Bipolar Disorder Secret Revealed

I got up at 6:00am and I am already behind schedule. Anyway, I
wanted to drop you a quick email about something that I wanted
to tell you.

Yesterday I was talking with someone about why their loved one
was "so slow" to get better. I was kind of shocked because I felt
this person was kind of being mean.

Their loved one went into a major episode like my mom and he was
saying how it had already been a month and she wasn't better.

I said to him, "how long do you think it should take to recover
from a major episode from a serious chemical imbalance mood disorder
like bipolar disorder?" He said, "well when you say it like that
I guess well maybe longer than a month."

So I told him to listen to "My mom's story" which is a cd
in my courses/systems. He skipped that cd because he
wanted to get to the important stuff. I explained
I didn't add filler material in my stuff and that everything
was important. He said that he would go through everything more
carefully.

I hope this isn't you. If you got my courses/systems:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net

I hope you listened to that cd. It should have been the
first one for you to hear. I did that on purpose.

WHY DO I HAVE MY MOM'S STORY ON A CD?

I wasn't going to have this. But really at the last second
of finishing up my material I decided to include it. See when
my mom was undergoing treatment, I never knew how long it would
take. I didn't know what to expect. NOBODY would give me any
answers or estimates. It was really annoying. They would give
me the you just have to wait and see.

I felt like if I put exactly what I did to help my mom on
on CD and how long it took, it would help you know what you would
be up against. People love that cd because of this.

Think about this. If you have a loved one and he/she is not
getting better after 6 months you might feel like there is
something wrong. But then if you hear it took many people 12 months
or more to become stable after a major episode you change your
view.

Information is the key and that's what the mental health community
never seems to offer. They tell you about the 16 medications,
what they do, and all the names of illnesses. They don't tell
you a lot of the stuff you need to know. Like, it takes time
for a loved one to recover from a major illness.

If I were you, take whatever you are thinking and double it and
plan for it. This way it makes it easier. If your loved one recovers
quicker that's great.

This reminds me on what something a girl named Lindsey told me the
other day. I was looking at getting a new desk and filing cabinet
for my home office. Right now the files fall out of the filing
cabinet because it's broken and my desk is broken which is really
annoying.

So I was trying to figure out how big of a desk I could fit
in my room. I also wanted to get a new filing cabinet and
shelves.

I started to round down when I was doing my calculations. Lindsey
said why are you rounding down not up. Then I thought how dumb
that was. It's kind of like helping a loved one with bipolar disorder.
Plan for recovery to take longer and don't get mad or impatient if it
takes more time.

Hey I have to run and get some stuff done today.

I will write more tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

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past and lots of great information for you:
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