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Hi,<\/p>\n
How’s it going?<\/p>\n
I don’t have much time today because
I have a whole lot of things to do.<\/p>\n
Let’s jump into today’s topic.<\/p>\n
I have gotten my emails from people
totally frustrated with trying to help
their loved one with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
One theme that I hear is that nobody
in the mental health system knows anything
about how to help them. People feel
essentially that most people in mental
health are totally clueless.<\/p>\n
Ever find yourself in this situation?
You have a bunch of problems related
to bipolar disorder and you just
can’t get answers.<\/p>\n
I find that when you are feeling like this,
you have to look at a few things. Here
are some of them:<\/p>\n
1. Do you have a list of pressing problems
that needs solutions written down AND prioritized?<\/p>\n
2. Are your problems specific?<\/p>\n
3. Are you asking the right people?<\/p>\n
Most people violate number 1 and
2. That is, they really don’t know which
problems they really have and they are not
prioritized or organized at all.<\/p>\n
Finally of the people that do have steps
1 and 2 completed, they are NOT asking
the right people for advice\/help.<\/p>\n
This is a huge mistake that leads to
a whole lot of trouble.<\/p>\n
Many questions get directed to doctors
and many times doctors can only answer
questions related to specific things
about bipolar disorder like bipolar
treatment issues, bipolar medications
or generally questions about bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
But there are so many things that are related
to bipolar disorder that aren’t in the list
I just mentioned. <\/p>\n
Things like: <\/p>\n
-How to get a loved one to take medication
-How to get a loved one into treatment that doesn’t
want to go
-How to get a loved one on disability
-How to get a loved one a job
-What to do when a loved one has been discriminated
against because of his\/her’s bipolar disorder
-How to get out of d.ebt because of bipolar disorder
-How to afford bipolar medication when there is no health
insurance
Etc.<\/p>\n
These types of questions, doctors many times don’t
have answers.<\/p>\n
I actually should say right now:<\/p>\n
I am NOT a doctor, therapist, insurance person,
lawyer and any kind of professional. I am just giving
my opinion. You should question any thing that
I say. I provide opinions that are good starting
points for you to do further research. I never
want anyone to believe that I am a doctor because
I am NOT one and that’s why I say this so many
times.<\/p>\n
Okay done with the disclaimer and back to my point.<\/p>\n
But I find that frustration sets in when people
wind up asking the wrong people things that
they can’t answer or can’t answer well.
Some people can answer but provide such
complex answers or ones far too vague
to be useful.<\/p>\n
The bottom line is, you really need to carefully research
who can help you with the questions that you have.
And you should ask potential people you might
think can help you a question like, “How much
experience do you have with [what ever pressing
problem you have]”<\/p>\n
By asking this simple question to who ever
you think might be able to help you enables
you to gauge whether or not they
can indeed help you.<\/p>\n
I have also found that many times you have to look outside
the mental health industry to get answers\/solutions
to your questions or problems. This is kind of confusing
but let me try to explain.<\/p>\n
Okay, there was a time that my mom came home
from the outpatient program and her insurance
ran out. They basically said she was out of the
program and needed to find a new doctor IMMEDIATELY.<\/p>\n
As a side note, I will never forget how stressed
out when this problem was dumped on me. <\/p>\n
Anyway my dad panicked. He went to the phone
book and looked for doctors. He called 3. Nobody answered.
He left messages.<\/p>\n
He waited a hour for a call back and then looked
depressed and said, and I will never forget this,
“I guess there aren’t enough doctors to go around.”<\/p>\n
I then panicked. But I said, I have to do something
different. I called around to ask people in the mental
health field how to find a doctor. I heard the normal
stuff. Referrals. Phone book. Etc. People kind of
thought of it as a lottery. Maybe we would get a
good doctor for my mom, maybe not.<\/p>\n
Anyway, it hit me that I had a system of finding
a great accountant. I could use this system
to find a great doctor. I outlined my system
to my dad. He thought it was crazy but said
let’s try. I called mental health professionals
and asked them. This one guy, laughed at me. He
ran an entire program. He told me there was
no way it would work.<\/p>\n
I asked him if he had a better idea. He told
me to call into the phone book. Let me back up
and say that I actually did try this. I called
every doctor in the phone book. It was a nightmare.
I didn’t find anyone. It’s so hard to keep track
of who you called. In my opinion it’s almost
an “insane” way of finding a doctor but every
always says it as a good way.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I adapted my system for finding an accountant
for finding a doctor and it’s was incredibly
successful. My mom had more than 8 highly qualified
doctors contact me and say they could help. <\/p>\n
The only reason that I was able to make this
happen was because I had a specific goal in
mind–find a good doctor and I did NOT listen
to the people who could not help me. If I would
have, my mom probably would still not be better
today.<\/p>\n
In my courses\/systems below, if you got them, you
see how powerful my doctor finding system is.<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/p>\n
And many people have commented that many of the
ideas and strategies are unheard of in the mental
health industry. The reason is because most of them
were invented by me or borrowed from other
people in other areas and they were adapted into
mental health. When I first started helping
my mom, I found most of the mental health
system made no sense and was backwards. I kind
of felt like it was from the dark ages.<\/p>\n
The key decision I made was to never ask the
wrong people for help. Never listen to people
who have no clue and to constantly try to
think outside the box and realize that most of
the common solutions to problems with bipolar
disorder don’t work well at all so you have
to look else where.<\/p>\n
Another tip is to find people who have
already learned what you have learned. This is
how I got my start on how to find health insurance
for my mom. I found one lady that had one key starting
piece of information on how to get discount medication.
It was her idea that really helped me formulate my
entire “cafeteria” approach to getting affordable
health insurance.<\/p>\n
Well I have to run. I hope this all makes sense
to you.<\/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<\/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\/<\/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.
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