I just received a great email from a reader who has been on the bipolarhappens.com mailing list for years.
I once wrote a newsletter for family members that started out with a conversation my mother and I had about cabbage. I told the story to show how family members have to be educated as to why those of us with bipolar disorder can be so WEIRD! Here is his letter- the cabbage story follows.
Hi Julie:
This really isn’t a question but rather a comment regarding a piece you wrote about fixing dinner with your mother one night. You were making a salad and your mom suggested adding cabbage. As I recall you said it was just too difficult to get it out of the refrigerator and cut it,etc. Your mother said something like “what’s so hard about that?”and you said,I think,“I have bi polar.” Enough said!!
After eight years of daily bipolar disorder management- I’m really seeing the results. I never thought this day would happen. I’m going to sound like a broken record on this,but it’s true. You can get better. I can’t give you a time frame,but it can happen.
By better I mean that I can work. It’s interesting that I would measure my success on this level,but I do. I have worked for years on my friendships and they are going well. THey are always challenging,but I feel I have the skills to deal with what comes up- especially in terms of my jealousy and paranoia when I get depressed. I have a good relationship with my family. I can see a lot of good things in my life.
But really being able to work without getting sick has eluded me until last year. It happened because I use my system and found Lamictal- it’s [ Read More ]
I recently asked the mailing list for questions they would like my mom to answer on my Julie Fast Radio Show.
I received 200+ questions in less than 24 hours.
I’m not kidding.
I have read them all and will reply to those whose questions I used on the air.
There are answers to these questions and I will answer as many as I can on the blog. Unfortunately,I will not be able to reply individually. But I sure do send out a big thank you for all of the kind comments!
The show has been great- but my anxiety levels are very high. I’m taking care of this through really structured sleep,hanging out with VERY calm people,saying no,going home early,keeping away from anything having to do with the opposite sex,eating more frozen blueberries instead of ice cream,reminding myself that things will calm down and making sure I get my daily dose of Donald Trump books!
Donald Trump,love him or hate him,is an excellent role model for keeping your head up and focused while under extreme work pressure. He is a man who was once 900 MILLION dollars in debt and worked his way back to the top. I highly recommend his books.
I will write more about work during the week as working when you’re well enough to work is a challenge as you have to know when to stop- otherwise you will go back into mood swings.
Hello All,I’m doing a very special interview with my mother this week on the Julie Fast Radio Show. If you would like to ask her a question,please send me an email and I will try to answer it on the air. I can’t guarantee it will be on,but I will get to all that I can.
I have to say that my mother is an expert on helping a child who has bipolar disorder. We have worked together to manage this illness for eight years. We have some good tips that can work for all families.
My mother and I will talk at length about the Health Cards and how they literally saved our relationship. (If you’re new to this blog,the Health Cards are the treatment system I talk about on my site bipolarhappens.com)
It may be that you’re on this blog because you love someone with bipolar disorder and they won’t let you help them. It hurts,doesn’t it. I’m in a situation right now where a person I care about deeply is having a hard time- in fact he is quite ill. He will tell me what’s going on,but if I get upset or ask for anything from him,such as a phone number where I can reach him or at least a general location where I could find him if something happened,he says,“Why do you have to be so demanding all of the time? I knew it was a mistake to call you!”
You know what? I only have so much energy for this. I’m tired in fact. I’ve been here for this person for years and he has often been there for [ Read More ]
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