Hi,<\/p>\n
How are you today?<\/p>\n
I hope you’re doing good.<\/p>\n
Someone wrote about what some of life’s biggest lifestyle changes were.<\/p>\n
Like marriage or divorce.<\/p>\n
Like moving.<\/p>\n
Like changing jobs.<\/p>\n
Like a death in the family.<\/p>\n
Well, I think bipolar disorder is one of life’s biggest lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n
And learning how to cope and deal with it doesn’t happen overnight.<\/p>\n
There is no crash course to stability.<\/p>\n
Even though in my courses\/systems, I teach you how to cope and deal with bipolar disorder, I also tell you that it takes time to become stable.<\/p>\n
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Even my course is not a “crash course.”<\/p>\n
I go through the elements of stability, but I don’t offer a magic word you can say to get there overnight.<\/p>\n
Although the things I listed before about life’s major lifestyle changes happen quickly, the fallout from them happens more gradually.<\/p>\n
It takes time to get used to being married and living with someone else, or being alone again from a divorce.<\/p>\n
It takes time to pull off a move.<\/p>\n
It takes time to get used to a new job.<\/p>\n
And it definitely takes time to grieve for a lost family member.<\/p>\n
So making the bipolar lifestyle change takes time as well.<\/p>\n
Getting used to the medication can take time.<\/p>\n
Just getting used to taking it is a change in itself.<\/p>\n
Then there might be side effects that need to be dealt with.<\/p>\n
Or medication changes.<\/p>\n
But eventually you are on the right medications in the right dosages and you are used to taking your medication, so you have made the bipolar lifestyle change in that area.<\/p>\n
You also have to get a good doctor, psychiatrist, and therapist, and you need to start seeing them on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
But eventually you get used to it, and you have made the bipolar lifestyle change in that area.<\/p>\n
Making the bipolar lifestyle change has other, smaller parts to it as well.<\/p>\n
Such as learning how to stick to a good sleep schedule.<\/p>\n
And eating right.<\/p>\n
And exercising.<\/p>\n
Then there are other, bigger parts to a bipolar lifestyle change.<\/p>\n
You may have lost your job because of your bipolar disorder, and now have to live on disability.<\/p>\n
Your finances may be affected by your disorder as well (bipolar disorder isn’t cheap), and you need to make an adjustment to the change.<\/p>\n
I don’t think you ever get used to bipolar episodes, but learning how to cope and deal with them and their consequences is a lifestyle change.<\/p>\n
Being productive in spite of having bipolar disorder is a big change as well.<\/p>\n
You may not be able to work outside the home any more, but you can still be productive.<\/p>\n
You can volunteer, or you can even start a home-based business.<\/p>\n
You can set goals and achieve them.<\/p>\n
Yes, having bipolar disorder definitely means making some lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n
But the better you are at making and accepting those changes, the faster you will become stable.<\/p>\n
What are some of the lifestyle changes you have had to make because of bipolar disorder?<\/p>\n
How have you dealt with them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi,<\/p>\n
How are you today?<\/p>\n
I hope you’re doing good.<\/p>\n
Someone wrote about what some of life’s biggest lifestyle changes were.<\/p>\n
Like marriage or divorce.<\/p>\n
Like moving.<\/p>\n
Like changing jobs.<\/p>\n
Like a death in the family.<\/p>\n
Well, I think bipolar disorder is one of life’s biggest lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n
And learning how to cope and deal with it doesn’t happen overnight.<\/p>\n