{"id":2001,"date":"2009-07-18T07:19:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2009-07-18T07:19:10","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T11:19:10","slug":"the-bipolar-disorder-learning-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-bipolar-disorder-learning-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bipolar Disorder Learning Curve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

How\u2019s it going?<\/p>\n

I hope things are going ok for you today.<\/p>\n

I have a friend who went back to college at a later age, and she had a lot of problems with it.<\/p>\n

Seems it\u2019s not so easy if you don\u2019t go to college right after high school, because for one thing, you get out of the habit of studying.<\/p>\n

For another thing, she said, it seemed, at least to her, that it was harder to absorb the information.<\/p>\n

She was in college with a lot of young people, and they seemed to get the subject material much easier than she did, and it was very frustrating for her.<\/p>\n

She had to study very, very hard.<\/p>\n

Eventually, though, after much hard work on her part, she finally got it, and went on to get her<\/p>\n

college degree.<\/p>\n

She said it was one of the hardest things she ever did in her life.<\/p>\n

I asked her if it was worth it, though.<\/p>\n

And she said, \u201cDefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n

What does this have to do with bipolar disorder?<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019ll tell you.<\/p>\n

There is a lesson to be learned from this story.<\/p>\n

There is something that I call the Bipolar Disorder Learning Curve.<\/p>\n

In other words, just like my friend in college, they didn\u2019t just hand her that college diploma the first day of school and say thanks for coming, did they?<\/p>\n

There was a whole lot she had to learn before she could earn that college diploma, and it was hard. Very hard for her.<\/p>\n

Well, it\u2019s the same thing with bipolar stability.<\/p>\n

I go over this in my courses\/systems. How you have to learn all you can about bipolar disorder, first of all. But then you have to build on that knowledge. That\u2019s the learning curve. Stability<\/p>\n

doesn\u2019t happen overnight.<\/p>\n

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Like I said, you have to keep learning in order to become stable with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t get it right the first time, or the first day, or even the first month.<\/p>\n

Stability takes time.<\/p>\n

It involves a learning curve.<\/p>\n

It took my mother 20 years!<\/p>\n

It took Michele (who works for me) 10 years!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve talked to other people who\u2019ve told me it took them many years as well.<\/p>\n

And you have to constantly work at it.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t just assume that it will take care of itself.<\/p>\n

As far as learning about bipolar disorder itself, new information is coming out all the time, so you have to stay on top of it.<\/p>\n

You have to stay on top of your medications, too. And you should be informed about them.<\/p>\n

Work hand-in-hand with your doctors and mental health professionals. Learn what they know about the disorder, the course of it, and how it relates to you.<\/p>\n

When it comes to your doctors and your therapist, don\u2019t be afraid to ask how you\u2019re coming along. You should learn as much as you can about what they think about your progress. You should be a part of your own treatment, as much as you can be.<\/p>\n

Learn how to communicate with your supporters. You have to tell them what you need from them. Find out who can help with what, and then let them help you. It\u2019s up to you. They can\u2019t help you if you don\u2019t communicate with them. This, too, is part of the learning curve.<\/p>\n

Learn about yourself. Learn what your triggers are. What makes you better and what makes<\/p>\n

you worse.<\/p>\n

Learn how to manage your bipolar disorder. Learn how to recognize when a bipolar episode is coming on, so you can head it off at the pass.<\/p>\n

You have to respect the bipolar disorder learning curve, so that you can get better.<\/p>\n

And remember that it doesn\u2019t happen overnight.<\/p>\n

Has the learning curve worked for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

How\u2019s it going?<\/p>\n

I hope things are going ok for you today.<\/p>\n

I have a friend who went back to college at a later age, and she had a lot of problems with it.<\/p>\n

Seems it\u2019s not so easy if you don\u2019t go to college right after high school, because for one thing, you get out of the habit of studying.<\/p>\n

For another thing,<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Bipolar Disorder Learning Curve - Bipolar Supporter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-bipolar-disorder-learning-curve\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Bipolar Disorder Learning Curve - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How\u2019s it going? I hope things are going ok for you today. I have a friend who went back to college at a later age, and she had a lot of problems with it. 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