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    Bipolar Explained: The Truth about Bipolar Disorder and How to Deal with it
    Bipolar Explained: The Truth about Bipolar Disorder and How to Deal with it
    Bipolar Explained: The Truth about Bipolar Disorder and How to Deal with it
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    Bipolar Explained: The Truth about Bipolar Disorder and How to Deal with it

    By Desmond Gahan

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    Bipolar is a condition that wreaks havoc on those that it affects.  If you suffer from Bipolar, chances are that your family suffers right with you.  No matter if you are that family member trying to learn to cope or you are the person that has been diagnosed, there is hope out there.

    Although there is no cure for Bipolar, just yet, there are many ways in which you can improve your chances of living a long and happy life.  The good news is that the process doesn’t have to be difficult either.

    The ups and downs are what make the most problems for individuals.  Being happy and go lucky one minute is wonderful but when it is followed by serious lows and depressed moods the next, there’s even more to worry about.  

    In this e-book, you will find a number of different scenarios that will help you to ultimately learn to cope with bipolar and all of these ups and downs.  Through an understanding of your condition as well as help in dealing with the beneficial tools we will teach you, you will be able to improve the quality of life that you and your loved ones share.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSepharial
    Release dateJun 24, 2017
    ISBN9781386520429
    Bipolar Explained: The Truth about Bipolar Disorder and How to Deal with it
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    Desmond Gahan

    Desmond Gahan BA., (Dip. Applied Psychology) is the author and publisher of many non fiction books. His special area is psychology and psychopathology. He lives in Dublin Ireland.

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      Bipolar Explained - Desmond Gahan

      Chapter 1:  Understanding Bipolar

      Most individuals that suffer from bipolar have one simple goal. That goal is to live a life that is as normal as can be.  To get through today without having any emotional problems, to make it through the big meeting at work without having people wonder what is wrong with you and to simply be able to enjoy your daughter’s graduation are all additional goals that you may have.

      Before you can fully learn to cope with bipolar, you need to fully understand your condition.  You need to know what things happen, as best that you can, so that you can then trigger your coping mechanisms to work for you. 

      There is no 100 percent sure way of stopping these things from happening to you.  But, there are countless things you can learn to do to help you to improve your outlook.

      To get to that point, we will start by giving you all of the information you need about your condition so that you can better understand what is happening to you.  If you are a family member who just wants to help someone that has bipolar, then by all means, you too can learn all that you need to in order to deliver the help that you can give to them.

      Bipolar: The Medical Side

      Bipolar is a condition in which there are extremes in moods and life experiences.  There is no doubt that bipolar is a health condition that is serious and disabling to those that have it.  It is a mental illness and it does require necessary treatment.

      You may have heard bipolar called Manic Depression or that a person suffering from it has a manic depressive condition.  But, what scientists have come to learn is that manic style behavior is only one extreme of this condition.  The other part of it is that of depression.  Both of these conditions are vitally serious to your well being and even to your life span and must be treated.

      While doctors do not have a cause for bipolar, they are working on finding one.  Along with that, you can be sure that there are many scientists looking for a way to cure the condition.  Yet, until that happens, we need to examine what we do know about bipolar and what it does to the person that you are.

      For most people bipolar starts when they are just in their teens.  Some believe that it is triggered by puberty.  Others will not develop this condition until they are in their early adult years.  Bipolar can last your life time, too. 

      For most individuals, bipolar is a condition that doesn’t happen all of the time.  You don’t go in and out of moods ore other experiences within seconds and you don’t do this all of the time either.  For example, some people will have bouts that last for several weeks.  Others will have them for a few months at a time.  Although it is possible to have bipolar in which your symptoms flare all of the time, this is really the rare case.

      If you don’t get help for bipolar, your condition is likely to continue to worsen.  There is no doubt that depression itself is a killer.  Therefore, not getting help is simply not an option.  But, the good news is that there are medications, treatments and therapies that can help to reduce the symptoms and help you to cope with your

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