{"id":5420,"date":"2007-10-17T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-lesson-from-alligators-in-new-york-city\/"},"modified":"2007-10-17T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T12:32:00","slug":"bipolar-disorder-lesson-from-alligators-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-lesson-from-alligators-in-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder Lesson from alligators in New York City?"},"content":{"rendered":"

==>>Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<<==
Check out all my resources, programs and information
for all aspects of bipolar disorder by visiting:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

Hey,<\/p>\n

How’s it going? I hope you are doing well. It’s
Wednesday so we are at the middle of the week.<\/p>\n

You’re not going to believe what happen
to me. I was in the library yesterday
and I was reading some books and outlining
some plans. <\/p>\n

There was this kid that was yelling, “Mommy
this is just like the mall…I love the mall…
The mall is fun…
Mommy this is just like the mall..”<\/p>\n

It was really funny. The kid was referring to the
library that it was just like a mall I guess because
it was big and there was a lot of “stuff.”<\/p>\n

I was laughing and spoke with the kids mom. We got
to talking and of course I brought up bipolar
disorder because you know by now, I ALWAYS bring
it up to see what people say.<\/p>\n

So guess what? Take a wild guess and then
scroll…..<\/p>\n

Don’t cheat. Guess then scroll…<\/p>\n

She had a family member with bipolar disorder. She
was telling me how hard his life has been for
so many years. She said she was trying to help
but didn’t know how to. I asked her if she
ever heard of bipolarcentral.com and she said
“what’s that?” I guess I have a long way
to go with being famous :).<\/p>\n

She then told me something really revealing. She
said, “I heard that such and such drug for bipolar
makes all your hair fall out and your teeth?”
She said she was worried about him taking
bipolar medications because of this.<\/p>\n

I was like, “huh?” She was dead serious. NOTE
she actually named the drug but I didn’t want
to here. I just put such and such. She didn’t
say such and such so you know.<\/p>\n

I asked her where she got this information from.
She said, she went to a meeting and someone
had bipolar disorder and said it. I was like
who was the person that said it? She said
someone in a room at a support group meeting
she attended.<\/p>\n

I quickly explained to her that I wasn’t
a doctor, lawyer, insurance agent and couldn’t
give medical advice, she was like yea, yea
I get that so talk to me.<\/p>\n

So I told her how bipolar medication is the
key to success. I told her about the bipolar
stability equation and how that works with
medication.<\/p>\n

I tried to tell her as much as possible
that is found in my courses\/systems
below:<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n

SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n

But quickly realized that I was overwhelming
her and she was confused. So I went
through the 10 mistakes people make when
supporting someone with bipolar disorder and
had her jot them down.<\/p>\n

After all of this, I was amazed what she heard
and how many rumors there are with bipolar
disorder that you have to avoid.<\/p>\n

I like to call them–the bipolar rumors.<\/p>\n

I have noticed that when you get a bunch of people
talking about bipolar disorder you tend to hear
stuff that isn’t close to the whole truth, nothing
but the truth, and in some cases is a flat out lie.<\/p>\n

I have gone to meetings and someone has made a statement
with tremendous conviction that such and such medication
did something terrible. Or that a person was on no medication,
did illegal drugs, drank alcohol and was stable for years. Or
that a person used something from the woods to “cure”
bipolar disorder. Or that a person heard, from someone
who works in a drug company, there is a goal try to
suppress people with bipolar disorder. All these things
sound totally crazy and at least 85% of the time they
were said by BIPOLAR SUPPORTERS not people with
bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

Whenever I looked into these statements, I found
out they were obviously not true. Especially the ones
that a certain person was doing well not
following any kind of logical treatment plan.<\/p>\n

Read that line I said about about who passed on
the bipolar rumor. When I hear them, they are from
bipolar supporters. Just like the lady I met was a bipolar
supporter and she was passing along bad info. I asked
her how many people she told and she said, “well
a bunch of people.”<\/p>\n

As a side note, there are no bipolar drugs that cause you
to lose all your hair and teeth that I have ever heard of.<\/p>\n

I think that sometimes, something with bipolar disorder
starts out maybe a little true and then just gets
passed along and the story get exaggerated. For example,
my mom lost a little, let me repeat, a little bit of
hair from what she thinks is her medication. If press
her, she might say, “well it might be because I am older,
my diet, or something else.” <\/p>\n

Now if my mom took this info and then went into a group
and told everyone “my hair is falling out because of this
bipolar medication”, people might hear this and then
say bipolar medication x causes all one’s hair to fall
out. <\/p>\n

And if that person told people in a meeting, they might
not get the entire story and then start telling others
that bipolar medication x causes hair, teeth and your
arms and legs to stop working. Then the bipolar
rumor has a life of it’s own just like people
swear in the east coast there are alligators
in the water system in New York City. <\/p>\n

There are lots of people that swear alligators
are in the water system. Can you believe that?<\/p>\n

I have asked a number of experts about this, read books, and
watched a documentary that say this is NOT and
I repeat not true.<\/p>\n

But if you ask some people, they will swear that’s
totally true because they “heard it” from
someone.<\/p>\n

My word to you is to get the facts when you
are dealing with bipolar disorder. If you have
questions, check with your doctor or therapist,
check with someone who knows what the heck they
are talking about and don’t fall victim to the
bipolar rumor like this lady I spoke to did.<\/p>\n

Successful supporters and survivors of bipolar
disorder get the facts first from a credible
source before making decisions on things.
You should too.<\/p>\n

Hey I have take off. Catch you tomorrow. Have
a great day.<\/p>\n

Your Friend,<\/p>\n

Dave<\/p>\n

P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
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<\/a><\/p>\n

P.P.S. 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n

P.P.P.S 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<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

==Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<\/p>\n

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