Hi,

Hope you’re doing well today.

I am up super early today. I am actually writing this at4:30am because I can’ t sleep.

Anyway, I want to tell you about a friend of mine. She has bipolar disorder.

She has the type of bipolar disorder where she struggles with both depression and mania, which is very difficult with her.

As part of managing her disorder, she has a doctor, psychiatrist, and a therapist.

She has used the following technique with all of them.

I promise you that if you use it, that it will be successful for you, too.

Oh, I forgot to tell you –

She uses it with her supporter, too (which is usually what starts the ball rolling).

So what is this mysterious technique that my friend with bipolar disorder uses?

Well, it’s not really mysterious at all.

In fact, there’s no secret to it.

It involves using a KEYWORD.

In my friend’s case, her keyword is:

DECOMPENSATING.

When she feels as if she isn’t doing very well…

Like when she feels as if she’s depressed or manic…

And/or she feels as if she might be going into an episode…

She first tells her supporter, and then she calls her psychiatrist’s office.

She speaks to his nurse first, and she uses the keyword that they’ve agreed upon, which is DECOMPENSATING.

The nurse then asks her a series of questions, like if she’s suicidal, or if she feels as if she wants to harm herself.

(That’s the most important question of all.)

Then they talk for a few minutes, with the nurse trying to assess the seriousness of
the situation.

Because my friend has used her keyword, the nurse will ask her if she is safe, or if she feels she needs to go to the hospital.

In my courses/systems, I talk about how important it is to have plans for episodes, in case they do happen, like my friend has her keyword with her psychiatrist’s nurse.

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Then, if my friend says that she is safe (usually, since her husband is her supporter, she is), the nurse will talk to the psychiatrist about possible medication changes to help my friend.

If my friend is not safe, supporter by her side or not, the nurse will recommend that she go to the hospital.

There my friend gets the help she needs to avoid going into a full-blown episode, or a safe place to get further help if she is already in one.

The word DECOMPENSATING is my friend’s keyword.

You and your loved one need to learn a lesson from my friend.

You need to have your own keyword.

Then you need to teach it to your psychiatrist, his/her nurse, your doctor, and your therapist.

Had my friend not been able to reach her psychiatrist’s nurse, she would have called her therapist (and down the line until she reached someone for help).

The main thing is that your loved one is encouraged to reach out for help when they are in trouble.

If the two of you work out the keyword together, then you can be the first one your loved one reaches out to when they need help.

If they cannot call their doctor, psychiatrist, or therapist, then you can do it, and you can use their
keyword.

You can use my friend’s key word of decompensating, or you can use one of your own.

Even a phrase will do, such as “needs help,” “out of control,” “in trouble,” or “having bipolar
problems” have worked for people who have used this technique.

What about YOU?

Have you or your loved one, or someone else you know with bipolar disorder ever used a keyword or phrase as a way of reaching out for help when needed?

Has it worked for you?

What happened?

David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide “Bipolar Disorder—The REAL Silent Killer.” Click Here to get FREE Information sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.