Balancing Your Bipolar

Balancing Your Bipolar
Author: Blythe Edwards
Publisher:
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2019-08
Genre: Manic-depressive illness
ISBN: 9781983097225

If you ever felt alone, like you're different and don't quite fit in, that is how the Author felt for many years. This is her story of how she navigated her diagnosis and came to create a life she truly loves. It isn't perfect and she makes many mistakes along the way. Join her on the rollercoaster that is Bipolar and see how she navigates its unique challenges. Techniques you will find inside this book: How to manage expectations How to manage your activity level for greater success How to get a hold on your finances How to balance exercise, nutrition, and sleep Balancing Your Bipolar gives you a view into bipolar disorder and proven strategies to live a life that you love. Techniques you will find inside this book: How to manage expectationsHow to manage your activity level for greater successHow to get a hold on your financesHow to balance exercise, nutrition, and sleepBalancing Your Bipolar gives you a view into bipolar disorder and proven strategies to live a life that you love.

Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder

Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder
Author: Julie A. Fast
Publisher: Balance
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2023-05-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1538725037

Revised and updated, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder is a groundbreaking, comprehensive program to help those with bipolar disorder—and those who care about them—gain permanent control over their lives. Most people diagnosed with bipolar disorder are sent home with the name of a doctor and multiple prescriptions. However, few people with bipolar disorder are able to find long-term stability with medications alone. Bipolar disorder researcher and expert Julie A. Fast, who was diagnosed with the illness at age thirty-one, and specialist John Preston, PsyD, offer the pioneering Take Charge program used around the world to help readers promote stability, reduce mood swings, increase work ability, decrease health care costs, and improve relationships. The book guides those with bipolar disorder and their loved ones toward a comprehensive personal treatment plan by incorporating: Medications and bipolar-safe supplements Lifestyle changes that help manage bipolar symptoms naturally Behavior modifications that reduce and prevent symptoms Guidelines on assembling an effective support team By helping readers gather powerful strategies, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder delivers a dynamic program to treat this difficult but ultimately manageable illness.

Preventing Bipolar Relapse

Preventing Bipolar Relapse
Author: Ruth C. White
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1608828832

If you buy just one book on bipolar disorder, let this be it. There’s an old saying: “Prevention is better than cure.” If you have bipolar disorder, this is especially true. For you, it's incredibly important to read the warning signs of a possible episode. For instance, you may find you are not sleeping as well as usual, or you might be sleeping too much. You may stop doing things that you normally enjoy, or you may start acting out your impulses in ways that alienate those around you or get you into trouble. While the path to wellness for those with bipolar may involve psychiatric visits and medication adjustments, preventing manic and depressive episodes is the true key to staying healthy and happy. So how do you do it? And most importantly, how can you keep yourself motivated? In this powerful, breakthrough book, bipolar expert Ruth C. White shares her own personal approach to relapse prevention using the innovative program SNAP (Sleep, Nutrition, Activity, and People). White also offers practical tips and tracking tools you can use anytime, anywhere. By making necessary lifestyle adjustments, you can maintain balanced moods, recognize the warning signs of an oncoming episode, and make the necessary changes to reduce or prevent it. This is the first and only book on bipolar disorder that focuses exclusively on prevention. To help you stay well, White includes links to helpful online tracking tools so that you can manage your symptoms, anytime, anywhere. If you are ready to stop living in fear of your next episode, this life-changing book can help you take charge of your diagnosis—and your life.

Overcoming Bipolar Disorder

Overcoming Bipolar Disorder
Author: Mark Bauer
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2009-01-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1608826929

A doctor may understand the symptoms of bipolar disorder and your close friends and relatives may know your manic and depressive phases inside and out, but only you have experienced your bipolar disorder firsthand. This workbook will help you learn how to recognize your mania and depression triggers, develop coping skills for managing symptoms, form more productive partnerships with your healthcare providers, and keep your life in balance as you work toward your goals. The authors' Life Goals Program has already helped hundreds of people with bipolar disorder understand how bipolar works and take charge of their lives. Overcoming Bipolar Disorder makes Life Goals Program techniques available to the public for the first time, giving you the tools you need to create an action plan for symptom management designed specifically for you. You'll also discover how simple changes to your eating, exercise, and sleeping habits can improve your mood and keep symptoms at bay. Overcoming Bipolar Disorder is about more than just medication. New research shows that learning specific skills to manage bipolar disorder can significantly reduce symptoms and help to maintain long-term balance…. It should be an important resource for people living with bipolar disorder and for concerned family members.-Gregory Simon, MD, MPH, psychiatrist and researcher at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, WA

Living with Bipolar Disorder

Living with Bipolar Disorder
Author: Lynn Hodges
Publisher: Findhorn Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012-06-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1844099431

From the initial diagnosis through recovery and transformation, this handbook offers positive, real-life solutions and support from one who not only suffers from the condition herself but has experienced it with her mother and her daughter. Her handy guide offers firsthand advice on how to lead a fulfilling life despite having this debilitating mental-health condition. In a practical, candid tone, the book focuses on addressing personal questions that arise following a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Among the topics considered are the basics of functioning, living, and dealing with people on an everyday basis, how to negotiate treatment, handle family and friends, maintain a positive image, and make a living.

Finding Balance

Finding Balance
Author: Jeff Krukar
Publisher: Rtc Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2015-09-20
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781939418760

Everyone has good days and bad days--but for seventeen-year-old Alex Magana, the shifts between despair and elation are dramatic, and they impact every area of his life. For years, Alex has been misdiagnosed with depression. In fact, he has bipolar disorder, and the correct diagnosis is only the beginning of his journey. Along with his parents, Alex must navigate the complex physical and emotional effects of using psychotropic medication, eventually discovering that medication is only one component of a lifelong comprehensive treatment plan. Based on dozens of intensive interviews with parents and clinicians, Finding Balance shares the challenges and triumphs of using medication to help treat a significant psychiatric disorder, as well as provides invaluable education for families on similar roads.

Finding Balance

Finding Balance
Author: A Y de Vink
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-05-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Coping with bipolar disorder and its mood swings can be challenging, but there are strategies and coping mechanisms that can help individuals find balance and stability in their lives. Finding Balance: A guide to coping with bipolar disorder is an easy-to-read guide written for anyone suffering from bipolar, their carers, and those looking for a greater understanding of this health condition.

Balancing Act - Writing Through a Bipolar Life

Balancing Act - Writing Through a Bipolar Life
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2020-01-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781653842063

Balancing Act - Writing Through a Bipolar Life offers hope to those living with mental illness and their loved ones. As a therapist who left her career due to mental illness, O'Malley educates the public about mental health and fights stigma against those living with mental illness by challenging stereotypes. O'Malley's writing recounts her struggle with bipolar disorder, the two decades it took to receive a proper diagnosis, and how her journey gave her purpose. O'Malley balances living with bipolar disorder with her work as a mental health advocate and caretaker of her son and parents. ADVANCE PRAISE Kitt describes her struggle to manage bipolar disorder in Balancing Act. Her profound knowledge of herself enhances her coping abilities as she learns to avoid triggers that will likely exacerbate her symptoms. She reminds readers that medication can only go so far and that a wide array of tools are needed to keep the illness under control. This book will bring comfort, validation, hope, and education especially to anyone with bipolar disorder. Lynn Nanos, LICSW, author of Breakdown: A Clinician's Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry, LynnNanos.com

A Lifelong Journey

A Lifelong Journey
Author: Sarah Russell
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2008-11-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1442999314

This book has provided a wellness view of manic depression. Although the stay well stories and plans do not represent all people who experience manic depression, these stories fill an important gap in our understanding of manic depression. Rather than focus only on the 'burden' of manic depression, it is crucial to also listen to people who stay well. These stories provide proof that people with manic depression can aspire to full lives.