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Hi!

Hope you’re going to have a great
day.

I wanted to say a few things
before we get into today’s
topic.

1. Check your email later on
today for the new information
on how to have a great and low
cost Christmas with Bipolar Disorder.
I’ll send it out later today.
Andrea is putting it up today.

2. I wanted to remind everyone
to mark your calendar to
see the new weight loss program
I am putting out for those with
bipolar disorder.

Mark your calendar the
December 21, 2007 at 10:00am.
You should go to
www.bipolarcentral.com/weightloss

Remember I am only taking the first
50 people.

3. Someone wrote me yesterday and
said:

“You must be crazy. How could you
hire people with bipolar disorder
and how in the world can your company
really work right if all the people
with bipolar disorder are running it.”

I have gotten a few responses like that.
First, I find that comment insulting to
people with bipolar disorder. Secondly,
I don’t think some people get it. The
person who is stable with bipolar disorder
is capable of doing great things.

I think people get caught up thinking
that everyone with bipolar disorder is
not stable. This is NOT the case.

I am actually going to be releasing
an article next year titled:

Why every company needs more people
with bipolar disorder to survive
in the coming future.

I am going to be sending it out to
all the business publications in the
us.

Well, let’s move on. It’s super cold
here. Yesterday it snowed, than sleeted,
then rained and now it’s all frozen.

It’s a total mess. So I have to hurry
up so I can get my car ready to go
pick up some stuff.

On to today’s bipolar disorder lesson:

I’ve been thinking about something,
and wanted to share my thoughts
with you. It’s about what happens
when you try to accomplish too
much too fast.

Think about it. When you try to
accomplish too much too fast,
you are just setting yourself up
for failure, because you’ll never
be able to do it. It also gets very
discouraging for you.

Also, if you don’t know how long
something should take, you can
start to think it’s taking too long.

For example, after an episode.
It could take up to a year to fully
“fix” the after effects of an episode.
Like the financial ruin – you can’t
fix a bankruptcy in just two weeks!

But some people think you can
just do it overnight! We don’t rush
the stroke victim or even the cancer
victim, why do we rush the victim
of bipolar disorder?

Thinking that they should be over
an episode after just a week or two
is just plain unrealistic expectations.

Would we have that same expectation
if they were getting over a physical
illness? Then why are we expecting
it from a bipolar episode?

In my courses, I interview people
who are success stories, and
they talk about how long it took
them sometimes to fully recover
from some of their episodes, and
some of them say it took a whole
year, and some even longer! You
can read about this and hear
about it in the interviews in my
courses:

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

There are certain things in life
that take a certain amount of time
to happen. It’s just the way it has
to be.

Think about things in nature.
Like the butterfly – it starts off
as a caterpillar…then it goes into
a cocoon… and only after a
certain period of time does it
metamorphose into that
beautiful butterfly! It just doesn’t
happen overnight.

And if you interrupt it at any
point in the chain of events, the
whole thing would be ruined!

Some things just can’t be rushed.
Other things just have to take place
in a certain order. And still other
things have to take place at a
certain time.

Wanting your loved one who has
bipolar disorder to get over their
episode overnight is like wanting
them to be that beautiful butterfly
without going through the cocoon
phase!

Some things are just worth waiting
for. You just have to be more
patient sometimes.

Well, I have to run. See you
tomorrow!

Your friend,

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

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

How’s it going?

Today I wanted to send a simple email
about some announcements about bipolar
disorder.

I actually have to take off pretty quick
because I have to figure out how to
get out of my driveway.

We have 4 inches of solid
ice on the roads. I don’t even
know how I am going to drive today.
But I have to because I have places to go
and people to see 🙂

Here are the announcements:

1. I have put together an article on having
a low cost fun Christmas. I also have an
audio recording that I am sending out. It
has REALLY important information on
how to have a good Christmas. There are
a number people on my list struggling
on my list that don’t feel they can have a
good Christmas because of financial problems.

This article and audio recording will be
sent out tomorrow. Andrea was going to
post it today but it’s her son’s birthday
and she doesn’t have time. I’ll have her
get it up tomorrow.

2. Yesterday was the day angry emails, a
few angry posts and angry phone calls. I know
in December I get a spike in hate mail,
death threats and people all mad at me. Why?
Well I think that when seasons change,
holiday stress comes and unstable people aren’t
doing well, they take it out on me. It’s
happen EVERY year since I started.

A person who has bipolar disorder who works
for me asked, “Don’t you get sick and tired
of hearing this type of stuff in December
every year?” I said, “yea I do and it’s annoying
but I realize the people doing this stuff
are sick and not really in their right mind
or not thinking clearly.”

So I just ignore all of this.

3. New program coming.

I want to tell you about a new program
that I talked about in November. But it
addresses one angry post I saw yesterday.

It said:

“Every piece of email I receive from this
Bipolar Supporter stuff starts talking about
money and asking if I would pass up a doctor
who costs more for someone who is incompetent
but charges less.

I am on Social Security Disability and have one
of the lowest levels of income…. below federal
poverty level. I have NO money!

This woman is mad at me. Why? I think because
yesterday I sent a daily email that basically
said, many people “get what they pay for
when it comes to doctors.” I was encouraging
people to shop for doctors and work with
doctors that know what they are doing when it
comes to their situation with bipolar disorder
as opposed to just jumping at the first
one that is a “deal.”

Anyway the person who wrote me is
mad obviously. I believe because of what I said
in my email. If I am guessing, she feels she
can’t afford a “Good” doctor and that my
advice is not for people like her. It is
for sure. She obviously has financial problems.
There are so many things that I could write
about what I think she could do to afford
treatment. I believe she is way off track.

I wanted to remind her and all the other
people on my list that I am going to be launching
a new program on how to get free and low cost
medication and treatment for bipolar disorder.

I, along with 7 other people, have been working hard
on this program for a while now. There’s going
to be a pilot program launched soon to test out
any bugs and then a full roll out to everyone
on my list. This program will be totally free
and paid for but yours truly.

Why isn’t it ready now? I don’t think some people
realize but I am NOT a drug company with billions
of dollars in my bank account and a staff of 1000
people waiting to work on projects. ALL these projects
are paid for by ME out of my own pocket and we have
up to 17 or so people who can work on things at any
one time. BUT there are a lot of projects that require
time and money. I have gotten zero grants and no
donations. I am not saying that for you to feel sorry
for me but so you know the deal.

Right now, I have 15 projects in development which
I think is pretty darn good. We have a great team
that works really hard. I think 80% of our team
has a mental illness or at least one. Some have
many. This is the reason we can get a lot done. Why?
The people who work for me are great problem solvers
so they can get like 3 to 4 times what a regular
person can get done in the same time frame. They
spend little time figuring stuff out and more time
doing things.

BUT, every day I have to decide what projects will be
worked on. Which projects will get what money.
The low cost and affordable treatment for bipolar
disorder is a top priority. And I will be making
this totally free. It will be for anyone and everyone.

So the next time you want to send me an angry
email or complain that I haven’t come out with this
or that fast enough, reread what I wrote and realize
how much we have done so far and also we only
have so much time and resources to get things done.
We all work as fast and as hard as possible.

As it stands now everyone that works for me
is working right up to Christmas and the day
after Christmas. At least 50% of the people
who work for me are working on Christmas
to get things done. Do I want you to feel
bad for me? NO. But I want to cut down
on the complaints on why projects aren’t
done faster.

3. I have a new guide coming out on how to
lose weight faster if you have bipolar disorder.
I have actually lost 60 pounds myself and kept
it off for 8 years. I have taught tons of people
my system.

I know with so many people with bipolar disorder,
their weight is a big problem. I want to help.

I have been working on this new guide for some
time as well. I am actually going to send it out to 75
people for free. (Warning-There’s over 160,000 people
who signed up for my list)

All they have to do is pay the shipping. It
will be like a free review trial. ALL details will
be explained Friday Morning at 9:00am EST. Also the first
25 people who respond get a free consultation
from me on how to lose weight faster and keep
it off (which I am an expert on). I will call you and
even pay for the phone call.

The first 3 people to respond will get a free
vacation certificate as well. As you might know, I have
a number of businesses. I am able to get vacation
certificates for a bunch of places in the US.
I will be giving away 3 vacation certificates
to the first 3 people to take me up on my free
trial.

Mark your calendar the December 21, 2007 at 10:00am.
You should go to www.bipolarcentral.com/weightloss

NOTE-This site doesn’t work now but it will
on that date. Just make a note of the site.

Actually Michele Soloway has used the program
and lost weight.

4. I will be hiring more new people for
a few new positions. Keep your eyes open
for an announcement over the next coming weeks.

5. For some reason I have had a bunch of people
ask about coming to my office to take a look
at my stuff. One guy posted that he wanted to
get one of my programs 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

But wanted to know where he could go
to talk about it if he was unhappy with
the material. I think the person was
being a “wise guy.”

There is NO office people can come
and visit. Why? Can you imagine if
I had to staff a 24 hour a day or even
a 9 hour day office where people could
come by? Imagine the security costs.

For some reason I don’t think a lot of
people understand the economics of things.
If you have a big office with security
which you’re going to have to hire, that’s
going to take money away from research and
development. So you would wind up spending
more on the office and it’s overhead than
anything else. That makes no sense.

It’s like there was a support group
I USE to go to. There was like 8 to 11 people
there. It was great. They had okay speakers
and great food. Why were their so few people
there? They had ZERO dollars for a marketing
budget. They were more concerned with food
and handouts than they were in great
speakers and having a 100 people in attendance.
They did NO marketing because they spent all
their money on food. Can you believe that?????

Whenever I complained that they needed
to market themselves better to get more people
their, I heard, “We don’t have the money or
the budget.” I would say, “Well let’s cut the
fancy handouts out and stop serving food.”

They never did. Now they don’t exist. Why?
Someone reviewed the program and felt it
helped too few people. Is this insane or
what.

Everyday I have to make decisions based on
the longevity of this organization and reaching
and helping the most people. Having a office you
can come by and hang out in is not going to happen.
It doesn’t make any financial sense at all.
If that makes you mad, sorry.

Well I have to take off. I know for sure I’ll
get a lot of hate mail because of some of things
I wrote but oh well.

Have a great day.

Your Friend,

Dave

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

==>>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

Hi,

How’s it going?

Hope you are doing well.

I wanted to tell you what happen
to me on Thursday and it’s a very
important bipolar disorder lesson.

Here’s what happen. It snowed on Thursday.
You may have heard about the “big snowstorm”
in the Northeastern part of the USA.

So everyone was all freaked out about it.
It was a lot less snow than they said
it was going to be.

So at around 5:00pm, I was done working
and decided to head over to the gym.

I went there and couldn’t believe there
was no one in the parking lot. I knew
exactly what had happen–the gym was closed
early.

I couldn’t believe it. I was so annoyed.
So then I thought “what am I going to
do?” I decided to drive over to my
one office and pick up some stuff. It’s
also by where my parents live. So I decided
to head over there.

I was driving along and one of those “New Jersey
mean drivers” (which New Jersey is filled with),
was driving right behind me. I let him pass
and when he did, he honked his horn at me.

I was driving 35 miles per hour in a 35 mile
per hour zone with snow on the road?

So I went to the office, and picked up some stuff.

Then I decided to stop by the store and pick
my mom up a surprise (my dad was away on a trip
so he wasn’t going to get a surprise). I got
over to my parents and noticed that my mom
had a little bit of the drive way shoveled.

So I figured I would be a good son so to speak
and shovel the rest. So I went into the
garage and looked for the “good shovel.”

The good shovel seemed to have vanished
and there was another one. I was skeptical
about how good it would be.

IMPORTANT BIPOLAR LESSON COMING

Here is where my nightmare started.

So I started using the shovel. It
was horrible. This being kind.

It was super flimsy. It was junk.
I was getting really mad. Then I fell
down trying to push the snow. The
thing was terrible. I had sneakers
on.

I had a bad shovel and I was slipping
and sliding all over the place. This
little kid saw me and laughed and asked
if I was dancing. I said, “NO, how
about you help me.” He said, ‘I
am going to play with my Xbox.”

I slid all over the place.
I noticed that people were looking at
me as the drove by like, I was some kind
of “side show.”

Then people were driving by and beeping
at me and saying, “hey, how’s it going,
having fun?”

I was like in my head, “yea, I am having
a blast.”

So I wound up spending a really long time
doing a job that should have taken 15 minutes.

WHY?

Because the shovel was horrible. I was
so mad at the darn shovel I decided
it would be punished when I was done.
It was going to be put into the garbage.

I was wondering while I was shoveling
should I try to go find another one really
fast. But I figured that would take longer.

Eventually my mom came out side. I wanted
to surprise her but since it was taking me
so darn long and it was so noisy, she eventually
heard me.

I was like “mom, what the heck kind of shovel
did you buy?” She was like, “one that was
on sale.”

I was like “why didn’t you get the good kind?”
She said, “that cost a lot more.”

I said, “do you want the shovel to work right?”
She thought about it and said, “well I guess
you are right, I guess that’s why it was so
hard for me to shovel the driveway.”

I said, “You think :)?”

I was finally done. Then I said to
the people watching and laughing that
it was time to pay up for my show.
They laughed at me some more. One
person asked if I would shovel their
driveway as well. I was like, “no
thanks!”

Then I was thinking about something
with bipolar disorder.

how people shop for doctors and
the important bipolar disorder lesson.

You know what the first question from
the average person is?
Guess and then scroll down…

No cheating!!! Guess then scroll down…

“How much do you charge?” If someone say a lot,
many people say, “oh that’s too much.” You know
what the first questions should be:

-Do you know bipolar disorder well?
-How much experience with bipolar disorder do you have?
-What your philosophy of medication?
-What kind of success have you seen?
-Are you accessible for emergencies if so, how?
-Have you ever been sued for your services?
-How long are your visits with patients?

In my systems/courses 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 how to shop for a doctor. I have a
system where you can sort through hundreds
of doctors or therapists and have them
contact you full qualified. Then you just
ask the questions I have listed (like
the ones above and more). I also go
a step further and have the doctor
sign a document with their answers.

It sounds crazy, or impossible but it
works. This is how I found
my mom’s doctor. I NEVER worried
about price first.

You worry about if the person can
do the job and then price.

Just like the shovel. The shovel
my mom bought was a great price but
it was horrible. It didn’t do the job.
Overtime the shovel will wind up erasing
any savings because it takes so darn long
to use the piece of junk.

When it comes to doctors, ones that
are direct cheap usually are terrible,
flooded with patients and unable to
deliver great service and they themselves
don’t usually stay in one practice long.

Ever have this happen where you just think
of price.

You really do get what you pay for.
I saw these towels in the store a month ago.
It was like $6.99 for a million (okay
maybe not that many, like 30).

I swear that they fell apart in my car
on the way from the store 🙂

I told my Grandmother and she laughed
and said, “You get what you pay for.”

Well I have to run. Catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

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.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.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 TELL YOUR FRIENDS

Hi,

Hope you are doing well today. I spent
a long time shoveling snow.

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/bipolarnews356

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 Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder Also Known As ‘The Terrible 2s’?
DO> Great must read article.

Outcomes In Bipolar Disorder May Be Improved By Stable Sleep
Patterns And Regular Routines
DO> It’s odd how they just started saying this. I have
been saying this for years.

Pregnant Women At Risk Of Bipolar Recurrence With Interruption Of
Medication
DO> VERY good article.

Study shows brain differences in adolescents with mental illness
DO> Another great article. Maybe lead to a possible test for
bipolar?

Woman goes to court for monkey
DO> Very strange article. But interesting.

For these stories and more, please visit:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarnews356

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Your Friend,

Dave

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Hi,

I’ve got a question for you:

What do rabbits, turtles, and
bipolar disorder all have to do with
each other?

Here’s a hint: Aesop.

Got it?

Aesop wrote a fairy tale you
may remember from your childhood
about the tortoise and the hare.

The fable goes like this:

There once was a speedy hare who
bragged about how fast he could run.
Tired of hearing him boast, Slow and
Steady, the tortoise, challenged the
hare to a race. All the animals in the
forest gathered to watch.

Hare ran down the road for a while and
then paused to rest. He looked back at
Slow and Steady and cried out, “How do
you expect to win this race when you are
walking along at your slow, slow pace?”

Hare stretched himself out alongside the
road and fell asleep, thinking, “There is
plenty of time to relax.”

Slow and Steady walked and walked. He
never, ever stopped until he came to the
finish line.

The animals who were watching cheered
so loudly for Tortoise, they woke up Hare.

Hare stretched and yawned and began to
run again, but it was too late. Tortoise was
over the line.

After that, Hare always reminded himself,
“Don’t brag about your lightning pace,
for Slow and Steady won the race!”

——————————————–

To this day, you’ll still here the expression,
“Slow and Steady wins the race.”
Now you know where it came from!

Ok, so what does that have to do with
bipolar disorder?

In my courses, I go into great detail about
learning how to develop systems, or
routines, and how important that is:

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

But in light of the fable and its moral of
“slow and steady wins the race,” you need
to develop a routine, something or things
that you do everyday – that’s the slow and
steady part. Whether you are a bipolar
supporter OR a bipolar survivor.

Some people whine that that is too boring,
but most people have told me that it has
literally made the difference in them
becoming a high functioning person with
bipolar disorder or not.

It truly is like the tortoise in the fable.
By going slow and steady, by sticking to
their routine, their treatment plan, taking
their medication, doing everything they
are supposed to do (and not complaining
about it), they are “winning the race” with
bipolar disorder.

To those who think there should be a magic
button or magic word that will make their
loved one better overnight, well, I compare
that to the hare in the fable. It just isn’t
going to happen, no matter what you think,
no matter what you try.

Remember, “Slow and steady wins the
race.”

I can tell you FOR SURE. That those who
are super successful with bipolar disorder
believe this. Nothing happens over night.
It’s a process.

In today’s society, people want everything
FAST and right away. They what to make
a million quick. They become way overweight
and then go to the gym a few times and look
incredible. They want to learn how to read
fast in a half a day. They want to go from
the bottom of their job to the top overnight.
They want their bipolar medication to work on
the first try and work perfect. The list goes on.

Actually TV promotes that this is all possible.
Many times you hear and read stories about
people achieving tremendous success in a
super short period of time. I have found
every time I research this, it’s a “statistical
outlier” (it’s not the norm and it’s one person
in every million or so) OR it’s simply not
true.

Another thing is this, the media normally
doesn’t include the years of time it takes for
success. As opposed to me where everytime
I do a bipolar supporter or survivor success interview
I ask up front how long it’s taken the person. You
hear 4 years, 8 years, 15 years, etc.

Hopefully some people will post today and explain
how long it’s taken them.

I have to run now.

Oh actually no more thing on this subject. I bumped
into on of the world’s leading authorities on stress.
I was telling him about bipolar disorder and he
was really excited about what I was doing. I was
really excited about what he was doing. Want to
know something odd. He said that one of the top
3 stresses that everyone seems to have is
the stress they have from comparing themselves
to people who are successful and thinking they
are not achieving success or having as much as
fast as the person they are comparing themselves
to.

Think about that. Well I have to run. Have a great
day.

Your friend,
Dave
–
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.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.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

==>>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

Hi,

How’s it going?

Before we get started, I wanted to
tell you something.

First, for a few people who called
me yesterday for the coaching program,
jobs, projects, etc, I will be getting
back to you today. I had like 100
things to do yesterday.

I am now doing interviews with media
so I am super busy. Also, I run 3 other
businesses as well.

NO I don’t have bipolar disorder and
I am NOT in a manic episode. I am
able to do all this because I have
GREAT teams. Which I have taught
in my course/systems for bipolar
disorder is one key to success.

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

For example, I’ve told you that I
was a little concerned with my mom and her
bipolar disorder because her brother is in
the hospital, it being December (my mom’s
worst bipolar month), and natural December stress.
So far three potential bipolar triggers. BUT
so far it looks good. Everything seems
to be okay.

BUT my mom actually contact her entire
team and let them know to watch out for
her because of all that is going on. Is that
proactive or what?

So remember if you have bipolar disorder
and you think there might be a problem,
be proactive. Contact your doctor, therapist,
supporters, etc. Let them know what is going
on. Make sure you have medical waivers in
place.

If you are a bipolar supporter, when there
are potential bipolar triggers, make sure
you report them and also you are vigilant.

In the old days, nothing would be done
and I can tell you FOR SURE my mom
would have gone into a bipolar episode.

As it stands now, I believe it’s IMPOSSIBLE
for my mom to go into a major bipolar episode.

Why can I say that? Well it’s because she has
a system in place to prevent it. It’s possible
she would go into a minor bipolar
episode. But if I had to bet, I would say no.
But, if she does, we’ll be ready.

I have brainstormed all possible options
using well you’re going to think I am nerdy
but factorials which is stuff in math.

I teach how to use factorials to prevent
bipolar episodes in my courses/systems
below. But, I don’t call it factorials because
you would think I was crazy, nerdy or you
might be afraid because it’s math. So I just
teach you the technique and don’t label it.

Okay, one last thing before we jump into
today’s topic. I must say, I am a little
annoyed. I have another business and people
are contacting me from this other business
and finding my stuff on bipolar disorder.

They then wind up calling me up and
saying, “hey, I saw your site.” I then
say “oh.” They say, “I you have a site
on bipolar disorder.” I say, “Really?”
(For some reason I get annoyed at these
points)

Then they say, “I didn’t know your mom
had bipolar disorder.”

Then I get really annoyed. It’s just stupid
to call someone and say something like
that.

Anyway this woman called me and said
and I quote, “Hi, David. I saw your bipolar
site. Wow, I didn’t know you had that.
I didn’t know your mother has bipolar disorder.
She is so, umm, so, well, normal.”

Isn’t that offensive? It’s annoying too, don’t
you think? Well you know how I replied?
I know it’s bad, sorry.

I said, “Wow, I didn’t know that YOUR mom
had bipolar disorder?”

The woman was shocked and confused. She
said, “Umm. My mom doesn’t have bipolar
disorder.”

I said, “oh yea she does.”

She was totally confused wondering if I knew
something that she didn’t know.

I said, “oh you didn’t know??? But
don’t worry she is so normal.”

The woman was totally confused. So then
I let her off the hook and told her how
dumb she was to make a stupid comment saying
my mom was “so normal.”

She said sorry and said she didn’t mean
to say anything offensive.

I know that was bad but it was funny 🙂
I am laughing as I write this.

My mom said it was no big deal but it makes
me mad/annoyed.

You know, I have 8 or 9 people working for
me who have bipolar disorder. They are GREAT!
You know I always brag about how good they
are. Anyway, I had a friend of mine who has
a business. He started it like around 3 years
ago. When I started my bipolar stuff. He
couldn’t believe how far we have come so fast.

He then said, “man, are you sure the people
that work for you really have bipolar disorder?”

I was totally confused. I was like, “huh, what
do you mean?” He said, “well you guys just get
so much done so fast it’s just weird that most
of the people have bipolar disorder.”

Then I got it. I cut him off and yelled at him
and said, that people with bipolar disorder
do great things. Then I lectured him about
all the artists, inventors, business people,
leaders, etc.

He felt dumb and said sorry that he just didn’t
know. Today, he actually wants to hire people
with bipolar disorder because he has concluded
that people with bipolar disorder get more
done than people who don’t (which is true
many times :). Plus he says
my people are way more creative (which is
true 🙂

I get really annoyed when people insult
people who have bipolar disorder. I guess
because I feel they are indirectly insulting
lots of my friends, workers and own mom.

What do you think of all of this?

Post a response. Also, I have to take off.
Catch you tomorrow. Bye for now.

Your Friend,

Dave

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

==>>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

Hi,

First I wanted to say welcome to all the
new subscribers to this bipolar newsletter.
Yesterday we got around 2800 news subscribers
in one day.

How are you? I have to go really quick today
so I have to make this daily bipolar email
on the shorter side.

Tomorrow I have some really interesting things
to send to you.

Today I wanted to tell you about this major
bipolar success story.

About 2 years ago, there was a person that
called me up (when my home phone number was
all over my sites), and it was like 3:00am
in the morning.

I can pretty much recall the story well
because I took notes. Here is goes:

I was dead tired. Anyway, he was kind of rambling
I thought. I wasn’t sure if I was so tired
that he really wasn’t rambling but I was
imagining it.

Anyway, he started telling me how he was “so
done” with his wife because her bipolar
disorder was out of control.

He said there was no hope. He was calling
me before he decided to leave her in the morning.

I woke up and got out of bed. So I asked him
what happen and why he was “so done.”

He said that his wife was a great person
that he loved for many years but then in the last
couple of years she started getting worse and
worse like he said happen to my mom.

I listened carefully.

He then said like 3 years ago she was found to
have bipolar disorder.

He said, “I can deal with that.”

He went on to tell me how over the last
year or year and one half she was out
of control.

He said how she had stolen money from the
family. Spent a ton of money. She had made
up all kinds of lies. She was yelling
and screaming at him breaking down
his health.

I then asked about what doctor she was
seeing. He then cut me off and said she
had been to EVERY doctor possible. All kinds
of therapists and tried EVERY possible bipolar
medication.

He said to me that everything was tried
and there was no chance for success.

He then went on and on and on and on about
how bad it was. How he couldn’t deal with it
anymore and that if he kept going, he
was going to have a stroke.

I then cut him off and said, I need to
ask you some questions and I need one line
answers or yes/no nothing more.

I said, “agree or disagree?” He then rambled
and I said, “okay, I can’t help, you can’t follow
the rules and I laughed.” He laughed and said,
“okay” I can do that.

-Did you guys shop for a doctor?
-Are you working with the doctor to inform him/her
what’s going on with your wife?
-Are you informing the therapist?
-Does your wife have access to your finances?
-Are you arguing with your wife every day?

In my courses/systems for bipolar disorder,
I talk about the questions to ask yourself
and what you should and should not do:

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Then I asked a bunch of other questions.

His answers were, they didn’t shop for a doctor.
They had no system to do that. He was no allowed
to talk to his wife’s doctor. She wasn’t seeing
a therapist. He was arguing with her every
single day he said for up to 10 hours a day.
His wife was paying the bill still but he
was “trying” to take that away from her.

I told him, “I am going to give it to you
straight.”

Actually, then I gave him my normal disclaimer.

I am NOT a doctor, therapist, lawyer, insurance
person or other kind of professional. I am NOT
offering medical, legal or professional advice.
If you are looking for advice of this nature, please
contact someone else.

He was like “yea, yea I know that. Tell me how to
help her.”

I said, “You’re doing everything wrong. Sorry.
But you can turn this around if you want
to. I am confident in you.”

I then told him to grab a pen and I grabbed
one of my bipolar supporter manuals and simply
read the key points to him and explained it
to him.

I told him the things he needed to do and
he agreed with me.

I told him how you have to shop for a doctor and
not just take any random person.

I told him about my “stand up to bipolar disorder” strategy
and how arguing with his wife for 10 hours a day was
a total waste of time. How do I know? Well I argued
with my mom for about 5 to 6 hours a day every day
for months. I thought I was going to drop dead myself.

He can’t out argue a bipolar episode.

So we talked a long time until like 5:00am and I could
tell he felt better.

He asked if he could buy my course from me over the
phone and I said, “I am way too tired to take any
orders just get it online.”

He did.

I thought for sure he would use the FREE consultation
certificates in my course and contact me later. He never
did.

But never heard from him again until recently.

He contacted me and said that his life has totally turned
around.

He followed my advice and used my doctor finding
system. He had a doctor contact him and say
he could help his wife.

He then worked with the doctor to keep him
informed. At first his wife refused to give
him the ability to talk to the doctor. He easily
got around that with all the strategies.

He actually laughed and said to me that
my strategy to get around a person not allowing
communication with a doctor is so easy it almost
doesn’t even matter if the person does or doesn’t.

He then said he didn’t like talking to doctors
anyway so it was great that they never were talking
back to him anyway :).

He took control of the finances and he saved
a whole lot of money.

She is now doing great. Totally stable and working.
She is totally recovered and realizes what she
has to do to be stable.

He said to me it was so crazy how she went from
totally out of her mind to totally normal as he
put it. He was amazed the difference a good
doctor and medication makes.

I then asked if his wife was self functioning
and he said “ABSOLUTELY!?” He said you couldn’t
even tell she had bipolar disorder and she is
doing great.

Oh he also mentioned that she is seeing a therapist
and him/her agreed she should even though she
is stable and doing great.

I wanted to pass along this message because many
times we hear about the doom and the gloom. I have
to write about doom and gloom because that’s
important but I also want to balance with
success stories. I get tons of them.

No matter how bad your situation is, there is someone’s
who is worse and someone who has overcome it.

I have seen people come back from the worst of the worst
situations. My mom was a really bad situation but
not even close to the “really” bad ones.

I always no that it’s possible to turn it around.
It just takes strategy and time. Even if you look
at the people who work for me with bipolar disorder,
you’ll see that it took time and a strategy.

I have one person that was unstable for years
and years and years. They wanted to permanently
put her in an institutionalize and finally she
figured out a system to control bipolar disorder
about 5 years ago. Now today she is stable,
has a family and works for me.

Imagine the person I told you about today
gave up on his wife. Then imagine she
was on the streets or something. The difference
between her success and lack of success was
him a good strong bipolar supporter.

If you have bipolar disorder a good supporter
is important but not a requirement. Increasingly
I will share stories of people who had no
supporters and got their bipolar disorder
under control.

Well with that said, I have to take off. Have
a great day and I will catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

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

==>>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

Hi,

How’s it going?

Hope you had a good weekend.

The other day I sent you a daily
bipolar email titled “The Killer and Bipolar
Disorder.” If you missed it, you can read
my blog below to see it.

I got a whole lot feedback from people
who were writing me and saying things
like:

-Dave, people with bipolar disorder can
kill

-How do you know if your loved one is
capable of being a killer

-How do I know if I could do something
horrible

-What should you do if your loved one
is violent towards you.

and other questions like this.

I was kind of surprised about the
questions. I wasn’t expecting it.

I was expecting more comments about
the person who had actually killed
several people.

Anyway, I have some things to say
about the questions that I received.

But, first let me say before I respond
that:

I am NOT a doctor, therapist, or lawyer.
I am NOT offering medical or legal advice.

With that said, I have opinions. At any
one time, I have up to 11 people who
work for me that have bipolar disorder.

And I just hired another person. I have
over 170,000 people who have signed
up to my newsletters. Also, as
you know, my mom has bipolar disorder.

I have lots of friends with bipolar and
I studied bipolar disorder very closely as
you can probably tell.

So I feel like I know bipolar disorder
really well.

With that said, here’s what I have found
in 99% of the violent cases with bipolar disorder
that I have studied.

Actually before I tell you, what do you think
is at the core of violence and bipolar disorder?

Take a guess and scroll down for what I think.

NO CHEATING 🙂

Guess first then scroll down….

It’s a lack of treatment and in most cases
the person stopped taking their medication.

This is what I have seen time and time again
that leads to the bipolar disorder horror stories
that involve killings, murder, violence and “crazy
things.”

If you check out my bipolar news and read the
“back story” of people who have done these
really bad things you always seen to find
it’s people who get off their medication.

There are lessons to be learned from
these horror stories

If you have bipolar disorder:

-Stay on your medication

-Work with your doctor and therapist

-If you feel homicidal or suicidal
call your doctor or a qualified
doctor IMMEDIATELY. Or go to the hospital.
Do NOT wait.

If you are supporting a loved one with
bipolar disorder.

-Work with him/her to get them on the right
medication and help them stay on it.

-Call the people if the person is homicidal
or suicidal. Many times, supporters do
nothing and tell no one when they know
the person is out of control.

NOTE-I remember this one time. There was a person
who was off medication. Many people in
his neighborhood called me and asked me to
do something. It was odd. I never had so many
people in one area contacting me about someone.

I told them they need to call the
police, his doctor, and inform the authorities. I
warned them to treat threats seriously, stay away
and be careful.

Then some how the guy started calling me. He threatened
to kill me unless I returned his calls and met with
him. He warned me he was going to fly out to “get me.”
He called over and over again. His messages were really
strange and threatening. He made one person in customer
service very worried she quit.

It sad, she was new and a fill in. I think she believes
people with bipolar disorder are mean. Her first experience
was such a bad one. She never even got to meet other people
who are NOT like this.

Anyway, I started to worry myself. I called my attorney.
He gave me instructions. I then called my police.

After several weeks of tons of phone calls and long
rambling threats, he stopped calling.

Word was, eventually someone convinced him to go to the
hospital where he was put on medication to calm
him down. I was happy.

He seemed like the kind of guy that could create
a whole lot of problems and do something really
bad.

According to what his “friend” told me was that
he was “big”, “drinking”, not medicated and
“majorly bipolar.” BUT I was told he was
the nicest person ever when on medication.

Anyway, it’s a good thing nothing bad happen.

There was another lady that threaten to kill
me as well. About 2.5 years ago. She actually
did hurt someone where she lived. She went to
jail as well. She actually got out recently
and sent me an email saying “sorry” and she
said she accepted her bipolar disorder and never
would stop taking her medication again. It was
odd. I don’t even know how she remembered what
she said to me.

Her bipolar supporter wound up leaving her
and letting her fend for herself and never
let anyone know she was a danger to herself
and society.

The bottom line is bipolar supporters have to take
action if they see something.

It’s a tough thing to do but it has to be done.

If you are reading this and you don’t have
bipolar disorder, think about this. Imagine you
were in a major bipolar episode. Imagine that you
were going to do something to someone or yourself.
You would want someone to do something to stop
you right?

Of course.

Now if you have bipolar disorder you should
want your bipolar supporters to step in. You
should NEVER get mad at supporters for stepping
in.

The worst thing that can happen is no one steps
in, you do something really, really bad and
go to jail for a really long time or forever.

Now, I know someone are reading this that are bipolar
supporters and saying, “Dave, it’s easy to say
to get someone help but many times they don’t want
it.”

You are right and that’s why I give as many tips
as possible how to get around this.

In my courses/systems below I talk about
this in depth.

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

BUT let me warn you. There is no magic simple
answer. I have 25 ways to get someone into treatment
that thinks they are fine. I have an entire
process of which things I think you should
try first. It’s not easy BUT it’s possible.

Anyway, I hope this email gave you a little
insight into murder, killings and bipolar disorder.

These are just my opinions. I am often
asked how I feel about getting death
threats from people who are unstable and
really ill. Well it’s not a good feeling
:).

There have been times where I have a big
consulting job to do and I get a call from
someone who works for me warning me that
someone has made serious and seemingly
credible threats against me. That certainly
doesn’t get you “in the mood” to do business
consulting 🙂

But again, in all these cases, I have yet to see
a case who has a good doctor/therapist, goes
regularly, takes his/her medication and follows his/her
bipolar stability equation, and does something
really bad.

If you have any stories of violence, please
post them. Some don’t even believe this is possible.
There are many people with bipolar disorder that
I know that don’t really take their medication
and don’t believe they could ever commit a
really bad act.

Others don’t realize it is. Let’s warn people
today.

Your Friend,

Dave

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.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.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

==>>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

Hi,

Hope you are doing well.

This is funny, I was briefly
at a Christmas party yesterday.

I want to talk about an important
lesson with bipolar disorder. First
I want to tell you a funny Christmas
party story.

There were a bunch of people there.

There was this little girl and she
said something to me like, “I can’t
believe you just started using an
ipod.”

An ipod is like this thing that holds
a bunch of music on it. It’s a bigger
cd player.

I was like, “Well I might not have known
how cool ipods were but I know lots of
other stuff.”

She goes, “Yea, I do too.” She said I have
a question for you. I said, “oh,
yea?” So she asked what Hanna Montana
is?

I heard hear of this person and wasn’t sure
what she was. So I was like, “Darn, umm well,
she is a singer.” The girl laughed at me
and said she is a children’s show on the
Disney Channel. She sounded like a game
show contestant.

So then I was like, “oh yea, what’s autism?”

So she told me it was an illness that a person
has problems interacting with people socially.

WOW? I was amazed. I said, “how did you know
what Autism was?” She said, “Because I am smart.”

I thought her response was sooooooo funny. Anyway,
decided that I shouldn’t “play quiz” with
her anymore because I would look like a fool because
she was “smart” and 11 years old.

I guess she must be in like “gifted program”
or something. Her mom said, “yea, she is really
smart.”

Anyway, I have an important lesson on bipolar disorder
to tell you today.

I don’t know if I’m the only one,
but have you noticed all the Christmas
decorations out this year? It’s not just
the sheer numbers, although there is
that, but they seem to be in the oddest
places, too!

I just know that this isn’t the way it
was meant to be. I remember when it
was just a simple family occasion,
maybe a decorated tree, a family
dinner, maybe a few gifts, but
certainly not the all-out free-for-
all commercialized materialistic
Christmas-ized holiday that it is
today, don’t you agree?

I’m only a supporter, and *I* feel
overwhelmed when I step outside
my door and am confronted by all
the lights around me, everywhere
I look! I just can’t imaging how
someone with bipolar disorder
must be feeling.

In my courses, I talk about handling
stress in a variety of ways:

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

You would think that getting together
with family at the holidays would be
all happy and jolly – at least that’s
what all the stores and commercials
on TV want us to believe – but for
some people who have bipolar disorder
and their supporters, well, it can be
very stressful.

For some, just being around so many
people at the same time is very
stressful. Just the sheer amount of
family can do it for some!

The volume of being around so many
people at the same time can do it for
others! Have you ever noticed that?
It seems like everyone has to talk at
the same time, while the TV is turned
up way loud to hear the football game.

Oh, the obligation of it all! Don’t you
sometimes wish you didn’t have to go
through it? I have to confess that I do.

But then I came up with a truly great
revelation. Where does it say in the
Christmas Rule Book that you have to
visit every relative, go to every family
affair, put up with all the loud noise,
be around people you really don’t like,
etc., etc.?

I don’t know about you, but it certainly
doesn’t say it in MY Christmas Rule
Book! So I think this year, I am only
going to go to those affairs I really
want to, those that won’t stress me out,
those I’ll really enjoy…AND SKIP
THE REST!

What about you? Do you think this
Is a revolutionary idea? Or are you
going to do the same thing?

Your friend,

Dave
–
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.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.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

==>>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

Hi,

How’s it going?

What a day Thursday was. I had so much mail
it was hard to believe. Two giant crates of mail.

I had a few people write me from jail.

I had lots of letters to read.

It’s getting hard to respond to everyone.

Anyway, don’t worry this isn’t a “let’s feel
bad for Dave” email today. I have an important
thing to talk about.

A few days ago, some kid did something really, really
bad. You probably heard. He killed 9 or 10 people.

I have been flooded with emails and calls asking
if I think the kid has bipolar disorder.

It’s kind of offensive to me that every time something
bad happens someone thinks it because someone has
bipolar disorder.

I have no idea. At the end of the day, there will be
no real logical reason that someone would go to a
mall and kill innocent random people.

BUT, I wanted to send this out and say the following.

All people with bipolar disorder are not killers…
obviously.

There are many people with bipolar disorder who do super
well in society. They are inventers, teachers, leaders,
sales people, car people, moms, dads, computer people,
artists, etc. You name it, they are it.

You can’t jump and assume that all bad
in the world is from someone with bipolar disorder.

Does everyone in the world that shoots
someone have bipolar disorder? NO. Some are
just evil. And there are other reasons.
Sometimes no reason.

BUT, it’s important for people to understand
that you just can’t blame all bad on bipolar
disorder like I said before.

You have to be real careful. I will tell you
a story. Back when my brother was talking
to us (my mom, dad, and myself), I remember
that if my mom would say the slightest thing,
or express any emotion about anything, my brother
would say, “is she in an episode AGAIN?!?!” He would
then laugh and roll his eyes.

It was right after we got a “foothold” in stability
with my mom– about 9 months after she went
into her major bipolar episode. I got so annoyed with
my brother’s comments that I said, “Look, everything
isn’t bipolar. Cut her some slack. She is human
you know?!?!”

He got all mad at me and didn’t’ speak to me for about
a week. I was like “whatever?” It’s odd considering
he is older than me. You would think that he would
be giving me the lectures not the other way around.

Anyway, back to my point. IF you think something
is bipolar related and you are a supporter. I think
it’s best that you don’t blurt out “are you in
an episode?” Rather, “you do a quiet investigation.”

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

I teach how to do this a to z.

But let me give you some info in this email.

You can do the following:

-See if the person is taking his/her medications

-Have you notice any other signs

-Is the person sleeping?

-Is the person seeing a doctor regularly?

-How about a therapist?

-Has there been a change in season?

-Look at your results from your last PEA if
you have one

-Is there a good reason for the thing that happen
to occurred? For example, let’s say your loved one
was driving and someone spit on their car, 90%
of people would be super mad and talk about it. Maybe
even talk about finding and getting even with the
person. That’s kind of normal and wouldn’t be a
sign of an episode GENERALLY. Know what I mean now?

It’s interesting how on the one hand, if someone
has bipolar disorder and gets mad because someone
is mean to them, people around them thing they
are going into an episode. If this was the case,
90% of my friends would have bipolar disorder in
the gym. I have friends that get mad if the
THINK someone looked at them wrong :).

Okay that’s not healthy but that’s another story.

As a side note, when ever someone is mean to
me or gives me a dirty look, I always smile
really big and say “hi, how’s it going?” They
get really confused and then say hi back because
I said hi.

Back to the lesson, after you ask yourself all
the questions I just listed, you then can see if
it’s an episode or not.

I notice that 95% of the time when someone
asks all these questions the answers tell
them if it’s a sign of a bipolar episode.

Make sense?

Hope so.

IMPORTANT REQUEST

If you have bipolar disroder, I want you
to post on my blog about how it makes you
feel when people do what I talked about
tod.

Well with that said I have to run and go
to the good old gym.

Catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

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.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.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