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Untreatable, an online friend of mine,wrote a super post by this same title yesterday. A lot of it deals with behaviors caused by believe in stigma about mental illness. While Untreatable is dealing with other mental illness issues than bipolar disorder, the list works for bipolar disorder too.  Please take the time to check it out, particularly if you’re family or friend of someone dealing with any mental illness.  Doing these things don’t make it any better for someone who’s unwell. Thanks Untreatable, for such a great post!

Immi

“I have multiple of disorders that at times distorts my thinking or perception but none of which affected my intelligence level. Treat me like an idiot and I will make you look stupid.”
~~Untreatable

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In part I of Top 10 Bipolar Myths , I went over the first five of myths that we often have about ourselves and our manic depressive illness. If we acknowledge and challenge these myths about bipolar disorder, we can remove our own stigma about this disease and have better lives.  The last 5 of the Top 10 myths are here.

6. I’ve felt fine for months now, so my manic depression has gone away.
Sadly, this isn’t true. Many people with bipolar illness have long periods of remission, which is great, but doesn’t mean it’s gone away. Some go for years between episodes, others hours. Bipolar can be highly variable.

7. Bipolar disorder only affects me when I’m having an episode.
False. They’re discovering now that the disease appears to affect the brain and cognitive functioning all the time to some degree or other. Now that we know that, we can find ways to deal with it. Personally, I think that’s a far better thing than it happening and me not knowing.
 
8. If I won’t take bipolar meds, there’s nothing that I can do about bipolar screwing up my life.
False. Life management with things such as exercise, eating healthy, getting enough sleep, lowering stress, and possibly talk therapy or alternative treatments, can all help manage bipolar and help us feel significantly better, with or without medications.
 
9. I’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, so my life is screwed.
False. Being diagnosed is the first step in improving our lives. Once we know what’s been throwing us around, we can find ways to make it better and have a good life.
 
10. I’m going to have to be hospitalized every time I have a bipolar episode.
Nope. I’ve been dealing with bipolar symptoms for 30 years and only been in the hospital for them 3 times, so I know for sure this isn’t true. We may need help or more medications or something, but we don’t need to be hospitalized unless we’re having an episode that makes us dangerous to ourselves or other people.  

As I said in part I of the Top 10 Bipolar Myths, my hope is that by looking these stigmatizing myths in the eye, we can challenge them and make our lives better.

Immi

“The imposition of stigma is the commonest form of violence used in democratic societies.”
~~R.A. Pinker  

 

 

These Top 10 myths about bipolar disorder and commentary on them are ones I’ve gotten from discussions with my psychiatrist, therapist, other people with bipolar disorder, and reading books and articles.

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There are many myths about people with manic depression. Lots of times when we’re first diagnosed, or even down the road sometimes, we have these mythical ideas about what bipolar disorder is and can do. This top 10 list deals with myths about the disease that we often have that can make it much harder for us to cope with bipolar disorder. By accepting these myths, we buy into the stigma that often surrounds mental illness. By recognizing and challenging them, we can have better lives. Here are the first 5 myths about manic depression that we often plague ourselves with.

1. I have bipolar disorder, so I’m doomed to be crazy and always will be.
No. You not crazy; you have a mental illness. While the illness won’t go away, it can be managed so that you can have a good life. It makes no more sense to say you’re crazy for life because you have bipolar than for someone who’s diabetic to say their blood sugar will always be screwed up no matter what they do.

2. I can’t be having a manic episode if I’m not happy and euphoric.
Definitely untrue. Manic episodes can often be very unhappy. Some manias have all the energy and possibly psychosis of mania, but instead of euphoria are extremely irritable and angry. Paranoid delusions caused by mania don’t feel very happy either.
3. The doctor is crazy; I can’t have bipolar disorder. I’ve never been manic.

Your doctor may or may not be “crazy”, but for some reason he or she believes you have this illness, and you can have it without ever being manic. Bipolar II is a form of bipolar disorder where florid mania doesn’t happen, but rather hypomania alternating with severe depression. Bipolar II  may not as obviously bipolar to the onlooker, but it’s just as serious a disease and can be just as disrupting to your life.

4. If I take my bipolar meds, everything will be fine.
Too bad it’s not that easy. Medications by themselves very seldom fix it all. Life management is usually needed to feel the best you possibly can when living with manic depression.
5. My bipolar meds will work fine even if I get high or drink.
Um, no. I have never met a person who got high or drank more than very lightly whose medications did work well. The short answer to why is because both are affecting the brain.
Part II tomorrow will go over the last five of the Top 10 bipolar disorder myths we often throw at ourselves. My hope is that by looking them in the eye, we can challenge them and make our lives better.
Immi
“Stigma leads to isolation, and discourages people from seeking the treatment they need.”
~~President George W. Bush in an address
on the US commitment to mental health care at the University of New Mexico


These Top 10 myths about bipolar disorder and commentary on them are ones I’ve gotten from discussions with my psychiatrist, therapist, other people with bipolar disorder, and reading books and articles.

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Stigma about mental illness can be subtle or obvious, and it can hit us from behind at times. Bradley of How Is Bradley and Uncle Bradley’s Words of Wisdom,  recently wrote an article that goes right to the heart of an issue that many of us with bipolar disorder wrestle with — when to tell someone about bipolar disorder or other mental illness.

The stigma of bipolar disorder can be daunting in dating and relationships. Unfortunately sometimes people don’t see us as human beings but rather as our illness. That’s not even remotely fair, and many are working to education the public. In the meanwhile, it can help to know ahead of time how we want to deal with it.

Dear Uncle Bradley, I want to date, or I just started dating. When do I tell said date that I am bipolar, unipolar? Do I bring it up at all? What if I am rejected?

Signed, Anonymous
Excellent question, Anonymous. If you are just dating someone then I personally see no reason to bring it up at all. Just enjoy your dates, and if you have those emotional times when you can’t handle it then just tell your date you don’t feel well and can’t go out.
If you are dating someone with the assumption or hope that it will develop into something more then that’s an entirely different story. … 

 

Bradley goes on to say that when the dating relationship starts to get deeper, then is probably the time to tell, as true relationships do best when based on honesty.  You can see the rest of the article here.

Generally speaking, my take on it is that the more bipolar disorder is likely to affect someone personally because of a close relationship, then it’s better to tell them about it. Though stigma may happen, I believe it’s best to get past it than to just pray someone never finds out about our mental illness. For me, that applies to all of life, as well as dating.

Immi

“All you can do is be honest. Any relationship based on dishonesty is not a true relationship.”
~~Bradley

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First thing this morning when I got to the pc, I accidentally flagged my blog here as having objectionable content. I thought to myself, “No doubt Blogger will go look at it and think, ‘Yep, the chick is mad for sure.’” I’m hoping they don’t blacklist or erase it just because I screwed up. For some reason it’s not worrying me as things like this often do when I make a mistake, and this is a good thing.

Having bipolar disorder, I often tend to overthink things and wonder if it’s me or bipolar do or say what I’m doing or saying. It’s hard for me to let a mistake just be a mistake. It’s also hard for me to let a good thing just be a good thing.

As with anyone, it’s valid for us to consider things we do. It’s not so valid to drive ourselvesa round the bend worrying that everything we do or think is caused by manic depression.

In a way, overscrutinizing and blaming everything we do or feel on bipolar disorder is to stigmatize ourselves in our own eyes.  It can say, “I’m bipolar so I can’t even trust myself.” The stigma that others sometimes attach to our illness is more than enough. We don’t need to do it to ourselves too.


check DO learn your own particular signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder.

check DO give yourself credit when you do things well.

check DON’T blame bipolar disorder for everything in your life that doesn’t go well.

check DON’T stigmatize yourself and make your life more difficult by believing or saying that everything you do or say is because of bipolar disorder.

Immi

“Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma,”
~~Chevy Chase


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