Bipolar Supporter Blog

Hi,

If you are supporting a loved one with borderline personality
disorder then you should check out this material that
I have.

If you are supporting someone with borderline personality disorder,
take a look at this special offer I have here:

http://www.borderlinecentral.com/specialoffer

Lots of people have asked me about this because it closely
relates to bipolar disorder.

See you tomorrow morning.

Dave

=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <=
Hi,

How’s it going?

I hope you are doing well.

I want to tell you about something that
Happen to me with the police.

Here’s the deal. I had to drive to this
insurance company to get this special insurance
for something.

So I tried to plug it into google but the
Directions didn’t come up.

So I called the people. They tried to give
me the directions. It was like drive on this
road. Take one owl lane to one duck place to
the dirt road. Then go under the one lane bridge
and don’t fall off in the lake (okay just kidding
about the lake.)

You get the idea.

So I basically was driving out to the place.

It was taking a really, really long time because
a) it was raining and b) there was traffic. Now
in the east there is massive traffic. We should
just rename the states with the word traffic in
them since where it so much. Like New York Traffic
or New Jersey Traffic. (Just kidding)

Okay so I was driving and after about 45 minutes
I got it looked like 15 minutes away. I was in
the town that I was supposed to be in.

So I saw a policeman, and I pulled into the
Parking lot where he was.

I got out of my car and made a friendly smile
and walked over with my pad, pen and name of the
company.

I went up to his car. Now keep in mind it
was raining, ok? So I was trying to cover my
pad so it wouldn’t get totally wet.

So I went up to his car. Can you believe
this guy didn’t even look at me? He just looked
forward. HE HAD TO SEE ME!

So I just kind of stood there, and I waited.
Then he turned his head and gave me a look
of total disgust. In my head I was like, “What
the heck is your problem? Sorry for bothering
you.”

BUT, I didn’t say anything. I just smiled
and then finally after seriously about 5 minutes
he rolled down his window a little.

He said, “Yea?” I said, “Excuse me sir, I was
wondering if you could tell me where this particular
insurance company is located. They’ve told me
they are a very large firm and the biggest in the
town.”

He rolled up his window and then I was thinking
in my head “What the heck does this mean? Should
I just leave? Does he not know?”

Then he rolled down the window a little and said
take this road here and make a left. Go on that
road. I wrote it down really fast. And then
he rolled the window up. I then knocked on
his glass in a friendly way and said, “Sir, may
I repeat the directions back to you?”

He said, “If you have to.”

I did and he said “Yea, yea that’s right.”

So I thanked him.

I was so disgusted. This policeman (and I use
that term loosely) was a)so annoying and b)
he was mean.

In this country, the police are supposed to
“serve and protect.” I guess this guy forgot
the serve part. I was VERY polite and friendly.

I couldn’t have been nicer. It’s not like he was
doing anything, either. He was just sitting
there doing nothing at all. Serving no purpose.
Being paid to do nothing.

Anyway, so I drove and followed his directions.

For 15 minutes!

Then guess what? Take a wild guess and then scroll.

NO CHEATING…Guess and then scroll….

This guy actually gave me the wrong directions!

I finally got to a spot where I could use my
cell phone and the woman at the company said,
“Where in the world are you? Why are you there?”
I told her who gave me the directions and she
said, “Yea, those young cops don’t know anything,
or else he was just messing with you.”

I was sooooooooooooo mad. What the heck?

So I finally got there. Then I walked in and told
every person how bad the policeman was. I was so
mad that I was going to write a letter of complaint
but I have too many things to do.

What’s this have to do with bipolar disorder you
might be asking? It has a lot to do with it.

Here’s the deal. With bipolar disorder, many
times you may have to deal with the mental
health system which includes doctors, therapists,
assistants and other people who are SUPPOSED to
help you.

Many times these people will give you bad or
wrong information. It will be disgusting and
supper annoying. It will make you really mad.

You will be really angry.

The bottom line is, however, that you have
to move on and correct your course even when
you were told something that is wrong –
something that is a total lie.

Let’s look at my mom. Most people forget this.
My mom FOLLOWED doctor’s orders and went into
a super episode. Did you just read that? I said
followed his orders!

My mom listened to her doctor who said to stop
taking the medication that was working and switch
to one that was new. Then she went into a super
episode and that’s why I started this site.

Can you believe that? When I asked him why
he made this recommendation he first said he
didn’t. Then he said he had to and it was in
the file. I told him I wanted to see the file.
He said the file was lost I was so mad.

I told him (and this is not the right thing
to do so don’t do this or you could get in
trouble, “Oh yea? How about I come down with
a few friends and we help you look. My friend
might break some things while we’re there, but
I’m sure we all together could figure it out
and help your memory along.”

I was going down there and I was DEAD serious.
He knew that I knew he had almost committed
malpractice and his story was fishy so to speak.
He called me back and said he was really sorry
and that he didn’t have the file and apologized
again and that I can’t find anything because
there was nothing to find.

I could tell he had no clue. Then I fired him
and started to figure out the system and why
he had no clue. The hospital didn’t even ask
him about the lost file. No one was doing
their job. I had to do it all for them. This
is an example like the lazy policeman of how
the system can do what it’s not supposed to do.

In my courses/systems below:

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Visit:
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Visit:
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I teach you how to deal with people like this in
the mental health system. I teach you how to get
your own information. I teach you how to
work around all these difficulties and turn
them into your favor.

Let me warn you. The mental health system
in general is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
bad. You may be lucky and never have to
deal with bad people but many are bad.

Realize this today. Be warned so you don’t
get discouraged or too mad.

Hey I just looked at the clock. I have to run.

Your Friend,

Dave

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Hi,

I wanted to drop you a quick email to ask if
you got my new report titled:

“The 10 Greatest Lies About Bipolar Disorder”

You can get it by visiting:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/10greatestlies/

I wanted to send this out because for
some reason in the last couple of weeks
there has been a huge amount of ignfornant
statements about bipolar disroder being
said around the internet and on TV.

This report helps to combat these statements.

Please review it ASAP.

Here’s what one person from Medical News
Today said about the report.

Greatest Myths About Biopolar Disorder
posted by kk on 16 Jan 2008 at 9:34 am
“As a person supporting someone with bipolar disorder,
I want to commend Mr. David Oliver for taking his r
esearch and opening his private life to people all
over the world who are facing bipolar issues every
day of their lives. His information is much more
different than that of a medical practitioner.
He lived with bipolar disorder for many years and
continues to battle issues of bipolar in his daily
family life.

He has tried, tested and true methods that help
supporters understand this illness and what they
can do to help loved ones overcome constant
obstacles. This article is just another commitment
that David Oliver has with his many readers. He
shares his wealth of information to everyone and
his tips and research helps validate what people
are feeling in their everyday lives. It gives
supporters and persons suffering with bipolar
hope that things will get better if they are
willing to follow certain steps and trust their
supporters. His work in the bipolar area is of
immense importance to the the bipolar community.
He should be commended for his efforts!”

You can get the report totally free by visiting:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/10greatestlies/

Catch you tomorrow.

Dave

=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <= Hi, How are you? I hope you are going to have a
great day today.

I have a really important lesson about
bipolar disorder today.

I am going to the library today to
do some research. I am going to my third
favorite library because well I have to
get a new cell phone and it’s by my
third favorite library.

It’s such a pain because I am going to
be gone for a long time today so that
means I have to bring like 3 to 4 meals
with me and a whole bunch of water. I
also have to bring a blender.

You know when you head into the library with
a blender people think there is something
wrong with you 🙂

If you want to clear a room fast, come
in with a blender, water, a big cooler
and some napkins and well people will
move away. You will have lots of space.

I am happy to report however my new eating
plan is working out perfectly. I am perfectly
on tracking with gaining just the right amount
of weight each week.

Yesterday I was at my Godchild’s
Christening.

I was talking to Rob her father.

It’s funny when I talk to my friend Rob
who is Anna’s father about how he is
doing.

He always says, “Other than the fact
that I haven’t slept since the day Anna
was born and I feel like I am going to
collapse any day now and never wake up,
I am doing great.”

Rob’s a new father. When I talk to him
sometimes he sounds so tired. He once
said to me that he is sure that women
are stronger than men because he can
only do half of what is wife does and
she never looks like she is going to
collapse.

It really makes me laugh. His wife says
he exaggerates 🙂

I have a funny story. One day one
person in the gym who is younger said
“Hey Rob, what’s it like to have a kid?
How did you know what to do? How did
you figure it all out?”

NOTE-This person in the gym asks a whole
lot of questions. Whole lot doesn’t even
really describe how many. He asks tons.
He is like 23 or something. He has been asking
questions for years, and years and years.

Over the years he has asked for:

-Exact scripts to ask girls out. He asked every woman
who worked at the front desk of the gym for DETAILED
suggestions of what he should say to ask someone
out of a date. DETAILED. Like “write it down for
me I have a bad memory.”

This is so funny, I have to tell you this story.
Once this person asked this girl and I quote:

“What kind of activities do you enjoy?”

The girl was like 20 years old. Who the heck
says this to someone that young? Who uses
the words “enjoy” with activities?

When I asked him why he said this he said he
got it from a book and he memorized various
scripts.

Anyway, when someone says no if he asks
them out, he would ask the girls at the front desk (at
the gym) why they thought the person said no. He would
rehash the entire story in as one girl words, “In so
much XXXXX detail it made me want to shoot myself.” I had
to put XXXXX because the girl said bad words that
I can’t type 🙂

-EXACTLY what a 401k is, how it works, why
it works, how to invest in them. He asked
one guy who did m.oney management for a complete
breakdown.

-How to buy a house from a to z (the person he
asked spent about 4 hours explaining it all to
him)

-How to get a good job

-How to save enough money for retirement in
great detail (he was looking for a comprehensive
a to z plan).

-Every mistake that I made in my life explained
so he would not make the same ones.

-The complete costs of having one kid, two kids
and three kids and if having more than one kid
saved money.

I could go on but you get the idea. He’s an odd
person.

So before Anna was born, he went up to Rob and
said, “Hey dude, I heard you are having a kid.”

Then he fired off questions like:

-How do you know how to have a kid
NOTE-Rob asked him if he attended health class
where they have the birds and the bees “talk.”
I don’t think this person wanted to know the
how but rather more of the how do you get
prepared 🙂

-How do you know much it’s going to cost?

-Do you have a plan for being able to afford your baby?

-What are the best diapers to buy that are the most
effective but least expensive?

-How many kids are you going to have. How do
you figure out the right amount?

-What are you going to name her?

-Are names really important?

-How do you pick a name?

-Can you rename her after you already gave your baby a name
if you feel the name isn’t that good?

-Who is going to watch her when you guys are working?

-How are you going to do to afford diapers?

-Will your dogs like your baby?

-What will you do if your dogs don’t like your baby?

Etc.

I actually think he may have some kind of disorder
or something. He is just so darn strange. I already told
him he has a max limitation of ONE question with me
per day and that’s it. He use to ask me like 40.

The final question he asked was the most funny:

“Do you think your life is over since you are having
a kid. I heard that from some people…Oh maybe I read
that in a magazine or saw it on TV.” That’s his words
not mine.

Rob looked like he was going to explode. He told
this person to stop asking questions.

And he said, “Look, I don’t know. You just jump in
and we’ll figure it all out. We will learn as we go.
Leave me alone!”

Then Rob said, “Dude your freaking me out. Get
away.”

Then Rob made fun of him saying that he will never
have a girl friend because he’ll never be able to
map it all out ahead time. He said, “you won’t
have to worry about kids because you won’t
be able to plan every single thing that goes
along with asking someone out which leads
to getting married which can lead to having
kids.”

Rob said that if he thought it all through
and tried to figure it all out, he would never
had any kids and it can’t work that way.

What’s this have to do with bipolar disorder?

A lot.

The concept of just jump in works for bipolar disorder
as well.

There’s no questions with bipolar disorder you are overwhelmed
with problems if you are a bipolar supporter. You have tons
of problems. There are tons of unanswered questions.

When I first started with my mom, there were TONS of problems.
I mean TONS.

In my courses/systems below:

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

You see the list of problems I had. Now here’s the
thing I have a solution for virtually every problem
but here’s the key thing.

I didn’t come up with this all in one day. It took
almost a year. As a matter of fact we update the courses
all the time so it’s always getting better and better.

When I started, I just jumped in and did what I could.
I fixed what problem that I could. I made lists of the
biggest problems. I tried to prioritize. I then
had to change the priorities as I learned more.

I had little successes. One was just listing
all my mom’s bill on paper. That was a little
success. I felt great at least having all the bills
in one place and knowing the total amount.

I got her in the hospital. That was a bigger
success.

I discovered she needed a therapist. She needed
a new doctor. Those were all successes. It seems
like know big deal but remember at the time, I didn’t
know there were good and bad doctors. I didn’t know
she needed a therapist. I didn’t know anything.

Each time I learned just the simplest things it
enabled me to build on it creating more and more
success.

The truth is, I just jumped in when I started. I didn’t
have it all mapped out. I didn’t have it all figured
out. You won’t either probably.

You just have to jump in just like Rob tells me
when it comes to parenting. He says that he is
a better parent this week than last week. He
gets better and better but he never would have
been able to figure it all out in advance.

I didn’t even know how to hold a baby when I first
saw Anna. Rob’s wife said I held her like a football.
I didn’t want to drop her. Then someone taught me
about the old put your elbow on the couch trick
and that made things much easier. Now I am an expert
at holding babies. Okay not really. But good. At
first I had no clue but I got better.

Remember this when you are dealing with all aspects
of bipolar disorder. It will be rough at first
but it will get better. You just have to jump in
and get started. Take action today.

If you are down today, think about my friend that
asks one million questions to anyone and everyone
this. That should make you laugh. The funny
thing is, he doesn’t even know it’s wrong
to do.

Hey, I have to run. Catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

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Hi,

How’s it going?

The other day I sent out an email
about my guide:

“Secrets to Making Fast Cash When Dealing
with Bipolar Disorder”

at:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarfastcashsale

Tons of people responded to this special
offer that ends:

Monday, May 19, 2008 at 10:00pm EST

In addition, I had several people ask
me one specific question that I want
to issue a warning about.

They asked me if my guide talks about
Gifting Programs and if they are good
for generating money for bipolar disorder
issues.

The answer is a BIG NO. Gifting Programs
or clubs are a scam.

Period.

I know I am going to get flooded with
hate mail telling me that what I said
is not true or this certain gifting
program is totally legitimate.

Let me tell you. A gifting program is
a pyramid scheme and in The United States
and virtually every where in the world,
they are NOT and I repeat NOT legal.

Many people dealing with bipolar disorder
get caught up in these programs because
they look and sound good.

Everything in my guide is on the up and
up. I don’t promote scams or illegal things.

Let me post something really quick from
the SEC’s website which is a government regulatory
agency, about pyramid schemes:

“In the classic “pyramid” scheme, participants
attempt to make money solely by recruiting new
participants into the program. The hallmark of
these schemes is the promise of sky-high returns
in a short period of time for doing nothing other
than handing over your money and getting others
to do the same.

The fraudsters behind a pyramid scheme may go to
great lengths to make the program look like a
legitimate multi level marketing program. But
despite their claims to have legitimate products
or services to sell, these fraudsters simply use
money coming in from new recruits to pay off early
stage i.nvestors. But eventually the pyramid will
collapse. At some point the schemes get too big,
the promoter cannot raise enough money from new
investors to pay earlier investors, and many
people lose their money.”

If you don’t believe me go to google.com
run a search for “scam” and gifting club
and you’ll see what I mean. Again
gifting programs or clubs are simply
illegal pyramid schemes.

My guide the “Secrets to Making Fast Cash When Dealing
with Bipolar Disorder” has nothing to do with
these types of things:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarfastcashsale

Just be careful. I don’t want you to get hurt
in something that is a scam.

Catch you tomorrow.

Dave

Hi,

How’s it going?

I hope you are doing well.

I actually have to go to a Christening
today for my God daughter Anna.

So I have to get ready to go. I don’t want to
be late. That wouldn’t go over well J

I wanted to tell you something really
important today.

It’s based on something that happen to me
the other day.

I was talking to someone who was using one
of my f.ree consultation certificates you
can find 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

NOTE-

One of the f.ree bonus gifts with
all the courses is a certificate where
you can ask me any non medical and non
legal questions and I will call you on
the phone and go over your questions with
up to one hour of my time.

I even pay for the phone call.

Amway, the person basically had a whole long
list of NON medical questions for me.

Then before we hung up, the person tried to
slip in a medical question.

The person asked:

“What’s the best medication for bipolar
disorder.”

I have heard this hundreds of times personally.
In support groups, I must have heard this
asked thousands of times. It’s like one
of the biggest questions on the planet
for bipolar disorder.

The person wasn’t being mean or tricky
and I could tell sincerely wanted to know the answer
to this pressing question for them.

So I told them about how I wasn’t a doctor
or therapist and can’t offer medical or even
legal advice.

They were like, “yea, yea I know, but which
one can you say you have seen lots of folks
do well on?”

I said to them, here’s the truth and what
I have found from seeing the people who
are my friends and work for me and researching
this topic. Not to mention asking lots of
doctors in the old days to same question.

It’s different for everyone. I said
I don’t know every medication that everyone
I know with bipolar takes but of the ones
that I do know–everyone takes a different
medication and is high functioning.

Then I went on to say. Here’s what I can
tell you. Logically everyone is different.

What works for one person may not work
for another. What dose works for one person
may not work for another. There is no best
medication. The is no one pill for everyone.

There are lots of options for medication
and it comes down to which combination is
going to work the best.

Since I have been volunteering for a long time
in support groups, I have noticed that MANY people
ask the same question. “What’s the best medication
people ask?”

I have heard in one meeting a person say medication
x is terrible. It did all these bad things
to a person. Then the next month, a different person
says the same medication works wonders. In each time,
people write down really fast the name and are either
excited or sad. I am shocked that so many support
groups actually allow people to talk about their
medication because 90% of what I hear is flawed.

So remember that everyone is different, what
works for one person may not work for another.
Each person in an individual. It’s the good
doctor that can make the determination over time.

Here’s a major theme in my courses and systems.

Your first goal is to get yourself or your loved
one with bipolar disorder to a good doctor
who know what the heck he/she is doing.

The good doctor then starts to determine
if you or your loved one really has bipolar
disorder.

Then they began to formulate a treatment plan
to get the person back to normal and stable.

Part of the treatment plan is medication.

There are lots of different types of medications
out there. There are lots of options.

A bad doctor has no clue and almost approaches
it like a lottery just kind of guessing.

As I understand it, the good doctor, can
guess better and faster what would work.

Ever meet a person who is good with
cars? Someone not like me who can’t
even change a tire. This person can
figure out what’s wrong with a car
REALLY quickly. It’s like they have
magic powers. People like have no
clue, they get books and try to figure
it out guessing 99% of the time wrong
on what to do to fix a car.

It’s the same with doctors. The same
thing. The good doctor get guess which
medication is going to work much quicker.

Also, if it’s not working the doctor
knows faster and can get a person to
another possible medication or combination
right away to reduce the number of problems
that occur. Bad doctors don’t do this.

They are just clue less, if you listen
to the success interviews in my courses/systems
you’ll hear person after person talk about
the bad doctor for bipolar disorder and
how destructive he/she can be. My mom lost
decades of her life from bad doctors.

Now she has a great doctor. In one of
my f.ree bonus gifts for my courses you even
see EXACTLY how I found my mom’s doctor, I
prove that I found her using this method and
how you can use the same exact method.

Finally I want to say something else about
medications.

Actually you know what, I have to go. I will
have to say that another day. Just stay on
my list and you’ll hear the next part.

I don’t mean to lead you on and not tell
you everything it’s just that I have to
go and I CAN NOT BE LATE. No matter
what. I am actually planning on getting their
a full 30 minutes early because this is
very important.

Hey, I have to run. Have a great Sunday.

Your Friend,

Dave

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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

View Past Daily Bipolar Emails For F.REE
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that I have sent in the past and lots of great
information for you:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/supporterblog/

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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 well. A much better week last week. I wanted to tell you something
interesting about how my friend Dan got
started in body building.

Don’t worry this has something to do with
bipolar disorder 🙂

So I was talking to Dan. Dan is one of the
best body builders I know. He knows a ton.

So he was telling me and these are his
words, “I was a fat dumpy dude. One day I decided
that I was sick of being fat and dumpy. So I wanted
to get into shape and be big. I found a guy who
was in really good shape and competed. He taught
me a ton. I watched what he did and did what
he did. He was in my gym so I could just become
him by watching and doing.”

After Dan told me this story, I was thinking about
bipolar disorder and how when I was trying to figure
out how to help my mom I was trying to find successful
bipolar supporters. I was trying to find successful
people with bipolar disorder. I never really could
in any meetings.

I remember there was this one woman. And I am very thankful
for what she did. Let met tell you what happen. I was
at a meeting volunteering (NOTE-I started volunteering before
I started this website).

Anyway I was trying to understand whether or not my mom should
go on disability, how you did it, etc.

Then all of a sudden at the end of a meeting I walked
by this woman and she look really sharp. She was talking
to another lady about disability and giving her the EXACT
steps of how to get it if you had bipolar disorder.

The steps were so clear. I remember asking. “Excuse me
sorry to listen in but I was wondering if I could
take notes.”

This woman was super nice and said, “yes” of course.

So she explained all about disability and how to
figure it all out. She was a tremendous teacher.

I didn’t realize the gift of having bipolar disorder.
She was the first person that I saw how a person
with bipolar disorder is super smart, super intelligent,
and when he/she is stable can take a complex problem
and break it down into very simple steps. That’s
what she did.

I remember how excited I was to talk to her. She was excited
to talk to me. I told her how I was kind of discouraged
because I only met one successful person like herself
and many people in the meetings were just rambling.

She said, “yea, that’s the way it goes.” She went on
to say that her husband who is a bipolar supporter
hates the meetings and doesn’t like to go and she
really doesn’t either. She likes being around positive
people.

She gave me her number and said call anytime.

Guess what? The number fell out of my car and blew
way. How annoying.

Nevertheless…You know I am always telling you about how
smart, creative and intelligent those who
work for me that have one or more disorders
like bipolar disorder are.

Well it was amazing. As soon as two people got
back from vacation that amount of things accomplished
increased dramatially.

Always remember that you or your loved one with
bipolar disorder can become high functioning
and do well. Really well. No matter how
you or your loved one is doing right now.

One person who works for me has I think 8 different
disorders, has been married 5 times, homeless several
times, addicted to drugs/alcohol, and was told that
there was no hope and permantent instiution was the
only solution.

It’s so odd as I write this because you would NEVER
know this had any disorder at all. Not one. And
this person gets so much done and does it so well
it’s amazing.

I like to keep on reminding you of these types
of people because many people on my list feel
discouraged. Either they or their loved one’s
aren’t doing well.

One of the major reasons that my courses/systems
below have “success” interviews is so that people
can hear both successful bipolar supporters AND
success bipolar survivors.

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 haven’t really mentioned this in a while but
here was my goal with all the interviews.

It was to find the worst cases, the people who
had the WORST circumstances ,the people who
everyone said, “give up, there’s no hope” and
those that turned it around and now are doing great.

Why did I want these types of people? 98% of people
will never have the struggles that my success interviews
have so they will be able to learn from these individuals
who were far worse off than they were.

They can model these individuals. This means they
can listen to what they are saying and doing and
start doing it themselves.

Modeling is really critical. The challenge with
modelling when you are dealing with bipolar diosrder
is that most people do not know anyone else who
is doing really well with bipolar disorder or as a
bipolar supporter.

I have two recommendations. Try to find people who
are successful dealing with bipolar disorder in your
particular circumstance and model them. Don’t argue
and debate.

What do I mean by in your circumstance? Well if
you are a bipolar supporter, you are looking for
successful bipolar supporters like you.

If you have bipolar disorder your looking for successful
people with bipolar disorer to model like you.

Make sense? Modeling is a powerful 8 letter
word for bipolar success.

Your Friend,

Dave

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Problems Identified With Diagnosis Of Bipolar Disorder
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Your Friend,

Dave

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day.

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?
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 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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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

View Past Daily Bipolar Emails For F.REE
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/

Get Audio Information On Bipolar Disorder For F.REE
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