{"id":1438,"date":"2010-07-09T19:37:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T19:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:00:13","slug":"julie-fast-family-and-partner-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/julie-fast-family-and-partner-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Fast Family and Partner Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I receive many questions a week regarding how bipolar disorder affects relationships-\u00a0\u00a0 I have experience in this topic from all angles- that’s for sure! My former partner Ivan was ill for months in a manic psychotic episode and then a suicidal downswing. I went through the fear of calling the police, working with hospital staff who looked at Ivan and asked what HE wanted in terms of being hospitalized instead of asking me- I was sitting right there- Ivan was sitting there – completely psychotic and basically saying he could take care of himself by drinking water all day- and despite my telling the staff what was happening- they listened to him- so we had to do commitment. Then on to the court to keep him in the hospital-\u00a0 this may be very familiar! And that was just the beginning!\u00a0 This was in 1994. I was finally diagnosed in 1995 at age 31- we have different forms of the illness- he has full blown mania ( Bipolar I) and I have hypomania (Bipolar II)- which is why I wasn’t diagnosed when I had my first symptoms at 17.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I also have two family members with mood disorders- and it has been tough- but Lamictal changed EVERYTHING for us.\u00a0 They know all about the Health Cards and use them to a certain extent, but are not the type to work on management all day as I do- the medications have been a miracle.\u00a0 Especially in terms of negativity and anger\/aggression.\u00a0 I use the ideas in the Health Cards from a family member perspective and they have been amazing! <\/span><\/p>\n

I also know a lot about teenage bipolar and often work with teenagers.<\/p>\n

My family and partner coaching business is the best way for me to help with any situations involving relationships- especially when a person is psychotic and needs to go to the hospital or a partner refuses treatment. I have worked with every situation and have been through many of them myself. This is the best way for us to exchange information on the illness and your particular situation.<\/p>\n

If you wish to work together one on one- here is a link to my coaching page to find out more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.juliefast.com\/family-coaching\/<\/a><\/p>\n

If you would like general information- the blog has a category list to the right with most topics.\u00a0 For partners,\u00a0 my book Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder<\/em> addresses many of the questions I receive. Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder<\/em> is excellent for anyone affected by the illness and is an especially good book for those just diagnosed as well as those who love them.\u00a0 Get it Done When You’re Depressed<\/em> is for anyone who is held back by depression in terms of productivity. (In other words- all of us!)<\/p>\n

I am always thinking of how I can answer more questions on the blog, but it’s always hard because of time limitations. I plan to start a question podcast and that will help.\u00a0 I read all comments and stories and always love to post them as they help so many people- and I am always working on way to get to questions by writing more books!\u00a0 If you find\u00a0your\u00a0relationship questions\u00a0are not answered in my books-\u00a0 please send me a coaching inquiry. If you still have a question- please send it along and I will definitely add it to the podcast list. . Also,\u00a0other readers can send in answers\u00a0– as we just did with the blog on how people remember to take their bipolar meds.\u00a0\u00a0 It has been a great interaction! I do read all of my mail, so…<\/p>\n

\u00a0Keep sending in comments!<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n

\u00a0PS: If you like this post and find it helpful, please click on the like button below. You can also post it to your Facebook page, Twitter account or send it to a friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, <\/p>\n

I receive many questions a week regarding how bipolar disorder affects relationships- I have experience in this topic from all angles- that’s for sure! My former partner Ivan was ill for months in a manic psychotic episode and then a suicidal downswing. I went through the fear of calling the police, working with hospital staff who looked at Ivan and asked what HE wanted in terms of being hospitalized instead of asking me- I was sitting right there- Ivan was sitting there – completely psychotic and basically saying he could take care of himself by drinking water all day- and despite my telling the staff what was happening- they listened to him- so we had to do commitment. Then on to the court to keep him in the hospital- this may be very familiar! And that was just the beginning! This was in 1994. I was finally diagnosed in 1995 at age 31- [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438"}],"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=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11865,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions\/11865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}