7 Ways You Can Help if I’m Having a Euphoric Bipolar Mania Episode

The Health Cards Help Prevent and Manage Mania

Help Your  Friends and Family Help You Manage Bipolar Mania

Here are just a few of the tips included in the Mania Section in my Health Cards Treatment System.  The cards create a list of all of my mania symptoms and what the people who care about me can do when they see that I’m starting to get manic.  It’s my responsibility to tell the people around me how they can help. It’s not innate for them! 

1- Know the signs and symptoms of what you see when I start to get manic.

2- Remind me that I wanted you to tell me if I seem to be too excited.

3- Do not match my behavior. In other words, if I say let’s go drink some hard cider and it’s 3PM, it’s a [ Read More ]





Charlie Sheen and Mania Update: You’re Doing What?

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I just read the following on Yahoo.

Charlie Sheen

By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo!

Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 3:46 am PDT

What’s worse than being replaced by Ashton Kutcher? How about having your character die a fiery death. Word around Tinseltown is that Sheen’s character on “Two and a Half Men” could be killed off in the coming season…… *

Wow. Do they have to kill off his character? I know he has broken a lot of promises and people are really mad, but killing off his character is a bit harsh.

As you know if you read this blog, I don’t believe people should be punished for getting manic.  I had hoped Charlie Sheen would go down enough to get help, but it just goes on and on.

Here is a link with [ Read More ]





Julie Fast Talks About Charlie Sheen and Bipolar Mania

Charlie Sheen’s story took over the US media for a few months this year. Everyone wanted to interview the man who was saying ‘crazy’ things! Of course, those of us with bipolar disorder could see it was  mania, but the world just kept on exploiting what they called the Charlie Sheen circus. Mania is like a circus!

Here is a video I recently filmed on the topic:

Julie

 





World Celebs News Daily Website and the Catherine Zeta Jones Video

Very exciting news!  Julie’s video about Catherine Zeta Jones was a headliner for World Celebs News Daily today.  If you haven’t seen the video check it out now. 

http://cudicous.com/2011/06/22/julie-a-fast-talks-about-catherine-zeta-jones-and-bipolar-disorder/

Pass this along, let’s make this video viral!  Together we can bring more awareness to mental illness.

-Sheri Joi, Business Manager for Julie A. Fast





Charlie Sheen and Mania Revisited

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I’m spending some time finding out what is currently going on with Charlie Sheen. I came across an interiew he did right when he was manic.  I watch the interviewer and I think- what is going through your head! Can’t you see this is an ill man? He isn’t even making sense.

He has now lost his job, most of his friends, his father Martin Sheen said he could not help him.

What’s next?  Do you know what’s going on with him now? I would love an update.  I will keep you posted on what I find out.

Julie

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Does Catherine Zeta Jones have a responsibility to spread the word and help others with bipolar disorder?

Great question: My friend Marsha and I went round and round with this one. She feels that celebrities with bi-polar disorder have a responsibility to be role models. Even thought I completely see her side, I think it’s wishful thinking.

It’s true that that celebrity endorsements work much better than the stories of ‘real people’ when it comes to getting the word out about bipolar disorder. In one simple statement that she has bipolar two and is getting treatment, Catherine Zeta Jones made it ok for even more people to say they have the illness. But does this means she has to talk about it in the press each time she is in public? In fact, do you think she has a responsibility to talk about it at all?

The Price of Being a Celebtrity with Bipolar Disorder! Interestingly, celebrity bipolar disorder disclosure [ Read More ]





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