{"id":156,"date":"2012-08-28T20:42:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T03:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/04\/17\/radio-show-listener-writes-a-great-letter\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:21","slug":"a-reader-shares-her-life-with-bipolar-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/a-reader-shares-her-life-with-bipolar-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"A reader shares her life experiences with bipolar mania."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/manic1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5880\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"manic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/manic1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Hey, Julie.\u00a0 I was just listening to your radio show on iTunes.\u00a0 I am a little behind.\u00a0 I thought, it was funny, they did not give you any information when you were first diagnosed.\u00a0 In 1999, I (at 23 years old) was very manic and I was told I was Bipolar.<\/p>\n<p>They gave me some pills and the doctor told me and my family to look it up on the Internet.\u00a0 Which just fueled my manic state because I was like you- I needed more help.<\/p>\n<p>I do not have the support of my whole family.\u00a0 I have three brothers and three sisters.\u00a0 So some of them act like I am the only one with a problem.\u00a0 But I have the support of my best friend and her mother who understand me, and they understand what being Bipolar is like for me.\u00a0 I love your show and I love the information you send me.\u00a0 &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Oh a little advice, if I am manic, I try to do things that are good (like writing a letter, or\u00a0 cleaning, one time I know I was having a major episode, so I did three weeks worth of work for my college classes so when I came down I had the work done so I could focus on me!) I know it will not last, so I try to have as much fun as I can.\u00a0 I did have spending problems to the point that I had to file bankruptcy.\u00a0 So when I am manic, I try not to go shopping.\u00a0 I try to be with people who know I am Bipolar so they can tell me if I go overboard.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats on the show.<\/p>\n<p>L.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>I had a mental health radio show in 2008. It was pretty amazing. If you go to iTunes and look up Julie Fast, you can listen to the show!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/manic1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5880\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"manic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/manic1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Hey, Julie. I was just listening to your radio show on iTunes. I am a little behind. I thought, it was funny, they did not give you any information when you were first diagnosed. In 1999, I (at 23 years old) was very manic and I was told I was Bipolar.<\/p>\n<p>They gave me some pills and the doctor told me and my family to look it up on the Internet. Which just fueled my manic state because I was like you- I needed more help.<\/p>\n<p>I do not have the support of my whole family. I have three brothers and three sisters. So some of them act like I am the only one with a problem. But I have the support of my best friend and her mother who understand me, and they understand what being Bipolar is like for me. 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