Bipolar: Treatment Problems
Published: Tue, 01/27/15
Hi,
How are you doing today?
I hope you're doing well.
I've been thinking about something I want
to talk to you about.
Because 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, like staying
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.
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
and systems:
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 with 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 back
regularly.
If he/she accepts you back as a patient, then
all is forgiven.
If he/she rejects 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 though 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!
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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