A reader shares her life experiences with bipolar mania.

Hey, Julie.  I was just listening to your radio show on iTunes.  I am a little behind.  I thought, it was funny, they did not give you any information when you were first diagnosed.  In 1999, I (at 23 years old) was very manic and I was told I was Bipolar.

They gave me some pills and the doctor told me and my family to look it up on the Internet.  Which just fueled my manic state because I was like you- I needed more help.

I do not have the support of my whole family.  I have three brothers and three sisters.  So some of them act like I am the only one with a problem.  But I have the support of my best friend and her mother who understand me, and they understand what being Bipolar is like for me.  I love your show and I love the information you send me.  ‘

Oh a little advice, if I am manic, I try to do things that are good (like writing a letter, or  cleaning, one time I know I was having a major episode, so I did three weeks worth of work for my college classes so when I came down I had the work done so I could focus on me!) I know it will not last, so I try to have as much fun as I can.  I did have spending problems to the point that I had to file bankruptcy.  So when I am manic, I try not to go shopping.  I try to be with people who know I am Bipolar so they can tell me if I go overboard.

Congrats on the show.

L.

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I had a mental health radio show in 2008. It was pretty amazing. If you go to iTunes and look up Julie Fast, you can listen to the show!

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