When one part of bipolar treatment fails

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Hi,

Hope you?re doing great!

I?ve been thinking about something I want
to talk to you about. Cause you know how
I get so many calls and emails about certain
subjects, right? And a lot of times that?s
where I get my topics for my daily emails.

So that?s where I got the topic for today?s
email.

So many people have talked to me about
messing something up with their treatment
plan. Then they don?t know what to do,
so many of them just keep messing up,
like staying off their medications, which,
I?ll tell you right now is NOT the right
thing to do!

Or they stop seeing their therapist, and
again, that is NOT the right thing to do,
or they start skipping appointments with
their other medical professionals, and
again ? NOT the right thing to do.

Hold on time to say?

NOTE-
I am NOT a doctor, therapist, lawyer,
insurance agent, hedge trimmer (someone
asked me this a month ago), or
other kind of professional. I am NOT
offering medical or legal advice.

Okay, we?re back.

There are so many parts that make up a
treatment plan, and I?m not going to go
into ALL the different parts, because I
go into them extensively in my courses
and systems:

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But I do want to talk about what
happens when you do start to mess
up some of the parts of your treatment
plan, and what you should do.

It?s easy, like I just did above, to talk
about what you shouldn?t do! So
that part is easy. And in most cases,
just do the opposite of that.

So for instance, what should you do
If you?ve messed up with your
medication? You need to start taking
it again, but here?s the problem. You
can?t just start where you were, because
depending on how long you were off it,
you may need to build back up to that.
So in that case, you need to go back to
your psychiatrist and have him help
you get back to where you were.

YOU MUST WORK WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

You have to be 100% honest with him/her.

If you?ve messed up with your therapist,
just make a new appointment, and start
going regularly. If he/she accepts you
back as a patient, then all is forgiven.
If he/she rejects you, you will just have
to start over with another therapist.

And that?s ok, you can do that. Don?t
let that get you down. Just start over
with the system I taught you in my
course, how to find a good doctor or
therapist. You can do it ? you did it
the first time!

Just don?t let any more time lapse
before finding another therapist,
because you really do need to be in
therapy.

But now let?s say you?ve begun
isolating again. Here?s where it
gets tricky. People with bipolar
disorder are very good at isolating.
It?s one of the top indicators for
having bipolar disorder and one of
the top triggers for a bipolar episode.

Supporters who have loved ones with
Bipolar disorder watch for this trigger
in their loved one. But if the person
with bipolar disorder has let this slip,
has started isolating again, then they
are in a dangerous place ? they have
obviously let part of their treatment
plan get out of control.

Now they have two choices when
confronted with this by their supporter:
they can close down, shut out the world,
get all depressed, climb into bed, pull
the covers over their head, feel sorry
for themselves, cry, and go into a
depressive episode?

OR?they can accept that even tho
they let a PART of their treatment
plan get out of control, that the
WHOLE treatment plan is still
working, and they can still fix it!

If they are lucky enough to have a
Supporter who is still sticking by
them thru this, then they can both
work on the problem together.

First you identify what went wrong.
Then you can fix it. It doesn?t have
to be something all dramatic and
such. It can be something as small
as just not sleeping right.

But once it?s identified, you can
work on it. And it doesn?t have to
be so overwhelming that it drives
your loved one to their bed ? it only
has to be faced One Day at a Time.

Just today. Only today. Work on
your treatment plan the best that you
can only one day at a time. Just do the
best that you can. That?s all anybody
is expecting you to do. Nobody is
expecting you to be perfect. And they
are certainly not expecting you to be
perfect overnight!

Hey I have to go. Catch you later.

Your friend,

Dave
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