When I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder I made the mistake of blaming all of my actions on the disorder. This meant that I behaved more badly than I did before because I had an excuse. Slowly over I time I discovered that perhaps what I was doing was wrong.
Somehow I started to understand that there are two parts to this illness. Part one is the biological. The only thing there is to do about biological chemical imbalances is to do something that evens out the imbalance. This includes exercise, eating right, and taking medication. The second part is the mental part. This is the part that creates the greatest confusion. How can you tell a feeling you are having apart from physical imbalances? Meaning how can you tell if your feeling is because of your thoughts and actions or because of a physical illness.
This is one of the questions I wanted answered when I first found out what I had.
I have greatly discovered the difference and have learned to manage the mental part to a large degree. For me the biological part is handled. Yes I get hypo-manic from time to time. Yes I get depressed from time to time. But the degree to which I handle the depression differs based on how I act and feel. I am no prisoner to my imbalance.
So my advice is discover what those differences are and act to work on the mental issues through therapy. Or if you are like me you could try cognitive self-therapy. Yes it is possible. And cheaper. Buy books. Buy (or download) self-help CD's. It works. If you apply it.
These days I am asking the question: How does a person like me become stable and consistent.
The answer is to keep working on it and believing it is possible.
Accept the imperfection and believe in the power of love.
5 comments:
Great post!
I am soooo here. This was the question of my June and July. Your post has helped.
Drug industry is partly to blame for over diagnosis of bipolar disorder.thyroid hormones, thyroxin have been reported to be useful in the treatment of bipolar disorder.treatment for the patient has the presenting episode under control,the goal of treatment is to prevent relapse and to reduce the risk of suicide.
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berika
Dual Diagnosis
Recent studies have attested to the fact that depression has a number of genetical factors attached to it. Depression does come to the next generations if the members of the previous generation have had instances of depression. Especially bipolar depression has been proven to come down to the next generations in case the previous generations had it. http://www.xanax-effects.com
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