I receive a lot of email asking how I manage this illness. I always tell them it’s the Health Cards (my treatment plan) and that’s true. Medications help as well- but my main technique is being able to remind myself over and over again when I’m super ill- that it’s an illness.
Depression is so physical- it can literally feel like it’s in every cell of our body- and maybe it is. But then so is diabetes or MS or any other chronic illness. I’ve learned what bipolar really feels like as compared to the real me- and when I get depressed, as I was for most of the day- I spend all day getting better.
I have a plan in place to do this- but it’s still incredibly hard. I am writing this to send out support to anyone who is depressed and reading this blog. Thousands of people come here each month- we have the same symptoms- and our family members have the same worries about us- because it’s an illness. We can get better.
Julie
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