Bipolar Problems? Then Realize This
Published: Sun, 05/24/09
Hi ,
How's it going?
Sorry again yesterday that the bipolar news
was late.
Today is the day before Memorial Day
and I have a friend who really has problems.
Well, at least he thinks he
has problems.
He can never get things right
with his girlfriend.
That's because he's always
saying the wrong thing.
And he just doesn't get that.
But it's not all his fault, you see.
Like the other day...
His girlfriend asked him, "Do
I look as good as when we
first met?"
So my friend said, "Sure."
He thought he was saying
the right thing.
So then she said, "Does that
mean I didn't look good before?"
And then my friend just lost it.
He didn't know what to do.
He told me he absolutely does
not know anything about how
to deal with his girlfriend, and
was ready to give up on women
altogether!
Well, after I stopped laughing...
I told him that you have to have
a system.
See, I have systems for everything.
For one thing, I told him, you
have to remember every special
event.
Not just her birthday, but every
anniversary of everything - the
first day you met, the first time
you kissed, each month (year)
you've been together, etc.
That's a system!
Well, you have to do the same
thing with bipolar disorder.
Everyone who has bipolar
disorder and their supporters
have problems.
So you have to have systems.
And there have to be steps in
these systems.
Like if you had a little house
fire, you wouldn't call the
firemen right away, would you?
First, you would try to contain
the fire by yourself...
Maybe use the fire extinguisher?
You would not get all hysterical
and call 911 and scream that
your whole house was burning
down.
That's like my friend saying that
he was giving up on women
completely!
Well, a bipolar disorder system
is like using the fire extinguisher
first, before the entire house is
on fire, before you have to call 911.
So, let's say we're talking about
a bipolar episode here.
Let's talk about the parts to a
sample system.
The preparation part would be
learning all you can about
bipolar disorder, so you can be
informed.
The very last part (the calling
911 part) would be having to
hospitalize your loved one.
So now we have to work on
the parts in between.
The next part might be establishing
a relationship with your loved
one's doctor, psychiatrist, and
therapist.
But you can't do that until
your loved one signs a Medical
Release of Information form,
so that might come first.
The important thing to remember
here is what I recommend in
my courses and systems: that
you do this when your loved one
is NOT in an episode, so that
they know what they are doing.
You also have to get the form
notarized.
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So you should sit down with
your loved one and involve
them in this system. The more
the two of you can work out
this system together, the better.
It should include:
- Loved one's patterns & triggers
- Signs & symptoms of episode
- Phone numbers of professionals
- When to call them
- What to do if episode happens
- When to seek treatment
- When to hospitalize
- Etc.
Any other specific things that the
two of you can come up with to put
in your system can only help your
loved one.
The best thing is to write everything
down, including phone numbers,
and to keep it in a handy place.
What about you?
What kinds of systems do you
have in place?
How do they work?
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Talk to you later.
Your Friend,
Dave
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