Subject: {FIRSTNAME},Learning To Cope With Bipolar Disorder Hello {FIRSTNAME}, Last time we learned about why so many struggle with treatment. This time we will learn about learning to cope with bipolar disorder. Part 4 -------------------------------------------------- One of the biggest messages you need to take from this e-book is the fact that you can improve your condition if you make some changes in your lifestyle. You can learn to cope with bipolar disorder. You may sit there and think to yourself that you just don’t want to deal with this. You may want to be able to write it off as an “Oh well.” But, in fact, you’ve seen reasons why you can do that. Now, that you realize that, take the time to realize what changes you can make in your life to actually improve your overall quality of life. Don’t try to make all of these changes today. Give yourself time and patience to work through each one. Doing so will give you more ability to actually be successful with coping with bipolar disorder. Believe it or not, the way that you sleep plays a significant role in your bipolar condition. What’s important to remember here is that when you sleep in a normal pattern, there are chemical changes in the brain that are beneficial to your condition. To improve this condition, simply get enough sleep each night, but do this by going to bed about the same time each night and get up about the same time each morning. Creating a pattern like this will improve your bipolar symptoms. If you work a job that has you sleeping strange times of the day, you need to try to work out a schedule so that even when you are not working, you are still sleeping the same times of the day. This is essential to your coping skills. It also gives your mind the time that it needs to clear and to wake up refreshed. In fact, when you do need to make changes in your sleep pattern that are drastic, such as a new time zone, talk to your doctor about the best way to do this without causing problems for yourself. We’ve talked a lot about taking the medications that you need to take and the reasons for doing so. But, you can also learn to cope with this process to make it that much more successful for you. Take your medications even if you feel great. Do what your doctor tells you to do in regards to taking them even when you have no symptoms. Even if you feel really good, that’s your medication talking and working! By stopping the consumption of them, you simply allow the symptoms to begin all over again. To make the entire process of medication taking easy plan out your schedule so as to include your dosing. For example, when you wake up in the morning, have your breakfast and take your morning pills. If you take a second pill later in the day, do so after dinner, for example. By pairing medication taking with meals, for example, you keep yourself from forgetting them. For more information about bipolar disorder, please refer to my website Take Care,