Fear This C Word in the War Against Bipolar

Published: Tue, 05/25/10

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Hi ,

How are you doing today?

I hope you're good.

At one of the bipolar support groups
that I attend, the other night, we were
discussing how fighting bipolar disorder
is like being in a war.

There are two sides - it's like an us
against them: you and your loved one
against their bipolar disorder.

And you always have to remember
who the good guys are:

It you AND your loved one.

And who your enemy is:

The bipolar disorder.

NOT your loved one.

Although sometimes it may seem
that way.

Because it's your loved one who
exhibits the bipolar behavior, it
can be easy to see them as the
enemy, but you have to remember
that it's not them, it's the disorder
inside them that is the real enemy.

Thinking this way will help you to
keep your loved one separate from
their disorder, and keep you on the
same side in this war.

In my courses/systems, I talk about
bipolar disorder as a war as well,
with strategies, and I talk about
some of the strategies I've come up
with for you to use to manage the
disorder.

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No war can be won without strategies
and planning.

So you have to have these two things
for sure.

You need to plan for what you're going
to do if your loved one does go into a
bipolar episode, for example.

That's one thing.

How your loved one is going to manage
their bipolar disorder is part of your
war strategy.

How they manage their medication is
one example.

Like putting their pills in a weekly pill
organizer.

Or how they manage their appointments.

Do they have a monthly organizer?

A monthly grease calendar that you keep
on the refrigerator so you don't forget?

Where do you keep important phone
numbers?

Do you have a signed Medical Release of
Information on file at each of your loved
one's doctor's offices?

Do you have a current updated list of all
your loved one's medications with dosages
and when they take them in a handy place
in case they need to go to the hospital?

Does your loved one keep a mood chart
that notes their daily moods so that you
can predict if they may be going into a
possible bipolar episode?

Do they keep a journal in which they can
write down their thoughts and feelings
and help control their stress and anxiety?

These are all proactive ways to fight the
war against bipolar disorder.

These are all effective strategies.

But there is one thing you need to be
careful of.

The C word.

This one word can sabotage all these
strategies against the war of bipolar
disorder.

COMPLACENCY.

What is complacency?

Webster's dictionary calls it a
"...unawareness of actual dangers
or deficiencies."

You can get into such a place where
you don't even realize that your
loved one is in danger.

What good does it do you to know the
signs and symptoms of a bipolar episode
if you don't realize that your loved one
is exhibiting them, for example?

Another way this can happen is if you
get in the habit of making excuses.

If, instead of noting that your loved one
is depressed, for example, you just note
that they are "tired."

Then you don't do anything about it.

This is dangerous, because then you can
lose the war against bipolar disorder.

Have you become complacent?

What signs of complacency do you see in
your war against bipolar disorder?

Has your loved one become complacent?
In what ways?


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Well, I have to go!

Your Friend,

Dave

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