Hello to all,
I have received a few emails asking about my Twitter account. Well, it was inadvertently deleted. In other words, I pushed some buttons I should not have pushed. I’m changing it to a daily bipolar disorder management tip- 365 days of quick ideas and thoughts to get a person up when they are low and more stable when they are manic. Though, I have found that a person who is manic can use Twitter and Facebook pretty much 24 hours a day- but not to get tips on managing mania. 🙂
I was just thinking of a tip example, and one would be:
Did you know that it’s normal to drive like a maniac when you’re manic?
And believe it or not, I have never connected the words maniac and manic. It’s interesting.
If you have ideas on what you would like to see on my Twitter account, please let me know. I will post when it’s up and running again.
Julie
Hi Julie,
I am new to all of this and find myself in a crisis situation. My husband was diagnosed Bipolar in April, and started medication. I was naive to everything, as I am finding most people are, and didn’t really educate myself thinking that the pills would make all the difference. My husband left a few weeks ago, saying that he is to damaging to us and our 3 little kids. He has done this in the past, 3 yrs this October, and went on a wild streak that I am finding is common. Anyway, he is calm unlike he has been in the past. I believe the pills are helping, but I believe he is severely depressed. The hard part is he just says we won’t work and that our marriage is over. When he gets this way, he tends to find comfort in other women emotionally and last time it ended up physically. I am praying that doesn’t happen again, and am afraid it will if this goes on too long. I find it hard to accept because it is the illness taking him away and nothing else. Any ideas on how I can help him see he is sick right now? He denies he is, I have tried to show him and his doctor wants him to come in, but I am afraid he won’t. I am trying to stay present, am reading your book on how to love someone with bipolar and trying to remain calm and loving. Any ideas or tips would be wonderful.