{"id":654,"date":"2009-02-04T07:43:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T11:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=654"},"modified":"2009-03-11T20:00:02","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T00:00:02","slug":"every-bipolar-disorder-checklist-should-include-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/every-bipolar-disorder-checklist-should-include-these\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Bipolar Disorder Checklist Should Include These"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

I hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n

Lots of doom and gloom these days in the news. Just don’t watch it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, let’s jump into today’s topic.<\/p>\n

Have you ever heard of a bipolar checklist?<\/p>\n

Well, I hadn’t, until someone told me about it.<\/p>\n

I think it’s a good idea, though.<\/p>\n

I’ll tell you where she got it from.<\/p>\n

She attends Alcoholics Anonymous, and she as telling me about one of the steps where you’re supposed to take a daily inventory of yourself – you know, kind of look back at your day and see how you did, the good and the bad.<\/p>\n

Well, she has bipolar disorder and she sort of does the same thing with her disorder – she kind of does a daily checklist with it.<\/p>\n

I thought that was kind of a good idea, so I wanted to share it with you.<\/p>\n

Even for supporters, who don’t have bipolar disorder, you could still do this in general for yourselves – it’s still a good idea – you can just adapt it for your own life.<\/p>\n

Anyway, in my courses\/systems I sort of talk about the same idea of a checklist, only I call it a bipolar toolbox:<\/p>\n

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\nOk, so back to what I was saying.<\/p>\n

So this woman does a daily mental checklist at the end of her day about her bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

For example, she makes sure she remembered to take her medication.<\/p>\n

But she goes the extra mile. She also “checklists” that she has her next morning medication ready for her to take when she wakes up the next day. I think that’s a good idea. (If you’re not already using a pillbox, that is, which is another thing I recommend in my courses\/systems.)<\/p>\n

So I was thinking.<\/p>\n

Here’s some other things you should remember to “checklist” for your bipolar disorder every day:<\/p>\n

Make sure you check your calendar for any doctor or therapist appointments.<\/p>\n

Make sure you do what you can on your To-Do List (and anything you don’t get done, make a new one for the next day and make sure you put those things on it).<\/p>\n

Make sure you keep the lines of communication open with your supporter. (You should be doing this anyway, but this idea came from the woman I told you about from AA, who has to call her sponsor every day.) Make sure you set your alarm for the next morning to wake up at a good time, keeping in mind that you get 8-9 hours of uninterrupted sleep that night.<\/p>\n

Make sure you do some type of exercise each day. It might be working out at a gym, or it may just be doing a little walking. Maybe even swimming at the local Y. Just something to keep you active.<\/p>\n

Make sure that you eat healthy meals. Some people eat 3 meals a day, while others do better eating 6 smaller meals a day, like a diabetic does. You can find some good, low fat, low calorie recipes on the Internet.<\/p>\n

If you keep a mood chart or journal, before you go to bed might be a good time to do this. It would help to think about the day that has passed, and to record your thoughts and feelings, as well as any events that may have triggered any mood changes or affected the way you felt.<\/p>\n

Got the idea?<\/p>\n

I’m sure you can think of other “Checklist” items. If so, I’d love to hear about them.<\/p>\n

Share them with us.<\/p>\n

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Hi,<\/p>\n

I hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n

Lots of doom and gloom these days in the news. Just don’t watch it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, let’s jump into today’s topic.<\/p>\n

Have you ever heard of a bipolar checklist?<\/p>\n

Well, I hadn’t, until someone told me about it.<\/p>\n

I think it’s a good idea, though.<\/p>\n

I’ll tell you where she got it from.<\/p>\n

She attends Alcoholics Anonymous,<\/p>\n

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":"\nEvery Bipolar Disorder Checklist Should Include These - Bipolar Supporter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/every-bipolar-disorder-checklist-should-include-these\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Every Bipolar Disorder Checklist Should Include These - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, I hope you’re having a good day. Lots of doom and gloom these days in the news. Just don’t watch it. 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