I’m adding a new chapter to my book Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder. The chapter is on medications and the draft needs to be to my coauthor Dr. John Preston on Monday. I have a DRAFT….. and here I am at a coffee shop working with my friend Avi and guess what I just did for 30 minutes?
Email
Messed around with some Internet blogs (American Idol!)
Opened the files I need to work on and wrote a few sentences.
And then I caught myself- this is no way to work and this is not how I can work if I want to be successful. I know better. So, the internet goes off. I simply turn off the wireless. All extraneous material I have around me goes in my bag. My files are open, my pens are ready and I am going to keep saying my favorite work mantra from Get it Done When You’re [ Read More ]
This is the latest installment of the bipolarhappens.com guest blogger series from Dawn:
The past few years have been extremely difficult. They would be difficult for anyone, but when you throw schizoaffective disorder into the mix, things seemed downright impossible! (Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of bipolar or depression with schizophrenia. Hell, in other words!) I was hospitalized in 2008 for suicidal ideations and should have been hospitalized in 2009 for the same. In fact, 2009 was worse than 2008. All I could think about was that my life was an irreparable mess (broken marriage, severe financial difficulties, low self-esteem, and an inability to hold down a job.
I didn’t see how I could get out from under). The only solution I saw was to take myself out. [ Read More ]
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My friend of 20 years Pam. I think it helps that she is in Texas and I can't drive her crazy!
Choose Friends Who Improve Your Life
I’ve been mood swing challlenged in the past few months. . I hate it as I’m sure you do! We know what we go through. I’m sad for my friends and mother when I get this sick. If you love someone with bipolar disorder- you probably know what my mother and friends go through as well. I try hard to limit my crying and worrying when I’m around them, but sometimes I can’t help it. One of my friends said, “Don’t worry Julie. You can be honest with me. I’ll be your guiding light when you need me.” We all need friends like this. But I’m often a bit paranoid and think [ Read More ]
I just sent a second newsletter on the Jared Lee Loughner shootings in Arizona. I posted a blog on my BP Magazine blog. I’ve posted two blogs here. That is enough for myself and my health.
I know when I have reached a saturation point and need to let go of things that are upsetting. There is nothing more the news can say to me. I think all of us with brain disorders know what will happen now. I will leave it to the courts and try not to be upset of how this will be handled. I wrote this before and would like to say it again:
I know the country is behind the victims of Jared’s terrible crime. I am too. I can’t imagine losing a loved one in that way. But my fervent hope is that Jared and his family be treated with compassion and understanding regarding his illness. Justice will [ Read More ]
I posted the blog entry below on the Jared Lee Loughner Shootings in Arizona earlier yesterday morning. ( I suggest you read that posting first.) I can’t believe the response. I’ve received hundreds of comments from people who said they were feeling the same way and there must be something we can do to bring light to the mental illness part of this situation. I’d like to say something up front- what Jared did is terrible- and terrible is too light of a word in this situation. But, he is ill. He could be one of us or someone we love. I work with many families in my coaching business where the children do unsafe and life threatening behaviors. I am not saying they are dangerous like Jared Loughner, but there is a part of this in everyone with paranoid psychsos.
When my former parnter Ivan was in the hospital in a massive manic/psychotic episode, [ Read More ]
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