etc…… he has been on all types of meds like ritalin it made him bounce off the walls he has been on downer meds and they made him evil, he has just been up down up down up so what advise do you have for me?

    Thanks
    Jessie

  4. Hi david, I am 27 and scared too death. i AM BIPOLAR TYPE 2 and some days i can not even get out of bed , the doctor figures i have been like this since i was 15yr old. i am a very self conuios person who used to work 70 hr weeks til 3 yrs ago when trying to pour coffee 4 a customer he said something joking and i snapped. i looked at my boss aplogized andquit. it took 2.5 yrs to get disagonsed and its amazin how knowin how to do handl esome of my problems is great. but my last episode scared me so bad i went to the rcmp detachment out here and handed in my lisence. this guy cut me off and when i caught up with him at the next light, he was swearin and yellin at me. i got so mad i put my car in park and got out went up to his window and knocked on it. he looked at me got out and called me a bitch and i nearly lost it. i told him he should drive more carefully with a looks like 6 month old in his car, then i turned got in my car and left. I am on medical welfare right now applying for PWD and if my friend and family did not have this i would be in a mental insittue. thank you for your program and your daliy email it keeps people like me insane, a little while longer! Thank s again and good luck with your mom

  5. David;
    Mistakes are the easiest thing in the world to make.I’ve been making them related to my wifes Bi-polar for 13 years.In my defence myself and her so called doctors attributed her condition to alcohol and cocaine addictions. Finally after all this time in a radical move,a fresh doctor and a fresh phyciatrist,she has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder.

    So now we are dealing with this situation in a sort of reverse order.
    It is now a lot easier to recognise the mistakes. [hind sight is always 20/20 is it not?]
    In a small way this helps to understand what has been going on, however is little concellation for damage done.
    Making mistakes is a normal part of this situation,so beating youself up over them is as bad as making them.The trick is how to minimize the number and more important is how to learn from them.
    So from here we go one step,one hour and one day at a time.
    Wish us luck:
    BARELY HANGING ON TO MY SANITY
    CRAIG.

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