How did individuals with bipolar become a success despite their illness?!
Question: How did individuals with bipolar become a success despite their illness!?
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I am asking this question because I am having a hard time!. I may need to add medication but I have to wait months to see a doctor!. I don't have insurance!. I am so upset about that!. Currently I am taking lamictal 100mg!. I want to control my mood now but I waiting for my appointment!.
Now I am not active!. I had high goals and pursued them!. I still do but it tough to accomplish them having bipolar disorder!.
How can!? I always had big dream but my illness is ruining it!.
What is it going to take!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I became a lawyer, but it took the following regimen:
--Working on things incrementally, meaning that I stopped trying to jump ahead to where I thought I "should" be, and stayed with learning what I needed to know to get to the next stage
--Working harder during periods of decent productivity, to make up for the times that are less productive
--Exercising to relieve stress and chemical imbalances
--Never believing that someone else is better off because they don't have the disorder, and that they are naturally superior just because they are "normal" according to the DSM-IV questionnaire
--Never believing that the disorder is a "fixed" phenomenon, or that it's a natural thing to go onto disability due to the problems associated with this amorphous, hard-to-diagnose condition!. This may be hard, when it is disabling, but to believe in your disability when you're trying to achieve the opposite will make it more difficult
--Never blaming the illness for behavior associated with failure, but rather taking failure as an case study of what not to do the next time the same circumstances arise
--Taking medications when needed, and seeing another doctor if the current one seems to be causing setbacks or doesn't do a proper diagnostic workup
--Trying to engage in activities in regular life that enhance work performance, but are fun or relaxing, such as reading, puzzles, etc!.
--Keeping family and financial obligations from getting too overwhelming, through long-term planning and the support of people who can be trusted
--Know what you want in the long term by doing, seeing or otherwise engaging in the work BEFORE you take on years of schooling and/or training to get into a career that is difficult to reconcile with your disorder
--Do work that mirrors your interests, so it doesn't feel like work
Don't let the above fool you into thinking that I have a mild version of the disorder!. I'm firmly BP I, according to every test, and am diagnosed with many other co-morbid disorders as well!. I have made a serious suicide attempt and gone through periods of abject failure!. Success has not remedied any of these problems, and has sometimes made them worse!. That is why it is so necessary to know what you want, then take steps to get there!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
--Working on things incrementally, meaning that I stopped trying to jump ahead to where I thought I "should" be, and stayed with learning what I needed to know to get to the next stage
--Working harder during periods of decent productivity, to make up for the times that are less productive
--Exercising to relieve stress and chemical imbalances
--Never believing that someone else is better off because they don't have the disorder, and that they are naturally superior just because they are "normal" according to the DSM-IV questionnaire
--Never believing that the disorder is a "fixed" phenomenon, or that it's a natural thing to go onto disability due to the problems associated with this amorphous, hard-to-diagnose condition!. This may be hard, when it is disabling, but to believe in your disability when you're trying to achieve the opposite will make it more difficult
--Never blaming the illness for behavior associated with failure, but rather taking failure as an case study of what not to do the next time the same circumstances arise
--Taking medications when needed, and seeing another doctor if the current one seems to be causing setbacks or doesn't do a proper diagnostic workup
--Trying to engage in activities in regular life that enhance work performance, but are fun or relaxing, such as reading, puzzles, etc!.
--Keeping family and financial obligations from getting too overwhelming, through long-term planning and the support of people who can be trusted
--Know what you want in the long term by doing, seeing or otherwise engaging in the work BEFORE you take on years of schooling and/or training to get into a career that is difficult to reconcile with your disorder
--Do work that mirrors your interests, so it doesn't feel like work
Don't let the above fool you into thinking that I have a mild version of the disorder!. I'm firmly BP I, according to every test, and am diagnosed with many other co-morbid disorders as well!. I have made a serious suicide attempt and gone through periods of abject failure!. Success has not remedied any of these problems, and has sometimes made them worse!. That is why it is so necessary to know what you want, then take steps to get there!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The people in the list of names you wrote down all have one thing in common!. CREATIVITY!. They see, hear, dream and think outside the box!. There are so many more of them that are not nearly as well known!.
But they were/are all tortured souls!.
I, too, have bi-polar disorder!. I find that everything I accomplish is a little piece of joy!. Everytime I MAKE myself do something I really didn't want to do, I can pat myself on the back and say, "There, I won out over the disease"!.
Go after your dreams! Do NOT fall prey to self pity and telling yourself how hard it is to do things because of your illness!. You're fighting for your life!. Don't let your disorder get the better of you!. Fight on!!!!!
Every step forward is a rung up on the ladder!. You can make it if you put your mind to it!. Get active again!
Best wishes and good luck,
SandilynnWww@Answer-Health@Com
But they were/are all tortured souls!.
I, too, have bi-polar disorder!. I find that everything I accomplish is a little piece of joy!. Everytime I MAKE myself do something I really didn't want to do, I can pat myself on the back and say, "There, I won out over the disease"!.
Go after your dreams! Do NOT fall prey to self pity and telling yourself how hard it is to do things because of your illness!. You're fighting for your life!. Don't let your disorder get the better of you!. Fight on!!!!!
Every step forward is a rung up on the ladder!. You can make it if you put your mind to it!. Get active again!
Best wishes and good luck,
SandilynnWww@Answer-Health@Com
You need the right medications and to have high goals and keep them!. I suffer from bipolar disorder, I take 200 mg of lamictal everyday, and lexapro, as well as Klonopin!. I am also a liscensed therapist, certified addictions counselor!. I have gotten my masters degree and am currently working on my PhD!. So I would consider myself succesful even though I have bipolar disorder!. I am just very motivated, and my medications work like a dream so I dont even feel like I have it, and my boss knows I have it and he says that he cannot even tell!. So I just make sure that I dont let it get me down because if you dwell on it, then it will take over you!.Www@Answer-Health@Com