{"id":12418,"date":"2018-08-19T16:22:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T23:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=12418"},"modified":"2018-08-19T16:22:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T23:22:29","slug":"do-people-with-bipolar-get-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/do-people-with-bipolar-get-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Do People with Bipolar Get Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0In 2010, I was so suicidal I had 13 bilateral ECT treatments. They helped my psychosis enormously, but not the depression. In 2012, I was so suicidal, I had a bottle of pills in my hand and talked myself out of my room and into calling my coauthor John Preston for help. The suicidal episode was a reaction to a med change. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In 2016 in a beautiful room in Cannes, France I was suicidal from Ambien<\/a> and had the thought I should jump out my window. Just two months ago, I was so suicidal and paranoid due to a new job, I had to stay home from a World Cup match. This is significant because I can honestly say that soccer is my love. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Please know that this illness might not ever end for some of us, but we can learn to manage this illness. I live with bipolar. I manage bipolar by using my Health Cards Treatment System for Bipolar<\/a>. I want the same life for you. No gimmicks. I take meds, but I’m not drugged. Life is often hard, but unlike in the past, life is hard, but at the same time, it’s also good! <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What can you do today to start getting better? <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Who can you call? <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What med can you try? <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What book can you read?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I believe in you!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Julie <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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In 2010, I was so suicidal I had 13 bilateral ECT treatments. They helped my psychosis enormously, but not the depression. In 2012, I was so suicidal, I had a bottle of pills in my hand and talked myself out of my room and into calling my coauthor John Preston for help. The suicidal episode was a reaction to a med change. In 2016 in a beautiful room in Cannes, France I was suicidal from Ambien<\/a> and had the thought I should jump out my window. Just two months ago, I was so suicidal and paranoid due to a new job, I had to stay home from a World Cup match. This is significant because I can honestly say that soccer is my love. Please [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1989],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12420,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418\/revisions\/12420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}