How to cope manage and control Bipolar Disorder

Dear Friend,

Either you or a loved one is living with bipolar disorder. You know what a roller coaster ride it is, and you've witnessed first hand, how traumatic the high's and low's can be.

But there's something that you may not know.

Regardless how severe or the actual type of bipolar that you or your loved one is suffering from, there ARE things you can do to take control of your lifeand regain that confidence, happiness and put you on the path towards living the life you were truly meant to live.

Bipolar disorder is a difficult diagnosis for many. From social stigma to limited information on the topic, it's easy to become frustrated, confused and ashamed of your condition, or that of a loved one.

Society associates bipolar with "controlled behavior", many believing that it's something that can be easily 'cured' just by calming down and being rational in stressful situations.But you and I both know that is far from reality.

When a high hits, you feel like you can take on the world. There is nothing you can do, in fact, you can operate on less sleep and still be incredibly productive.

You're happy, you feel a rush of inner peace, and you hang onto it for as long as you can because you know that the next day might bring on a low.

The low's.. this is the hard part about living with bipolar. You can go from walking on clouds to feeling as though you can barely get out of bed. Nothing seems to get you out of this depression but time.

You feel as though the world is crashing around you and that you ultimately are the cause of that - somehow.. yet you don't know why you feel so down.. you just know the only way out of it is by waiting for it to pass.

And it does.. and the high's and low's keep on coming.

Living with bipolar is like being on an energized, intensive and unstoppable roller coaster ride. You cling to the moments where you feel at your best because you know they seldom last too long, and you're back in the rigorous, intensive and outright heartbreaking cycle again and again.

But it doesn't have to be that way.. You CAN regain control of your life..

Don't give up.. Don't believe for one minute that you simply need to resign to feeling the way you do. You don't have to live this way.

When I was first diagnosed with having bipolar disorder, I was told that I would live a life being feed a dozen different prescription drugs, while attending regular "sessions" where someone had me talking into their ear about how I felt, why I believed I felt that way.. it was absolutely ridiculous and I felt ashamed, incompetant and worthless.

For one, the way I felt at that very moment, talking to a therapist wasn't the same way I felt later that day! Sure, a support group can be a tremendous help but you need to learn how to handle and control your disorder on your own - and on your own terms.

And you can.
There are ways to avoid a lifetime of preventative medication and in being able to control your massive mood swings, and I'm here to tell you that if I can do it - there is NO reason you can't do it just the same.
I've managed a five-kid family, a full time career, a strong and happy marriage EVEN despite the high's and low's simply because I learned how to "detect" - "prevent" and "control" my disorder, and you can use this information to dramatically improve the quality of your life.

You deserve to live the life you were meant to. Don't let anything take that away from you.