How To Live with Bipolar Disorder: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Living with Bipolar Disorder

By HowExpert

This is a how to guide on how to live with bipolar disorder. It’s about bipolar disorder or manic depressive illness. The methods expressed in this how to deal with bipolar guide, have been proven to work. I believe that they would work for anyone who has the initiative to use and develop them..

There is a Step-By-Step Twelve Step Guide, with instructions on how to deal with your bipolar disorder and how to achieve a more productive, happy and stable life, when dealing with this disease.
The guide consists of these topics listed here:
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS, ON HOW TO DEAL WITH BIPOLAR

The Twelve Step program to deal with your bipolar:

- Know your Disease, Admit you have a problem and diagnose it
- Locate a great psychiatrist and counselor
- Change your outlook on life and how you see yourself
- Work your program
- Learn to see signs of trouble:
- Make amends and forgiving yourself
- Conquer your fears and handling stress
- Medications, The Phases and Hospitalizations
- Take advantage of the new “YOU”
- Follow the Steps to a new life
- Help others to help themselves
- Reflect and Learn from your past

• Language: English
• Publisher: HowExpert
• Release date: Jun 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476211398

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HOW TO LIVE WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER

Your Step-By-Step Guide to Living with Bipolar Disorder

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By HowExpert Press & Christina Reilly

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Introduction

Step 1 - KNOW YOUR DISEASE, ADMITTING YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND DIAGNOSING IT

Step 2 - Locating a Great counselor and Psychiatrist

Step 3 - Adjust Your Mental Thinking and Stability

Step 4 - Change Your Outlook On Life and How You See Yourself

Step 5 - WORK YOUR PROGRAM

Step 6 - LEARN TO SEE SIGNS OF TROUBLE

Step 7 - Making Amends and Forgiving Yourself

Step 8 - Conquering Your Fears and Handling Stresses

Step 9 - Medications, the Phases and Hospitalizations

Step 10 - The New You

Step 11 - Making a Difference and Living Your New Life

Step 12 - Redefine and Reflect on Your Life Now

Overview

About the Author

Recommended Resources

INTRODUCTION

Before we begin, always consult a professional or a physician before taking any advice in this guide. You should never interpret whatever is stated in this guide as medical or health advice. You should always consult a professional and medical doctor for medical or health advice. Before taking any advice in this guide, always consult with a physician or health professional. With that said, let's move on and talk about my personal experience and advice on how to live and cope with bipolar disorder.

When I was 17 and sitting in my psychiatrist office, I was waiting to put a name to my disease. I could only imagine how my life would be ever changed just from the sound of the words that named my problem. I should have been relieved to know that there was a reason for my behavior and the illness that took hold of my life. I instead only knew the stigmas that were involved with hearing the words that I was being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, also known, as manic-depression illness.

People will always judge me knowing I have this fate, this horrible disease, attached to my name. Was it a greater sentence, than I could handle? As time went by, the idea of the diagnosis ruled my life. It was who I was and it definitely was bigger than me and life would never be quite the same, knowing the truth of my illness. Was it worth it, to know the truth or live in denial, hoping no one would ever find out?

The truth of the matter is that it was better to know, than not to know. I could deal with the illness with