Hi,<\/p>\n
How’s it going? I hope it’s going well for you.
Yesterday I took some time to speak to many people
on the phone with various questions.<\/p>\n
It’s proving to be very hard for me
lately because I am getting sometimes
40 calls in a day. <\/p>\n
Andrea H, is helping return calls but
ultimately, although I never wanted to
do this. I am going to have to turn all
bipolar disorder calls over to a call center.<\/p>\n
It’s just not possible to answer up to 40 calls
in a day. <\/p>\n
Anyway, let’s talk about one thing today that’s
important based on a call that I got from
someone interested in some of my bipolar
disorder material. <\/p>\n
One woman called and she was
trying to PREVENT a divorce from
her husband. Her husband has bipolar
disorder and is not stable and demanding
a divorce. <\/p>\n
She wants to prevent it. She is getting
my prevent a divorce course at
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolardivorce<\/p>\n
She was a
really nice person and she asked me something
like, “what’s the one thing that I can
do right now that can turn it all around?”
Something like that.<\/p>\n
I told her I generally have found that
there is really never any one thing that
works with everyone who has bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
There are generally multiple strategies for
the same common goal and you have to try
different ones.<\/p>\n
For my own mom, a bipolar supporter strategy
that worked last time for a certain issue
may not work the next time. It’s really annoying
but that’s the way it is. Sorry.<\/p>\n
On that note, I must say, there are a lot of things
that are REALLY annoying about having to support
someone with bipolar disorder. But that’s the hand
that we were dealt and we have to make the best
of it.<\/p>\n
It’s not that the people with bipolar disorder
are annoying it’s just the illness is. You have
to SEPARATE the two. So there’s a person and then
the person has bipolar disorder. The bipolar
disorder is the annoying part.<\/p>\n
Much like Cancer is annoying. Or diabetes is
annoying. Or a bad back is SUPER ANNOYING. And
I have been having major problems with my
back. I was in so much pain that I tried a
home remedy of laying on a baseball and
taking a stick and trying to push up the
knot that I wound up missing the spot that
hurt and hurting another spot.<\/p>\n
Which was good in one way because I hurt
myself more than the original pain. So I
forgot about the first spot and only
felt the pain of the second spot. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
BUT the lesson of this is, go to a real
doctor instead home remedies when the situation
is real. Just like with bipolar disorder,
don’t try to treat yourself or adjust
your medications on your own. See
your doctor.<\/p>\n
I am following my own advice \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
SUPPORTING AN ADULT?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/p>\n
SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/p>\n
HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/p>\n
So remember two things today. There
isn’t one strategy that works for everyone
for everything related to bipolar disorder.
And if your loved one is having problems
with his\/her bipolar disorder, it’s the
doctor that will adjust treatment not
you or your loved one.<\/p>\n
Your Friend,<\/p>\n
Dave<\/p>\n
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.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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi,<\/p>\n
How’s it going? I hope it’s going well for you.
Yesterday I took some time to speak to many people
on the phone with various questions.<\/p>\n
It’s proving to be very hard for me
lately because I am getting sometimes
40 calls in a day. <\/p>\n
Andrea H, is helping return calls but
ultimately, although I never wanted to
do this. I am going to have to turn all
bipolar disorder calls over to a call center.<\/p>\n