When You Mess Up This Part of Bipolar
Published: Tue, 02/22/11
Hi ,
How's it going?
I hope it's going well.
I've been thinking about something I want
to talk to you about.
Cause you know how I get so many calls
and emails about certain subjects, right?
And a lot of times that's where I get my
topics for my daily emails.
So that's where I got the topic for today's
email.
So many people have talked to me about
messing something up with their treatment
plan. Then they don't know what to do,
so many of them just keep messing up.
One example is getting off their medications,
which, I'll tell you right now is NOT the right
thing to do!
Or they stop seeing their therapist, and again,
that is NOT the right thing to do.
Or they start skipping appointments with their
other medical professionals, and again - NOT
the right thing to do.
They might have started an exercise program
but not exercised in awhile because they're not
sticking to their treatment plan.
Same thing with eating healthy. They may have
started on a diet, decided to eat healthy, but just
didn't stick with it, so they messed up that part
of their treatment plan.
There are so many parts that make up a treatment
plan, and I'm not going to go into ALL the different
parts, because I go into them extensively in my courses
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But I do want to talk about what happens
when you do start to mess up some of the
parts of your treatment plan, and what you
should do.
It's easy, like I just did above, to talk about
what you shouldn't do! So that part is easy.
And in most cases, just do the opposite of that.
So for instance, what should you do if you've
messed up your medication? You need to start
taking it again, but here's the problem. You
can't just start where you were, because depending
on how long you were off it, you may need to build
back up to that.
So in that case, you need to go back to your
psychiatrist and have him help you get back
to where you were.
If you've messed up with your therapist, just make
a new appointment, and start going regularly. If
they accept you back as a patient, then all is forgiven.
If they reject you, you will just have to start over
with another therapist.
And that's ok, you can do that. Don't let that get
you down. Just start over with the system I
taught you in my course, how to find a good
doctor or therapist. You can do it - you did it
the first time!
Just don't let any more time lapse before finding
another therapist, because you really do need to
be in therapy.
But now let's say you've begun isolating again.
Here's where it gets tricky. People with bipolar
disorder are very good at isolating.
It's one of the top indicators for having bipolar
disorder and one of the top triggers for a bipolar
episode.
Supporters who have loved ones with bipolar
disorder watch for this trigger in their loved one.
But if the person with bipolar disorder has let this slip,
has started isolating again, then they are in a dangerous
place - they have obviously let part of their treatment
plan get out of control.
Now they have two choices when confronted with this
by their supporter: they can close down, shut out the
world, get all depressed, climb into bed, pull the covers
over their head, feel sorry for themselves, cry, and go
into a depressive episode...
OR...they can accept that even tho they let a PART
of their treatment plan get out of control, that the
WHOLE treatment plan is still working, and they
can still fix it!
If they are lucky enough to have a supporter who is
still sticking by them through this, then they can both
work on the problem together.
First you identify what went wrong. Then you can fix
it. It doesn't have to be something all dramatic and
such. It can be something as small as just not sleeping
right.
But once it's identified, you can work on it. And it
doesn't have to be so overwhelming that it drives
your loved one to their bed - it only has to be
faced One Day at a Time.
Just today. Only today. Work on your treatment
plan the best that you can only one day at a time.
Just do the best that you can. That's all anybody
is expecting you to do. Nobody is expecting you
to be perfect. And they are certainly not expecting
you to be perfect overnight!
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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