Bipolar: Two Sided Coin
Published: Sat, 11/06/10
Hi ,
How's it going?
I hope you're having a good
day.
Let me tell you about a friend
of mine.
This friend of mine never loses
a coin toss.
Do you know why?
He has a special coin.
This coin is a two-headed
coin!
So he can never lose! Ha-ha!
Well, let me tell you about another
friend of mine.
This is like a two-sided story.
But it isn't funny.
Bill's mom has bipolar disorder.
And she suffers from depression
much of the time.
And when she does, she can't even
get herself out of bed.
She is one of the sad stories.
It seems like the doctors can't ever
get her medication right, and even
when they can, she forgets to take
it half the time.
She really struggles with her bipolar
disorder.
But let me tell you about the other
side of the coin.
Bill's wife, Michele, has bipolar
disorder, too.
And I want to tell you about Michele
because I think it is important that
you hear about a successful person
with bipolar disorder.
In my courses/systems, I talk about
how you can manage the symptoms
of bipolar disorder, and Michele is
a good example of this:
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There was a time when she was
not such a good example, however,
There was a time when she struggled
with her bipolar disorder too.
See, Michele wasn't diagnosed with
her bipolar disorder until she was in
her forties.
So before she was diagnosed, she
went through many episodes where
she would be terribly depressed -
so depressed that she tried to kill
herself five times. Five times!
She would also go into bipolar
manic episodes where she would
spend excessive amounts of money,
sometimes more money than she
had, and she went into great credit
card debt.
She even got married in a manic
episode more than once!
She had terrible manic episodes.
And then she would crash into even
worse depressions.
This went on for years.
She was even in hospitals and
institutions five times for her
bipolar episodes, all before she
was finally diagnosed!
In fact, she was misdiagnosed so
many times that it took until her
forties before she was finally
diagnosed correctly, and by then
she was really messed up!
In fact, by then she was convinced
that "they" were going to lock her
up forever and throw away the key.
She had no hope for the future.
But finally, she found the right
doctor who put her on the right
medications, and she started to
stabilize with her bipolar disorder.
Today, Michele is stable, and has
been so for many years.
She is happily married to her best
friend of ten years, and they have
been married for four years now.
He is her supporter, and does a
great job of it - he has been able
to keep her out of the hospital for
many years, even when she was
close to full-blown bipolar episodes.
You see, Bill is a success story, too.
He also has bipolar disorder.
But he learned early on how to
manage his disorder, so much so
that he is able to take care of not
only himself, but a wife and a mother
both with bipolar disorder.
Now Bill and Michele run a
successful home-based business
and live a relatively stress-free life
helping other people with mental
illness by sharing their stories of
recovery.
Do you believe that your loved one
can someday be like Bill and
Michele?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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