{"id":479,"date":"2008-12-17T08:45:38","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T12:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=479"},"modified":"2009-03-12T01:45:36","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T05:45:36","slug":"bipolar-disorder-do-you-have-to-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-do-you-have-to-do-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder? 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Or else you&#8217;ll die.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But if you have bipolar disorder, there are other things you do have a choice over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But if you don&#8217;t do them you may die as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You HAVE to take your medications!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, that&#8217;s an absolute MUST for someone with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People who don&#8217;t take their medications run a 20% risk of dying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s your choice, but if you want to have a healthy life&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to get better&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to defeat bipolar disorder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to be stable and successful&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then you HAVE to take your medication.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You HAVE to see your doctor or psychiatrist&#8230; or else you WON&#8217;T have that medication.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You HAVE to get the right amount of sleep each night, or you WILL go into a manic episode. In my courses\/systems, I talk about other things you SHOULD do:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11\">http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com\">http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net\">http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, you don&#8217;t HAVE to do these things, but if you want to be stable, you really SHOULD do them:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD see a therapist on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD eat a healthy diet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD exercise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD be productive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD have a strong support system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD do things that you enjoy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD communicate with your supporter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD have a social life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You SHOULD attend a support group. Now, you don&#8217;t HAVE to do these things, but they will help you manage your bipolar disorder a whole lot better if you do them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Does this make sense?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like right now, I should go and take the snow off my car.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seriously, do you know what I mean by this message today?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ME<br \/>\nVisit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials\">http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide \u201cBipolar Disorder\u2014The REAL Silent Killer.\u201d  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypertracker.com\/go\/Post\/BP_Kills_BlogAd\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to get <strong>FREE Information<\/strong> sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How&#8217;s your day going?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hey, I have to get going really quick because I have to take all the ice and snow off my car.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okay so there are things in life that you absolutely HAVE to do, you know that, right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Where you have no choice in the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You HAVE to breathe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You HAVE to wake up.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-do-you-have-to-do-this\/\" class=\"more-link pull-right\" rel=\"bookmark\">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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bipolar Disorder? 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