I think you will get a lot out of this radio interview. You can play this right through your computer speakers or download it to your computer or iPod or MP3 player and listen to it later. Just push the arrow to activate the audio. [display_podcast] Enjoy!
 30 days without a serious mood swing…. I have now reached a record- as of tonight,I have gone 30 days without a severe mood swing! That is a miracle. I have not been this stable for over five years. I am thankful. It’s a lot of work,but stability can happen. I will make it last as long as possible. 30 Days! julie
I did my radio show this afternoon. It was on parents of children with a mental illness. I had an amazing interview with Don Moore,a man whose daughter has schizophrenia. I have learned so much from doing the show. I have also known stress unlike any stress I have felt before! I am simply worn out- It’s about 8PM my time and all I can think of doing is going to sleep. I am SO not used to this that I’m not sure if it’s even normal. Bipolar ‘worn out’ is so different- when you’re depressed or have just come out of a mood swing,the tiredness is weariness and unhappiness. This is just feeling tired I think. There is a difference between stress from reality and stress from an illness. If this even makes any sense! Now that I am able to work more in the real world- I am experiencing things that [ Read More ] Work –I can work! I just created a new health card for the radio show. It has really changed my life so much I have to find a way to manage it all. I’m writing about it for my next BP Magazine article. What do you do when you’re 44 and you’ve never really been able to work before? I’ve had many jobs,but never a career that I liked. I was an ESL teacher by accident for years. I then couldn’t work because I was too sick. I remember doing temp jobs and being terrifically miserable. I was way too educated to be stuffing envelopes- and yet I was way too sick to work at a regular job. Then I created the Health Cards and got my life back. It took me a long time to get here- it took eight years before I was able to work as much as I work [ Read More ] Sucidal thoughts are normal when you have bipolar disorder. I was really stressed the day before my new radio show last week. I was on a busy road and saw a red light up ahead. My mind said,“Julie,you can just run that red light and a car will hit you and all will be taken care of!”These thoughts used to scare me a lot. I now know they’re a response to stress. My friend Lani,who was the guest on the show that day said,“Well,your brain thought is was helping!” So true. These thoughts are not real. They are manufactured by a bipolar brain. Don’t listen. Julie
 Many of you have written to tell me about the amazing Frontline television program on childhood bipolar disorder. You can watch the show online at pbs.org. You can then search for bipolar Frontline and find the show. Julie
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