I work with a lot of clients in my coaching business who find it hard to understand some of the odd behaviors of their loved ones. Here are the symptoms:<\/p>\n
1. Want to work- have time to work- have ideas for work- but can’t work.<\/p>\n
2. Can’t see the signs of mania even though others can see them 100%.<\/p>\n
3. Make choices that make the depression or mania worse even when they know they are making a big mistake.<\/p>\n
4. Stop taking meds even when it’s obvious the meds are working really well.<\/p>\n
5. Get angry and then expect the family\/work\/friends etc. to just bounce back when their mood changes.<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0 Refuse help- even if it means they lose a relationship\/job\/friend\/home, etc.<\/p>\n
It may seem odd to call the above list ‘symptoms’- but they are.\u00a0 All people with bipolar have the above behaviors- so that means they are symptoms of the illness. A plan in place is the only way to prevent the above.\u00a0I use\u00a0my Health Cards- if you have not read Take Charge- that is the best beginning book I know- I coach families and partners, I DO IT ALL.\u00a0 And I help a lot of people every day- And I still have the above symptoms that I have to fight constantly. If I am affected by the illness the same way you are and the same way your loved ones are affected- that shows you that you’re not alone when bipolar tries to take over.\u00a0 It does this to all of us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I work with a lot of clients in my coaching business who find it hard to understand some of the odd behaviors of their loved ones. Here are the symptoms:<\/p>\n
1. Want to work- have time to work- have ideas for work- but can’t work.<\/p>\n
2. Can’t see the signs of mania even though others can see them 100%.<\/p>\n
3. Make choices that make the depression or mania worse even when they know they are making a big mistake.<\/p>\n
4. Stop taking meds even when it’s obvious the meds are working really well.<\/p>\n
5. Get angry and then expect the family\/work\/friends etc. to just bounce back when their mood changes.<\/p>\n
6. Refuse help- even if it means they lose a relationship\/job\/friend\/home, etc.<\/p>\n
It may seem odd to call the above list ‘symptoms’- but they are. All people with bipolar have the above behaviors- so that means they are symptoms of the illness. A plan in [ 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\/1658"}],"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=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11813,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions\/11813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}