Bipolar? Don't Blindly Trust the Experts
Published: Sun, 08/23/09
Hi ,
How's it going for you today?
I hope you have a great day today.
I actually have a ton of work to do
so I have to get moving pretty quick.
Let's jump into today's topic.
I hired a firm to help me with a major
problem I had with my website.
Well, this firm fixed SOME of the
problems I had, but I later found
out that if I had used a different solution
it would have saved me a ton of time
and money.
The reason why I went to the first firm
is that I was uneducated and didn't take
the time to learn about the problem.
I just trusted the first so-called expert
that came my way.
You can't just blindly trust everything
you hear or see.
With bipolar disorder, you have to be
educated.
You have to become your own expert
on the disorder.
I educate people through my courses/
systems, but I also tell them to never
stop learning about bipolar disorder.
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You might even have to get a second
opinion.
Doctors are just people, and they can
make mistakes.
Question your doctor.
Question the experts.
You also will have to use your own
judgment.
Sometimes even trust your own gut
feeling - that if something doesn't
"feel" right, it may be wrong.
You do have to have some faith but
many times, people just blindly
follow experts without questioning.
Even with me, question ALL that I
tell you.
Look hard at what I am saying.
Compare it to other information
you find.
Bipolar disorder is an individual
disease.
Although it has its own symptoms,
and everyone who is diagnosed with
the disorder is diagnosed by those
symptoms, they still are different
in different people.
Also, your loved one may have
more than just bipolar disorder.
People can have more than one disorder
at a time.
So if your loved one has some symptoms
that are outside the bipolar symptoms,
question it.
Another thing is too that bipolar
disorder can change.
Your loved one may have been diagnosed
with (and have symptoms for) one type
of bipolar disorder, and then later on show
symptoms of another type of bipolar
disorder.
If so, question it.
Then question your loved one's doctor
about it.
Don't just think it's all in your head.
And always keep learning.
Even the experts don't know everything
there is to know about bipolar disorder.
And each person with the disorder is
different, as well.
You have to learn to deal with (and
help manage) your loved one's
bipolar disorder.
The more you know, the better it will
be for both of you.
You also have to learn how to be a
good supporter to your loved one.
The books and experts don't teach
you that.
That is something you need to learn
on your own.
You can get some advice from other
people, like maybe people in your
support group, but ultimately it is
your own judgment that you'll be
using.
Many things associated with bipolar
disorder come by way of trial and
error.
You need to use your knowledge
base, but you also need to use your
common sense.
Use whatever works with your own
loved one.
Have you ever read or heard about
something associated with bipolar
disorder that just didn't seem right
to you?
What did you do about it?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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