Bipolar Disorder: Tips for Family and Friends


	Bipolar Disorder: Tips for Family and Friends

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/743e0d09-bb35-435a-84b1-fcb667da0669/131BF63D-3828-4A8D-BCAE-B5273CF322D3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/mania-8/tips-for-family-friends?ecd=wnl_lbt_061808" href="http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/mania-8/tips-for-family-friends?ecd=wnl_lbt_061808" style="font-size: 11px;">www.webmd.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/mania-8/tips-for-family-friends?ecd=wnl_lbt_061808"><H2>Bipolar Disorder: Tips for Family and Friends</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/mania-8/tips-for-family-friends?ecd=wnl_lbt_061808"><DIV class="author_fmt">
By
<A href="http://          www.webmd.com/jeanie-lerche-davis" linkindex="63" set="yes">Jeanie Lerche Davis</A><BR />WebMD Feature</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/mania-8/tips-for-family-friends?ecd=wnl_lbt_061808"><P>Ongoing treatment -- both psychotherapy and medication -- is essential to
controlling the mood swings of bipolar disorder. How can family members help
their loved one stick with treatment?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/mania-8/tips-for-family-friends?ecd=wnl_lbt_061808"><P>"Learn as much as you can about the disease," says Kay Redfield
Jamison, PhD, professor of psychiatry at John Hopkins University School of
Medicine and author of <I>An Unquiet Mind</I>. "Read and read some more.
Join support groups. You'll get emotional support and information you
need."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/mania-8/tips-for-family-friends?ecd=wnl_lbt_061808"><P>Also, learn to watch for early signs of mania, especially insomnia.
"Sleep deprivation is the easiest way for someone to become manic,"
Jamison tells WebMD. "Families and friends need to keep on top of that. If
a patient is having sleep problems, get treatment for it."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/mania-8/tips-for-family-friends?ecd=wnl_lbt_061808"><P>The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance offers these suggestions to
families and friends, to help a loved one with bipolar disorder stay with
treatment:</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/131BF63D-3828-4A8D-BCAE-B5273CF322D3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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