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I asked my brother, “What’s it like to have a sister with bipolar disorder?” His answer was totally unexpected. I thought he would talk about the problems I had in the past. But that was a long time ago – and now we get along well. It’s good to ask family members what they think. You can record them and add them to your blog! Julie
 Hi, I just received this comment about my speech last week. I want to respond to it directly.
julie. . . .we attended your speech in Eugene on last Thursday night. My daughter is having a hard time right now and any little “light” that she can see is SO important, so you can imagine how important it has been for her to be exposed to your hopeful messages, your time that you took to speak with us afterward! We bought the health cards CD. Haven’t had time to look at it yet, but WILL. Many thanks. becky
** When I meet wonderful people at my talks, I’m always happy to see mothers and fathers with their child. There is so [ Read More ] Mania from the DBSA conference! (DBSA stands for the Depression, Bipolar Support Association- the conference was this weekend in Virginia) I just received the following comment from Denise, a DBSA participant. I too was at the conference, and found your workshop on Relationships to be an excellent workshop. Don’t know about others who have BiPolar Disorder who were at the conference, but by the end, I was beginning to feel the mania coming on. Too much auditory stimulation I suppose. As I write this, I am waiting on my dr to return my call, as I also started getting visual ‘distortions’ toward the end of the conference. Julie, it was a pleasure to meet you at the conference. ** Oh, yes. I experienced the same thing. I often feel there should be a class on how to stay stable when you go to a conference on bipolar disorder! My worries are more that I will [ Read More ] Hello All! The computers were packed at my hotel, so this is my first time for a blog. I’m at the Depression, Bipolar Support Alliance in Norfolk, Virginia. It has been wonderful and very interesting – as well as stressful and sleep challenging! Here is some funny stuff: I have my seminar on family wellness on Friday. It went really, really well according to the crowd- there were about 150 people. When I got my evaluations, they were very positive. My first thought was: These are all fake! They are lying. No one can tell me the truth as they like me. This is quite funny, and it was funny at the time, but paranoia is not fun! I’m very used to paranoia. It’s hard to fight, but easy to recognize when you know the signs. I’ve had trouble sleeping, even thought I took my own advice and switched over time zones. I went to [ Read More ] I’m getting ready to speak at the DBSA (Depression Bipolar Support Aliance) conference in Virginia next week. Some of you have written and asked about the weather- It should not be a problem. As of today- my talk is one week away. I have to start thinking of my health now. This means planning ahead- well… I could do a better job of this so I really am starting NOW to get things in order. I will then start the sleep regimine I use when I change time zones! It’s three hours ahead so I will go to sleep earlier and earlier until I am exactly on Virginia time when I get there. I will do the same on the way back. It works! Do you have to travel in different time zones soon? You can read more about my travel tips in the travel section on the right menu. I’m excited that I can [ Read More ]  I’m speaking at the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance in September, 2008. I really look forward to it. My presentation is on Families and Mood Disorders. The three hour program is filled with personal stories and tips on managing the illness as a team. I recently did a DBSA podcast interview on the topic. Don’t worry! The podcast isn’t three hours. I think you will enjoy it! Please click on this link for the podcast: Julie Fast DBSA Interview: Families and Bipolar Disorder Depending on your computer system, you can either listen directly from this blog, or you may have to download the podcast to your computer. This is a MP3 file that’s easy to download and then play. You can then put the file on your IPOD. Let me know what you think! Julie
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