How to Get Help in Living With Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression) - wikiHow

How to Get Help in Living With Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression) - wikiHow: "How to Get Help in Living With Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)

Bipolar disorder is recognized to be a very dangerous, often deadly physical illness that affects the brain. Those who have the illness need treatment and support from friends, family, and good doctors.

Keep in mind, this is not something that you can deal with by using the latest vitamin supplements or getting more exercise or by 'snapping out of it'.
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1. Recognize that you have the illness; denial is huge among people who have mental illness. If more than one psychiatrist and/or social worker and/or psychotherapist has suggested that you have this illness, consider carefully the fact that there is a good chance that you are suffering from a dangerous yet mostly treatable illness. Know that no one wants to own up to being 'different', no one wants to be classified as mentally ill, but the fact is that if you do have bipolar disorder, you have it whether or not you believe you have it, whether or not you want to have it. Accept it.
2. Take responsibility for your recovery. While you are dependent upon many other people for their help, you are the one who is going to get better or not, you are the one who is going to continue to suffer if your illness is not treated co"