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Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder: Understanding And Helping Your Partner
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Many of the techniques in this book take some time to get started. The beauty of adding laughter and joy to your relationship is that you can start immediately. You can get started today. In fact, you can get started right now and then help your partner do the same. Close this book and find something to make yourself laugh. Woo hoo Remember something funny. Remember something wonderful about your partner. Think of all of the joy you have experienced in life and remind yourself that it can happen again. You now have the tools to make it happen. You have a new treatment plan that can work to help you recognize, modify, and hopefully prevent your partner's major bipolar disorder symptoms. Your relationship has the opportunity to be happy, healthy, stable, and filled with joy. This book can help you through the many ups and downs you and your partner will experience as you create a more stable relationship. Read it often to find what you need at certain moments. Remember to always treat bipolar disorder first. And, most importantly, remember that laughter and joy are your first option when things get really tough. They will give you the peace of mind you need to move on and face your problems with strength. You can both do it.----Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder
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Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
If you or your loved one has Bipolar Disorder, this book is great for the whole family. I have been married 16 years and when my husband read the book he finally understood what was wrong with him. Thanks to God for this book.
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It saved my marriage...
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
Thanks to this book, my marriage is back on track. I never knew how complicated bipolar disorder was and there were not a lot of therapist and doctors that specialize in the disorder. It felt like I was on an island. Now I better understand my husband's mood swings and am able to learn when he is getting into an episode and what to do and not to do while still not allowing it to defeat me. A great book, Gillian.
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Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
Julie A. Loving, who has Bipolar Disorder, said many people think of the disease as a "secondary diagnosis." It's a very important book for my family. We have recently started this journey upon receiving news of a diagnosis for someone we love, Raymond said. I was so ignorant about the condition, I almost swallowed this book whole out of a desperate need for answers, she said. Yes, this book did, indeed, provide many answers, but it does more than that. It gives a realistic hope and walks people through a dynamic process that will help them to grow in their understanding of the person they love and the issues they deal with, Dr. Goin added. Julie Armstrong, who has battled cancer since birth, has said she admires her honesty about her journey. courage to go public. Mrs. D'Antonio's practical and everyday explanation of the process was also appreciated. It has given me and my family a workable plan for supporting someone we love, and hope for a manageable future, she said. Julie would like to thank you, Bruno.
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Helpful Advice
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
At the risk of being completely hated, I'm going to say this. This book does not fit every single solitary situation or person that is being used to help. There are many, many, extremely rare cases of severe mental illness or severe mental retardation that do not happen to every person or every type of Bipolar Disorder. Before one reads this advice they have to assess the situation with their partner. There are some wonderful advice in the book, and I think they did a wonderful job putting together a single book about a disorder with so many varieties, he said. However, it cannot claim to be the cure all. However, this book can be helpful if you are willing to read it and follow the advice relevant to your individual situation.
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Very Informative
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
I have done some research on BD over the past year because I have been involved with the Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research, but nothing could have prepared me for being in a relationship with someone with this disorder. After a bad episode, I went online to see if I could find some guidance and was led to this book. Wow! That was pretty impressive, right? This book has really opened my eyes and helped me to learn different techniques to help my boyfriend when his symptoms start to show. Anyone who has a partner with Dr. BD will find this book extremely useful. It will help you to deal with the mood swings.
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The Most Important Book on Bipolar
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
The book was the single most important event in my and my partner's lives. Neither of us understood the illness as patient or partner and it was with this book alone that we pulled through his last major episode and began to build a plan for sustainable mental health conversation and love through difficult times. Julie Fast, who has bipolar disorder and a partner to a man, has a solution to her problems. I underlined every other sentence in this book and have read it four times, all front to back, referring it to numerous friends, doctors, etc. A vital book to read for EVERY patient of spina bifida, every partner or family member. Julie Fast, creator of the video game, thanked her students in a letter.
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Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
In "The Dark Side of the Moon," Blair talks about the effects of bipolar disorder on those around him. It helps you understand the disease, the symptoms, and triggers. One thing I felt the book lacked was what works. It suggests to make a list of what works to prevent or halt triggers, but it never really makes clear what works to prevent or halt them.
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Helped at Home
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
I read this book and Home Caregiving For a Loved One With Emotional Illness by Dr. Fred Neuricman and now have a better understanding on how to treat a loved one with emotional illness. If I can gain at least a few useful tips from these books, I just make life easier and better.
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in response to Georgie from LaJolla
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
Within, he said, compassion starts. My son has BiPolar and Diabetic retinopathy. Our lives have been a constant give and take, each passing day. We are talking about illness not behavior issues like domestic violence or abuse, said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is a difference between a bullet and a piece of furniture. Healthy relationships require that both partners give and take, he said. In relationships when there is illness there is also give and take, but the person that is not ill has to couple that with compassion and understanding. It's just that easy, Mr. Dhaliwal said. It's just that they don't have enough money." It's just that the price is too high, Mr. Dhaliwal said. Only you can answer that question. What would you do if your loved one developed cancer or heart disease? It saddens me to think that you are so selfish and that your psychiatrist agrees with you, Bruno said. This is not about co-dependence, nor is it about marriage. It is about learning how to live with an illness, one that affects you and doing it with love, compassion and nonviolence, Raymond said.
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These techniques saved my relationship!
Derived From Web , Apr 22, 2022
Her techniques literally saved my husband's life and our relationship, she said. If you or someone in your life has bipolar disorder, this book is essential reading. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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