{"id":5140,"date":"2012-03-09T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:59:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:59:18","slug":"do-you-take-bipolar-disorder-sick-days-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/do-you-take-bipolar-disorder-sick-days-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you take bipolar disorder sick days? I do!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have NEVER in the ten years since I started writing professionally\u00a0finished a project without experiencing significant bipolar disorder symptoms when it was over. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s unfair! How can bipolar show up after something good is accomplished!\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s just the nature of the illness.\u00a0 Stress can be joyful or negative and bipolar doesn\u2019t care.\u00a0 Stress is a trigger either way. <\/span><\/p>\n

One solution is to expect the inevitable and plan ahead. I give myself a few sick days after I finish a big project. True sick days where I respect the bipolar and take care of myself. I have to plan fun things to do on these sick days. I have to tell my friends and family what to expect and then I have to EASE UP\u00a0on myself and let myself get back to my baseline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0I need movies and karaoke and places to go when I\u2019m crying and unhappy. <\/span><\/p>\n

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When you have bipolar disorder or care about someone with the illness, be ready for a mood swing after a big event ends. Any kind of event.\u00a0 It helps to talk about this ahead of time and be prepared. My Health Cards (my treatment system) are\u00a0waiting for these times. I know what to do now.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0I promise myself to prepare for the inevitable after my next project and praise myself that I WILL work again no matter what my brain is saying. That I CAN get things done. I remind myself that depression lies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0I hope this helps you as well- I don\u2019t want you to accomplish great things and then have bipolar take them away.\u00a0 I want you to be in charge. <\/span><\/p>\n

Julie<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have NEVER in the ten years since I started writing professionally finished a project without experiencing significant bipolar disorder symptoms when it was over. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s unfair! How can bipolar show up after something good is accomplished! <\/p>\n

It\u2019s just the nature of the illness. Stress can be joyful or negative and bipolar doesn\u2019t care. Stress is a trigger either way. <\/p>\n

One solution is to expect the inevitable and plan ahead. I give myself a few sick days after I finish a big project. True sick days where I respect the bipolar and take care of myself. I have to plan fun things to do on these sick days. I have to tell my friends and family what to expect and then I have to EASE UP on [ 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\/5140"}],"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=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11595,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions\/11595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}