My friend was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. How do I help?

atorturedsoul | October 21, 2009

My best friend was diagnosed with depression and possibly bipolar disorder. How can I be supportive? Dos and Donts for helping friends and family.

Category: About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar 1, Bipolar 2, Cyclothymia, My Personal Experiences, NOS | 24 Comments »
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All About Bipolar: Long rant…hypochondriac? Puh-leeze

atorturedsoul | July 16, 2009

Sometimes I feel like no matter how hard I try, things just aren’t going to get any better. Today is one of those days.
My husband has always been the one person I am completely honest with. I have always told him exactly how I was feeling and I thought he tried to understand what I [...]

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About All About Bipolar

All About Bipolar demonstrates the day to day grind faced by a person dealing with bipolar disorder while providing information about this serious mental illness.


About the author

atorturedsoul

I am a 36 year old mother of four wonderful children living in the great state of Tennessee. I have been diagnosed with Bipolar I with psychotic features and Panic Disorder with agoraphobia. All About Bipolar is intended to offer advice to others dealing with this disorder. If my experiences help one person to see that they are not alone in coping with bipolar disorder, then I have accomplished my goal.