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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
Mania prevention newsletter
My next newsletter is on mania. I will write about it constantly for the next few months. I’ve seen the destruction it causes in the spring and summer.
It’s the weather for sure- as well as many other factors.
Do you know the difference between full blown mania and hypomania? Bipolar I has full blown [...]
I saw this on a bumper sticker. I had to laugh. That is the epitome of rapid cycling bipolar disorder.
I have had so many mood swings in a day they were hard to count. I look at my mood chart and the thing looks like and EEG- or is it EKG! I should know the [...]
Bipolar has been terrible on my mom. She spent so many years trying to figure out how to help me. To be honest, I didn’t know what would help me before I started my Health Cards!
Things are so different now. Sometimes I get mad at her when she says, “Julie, you’re showing the signs of mania. [...]
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