As you know by now ariadneK, Bi-Polar is a condition that can be managed. The key factors for my successful management are medication (I'm still hoping to manage w/o them some day), EXERCISE is vital (at least 3 to 4 days per week 20 - 30 minutes cardio and light weight resitance), active reprogramming of my thinking, nutritional supplementation, paying attention to my dietary triggers, and getting enough sunlight. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" ?>
My medication mix is Concerta 18mg, Lamictal 200mg & Stratera 12 mg per day. Mixed med therapy seems to have been the best approach for me. I started with Lithium many years ago, but that clouded my thinking. After that I was on a 4 year journey until I arrived at this mix of meds.
I exercise a minimum of 3 days per week (try to do 4 days). I swim laps 30 to 40 minutes, or do light weight resistance training followed by cardio exercise.
I work to reprogram my thinking with positive affirmations, reading inspirational books, and watching inspirational movies. A good resource I’ve found to retrain my thinking is listening to couple audio CD's I found at www.thinkrightnow.com while in the car or while sleeping at night.
I have found EPA (fish oil)and B12 to be helpful along with some other nutritional supplements as well.
Pay attention to what you eat and what triggers your depression. One of my biggest triggers is eggs. I know I will be down for at least 24 hours after eating them and sometimes I don’t mind and eat them anyway. It’s a choice. Know what your food triggers are and deal with them appropriately.
My Bi-polar is further complicated with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). So another important piece of the puzzle for me is sunlight. I go to the tanning booth on average 1 day per week, never more than 2 weeks without.
My BiPolar Management Program In Summary:
1) Medication experimentation (with doctors help) until I got it right.
2) EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE.
3) Retrain my thinking. http://www.thinkrightnow.com
4) Nutritional supplementation.
5) Pay attention to my dietary triggers.
6) When necessary, getting sunlight.
Feel free to correspond with me anytime. I'm happy to
help in any way I can.
Bob Brandt
Yahoo IM: bobbrandtchicago
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http://2-b.us/?i=109681/BiPolarConnect.com
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As you know by now ariadneK, Bi-Polar is a condition that can be managed. The key factors for my successful management are medication (I'm still hoping to manage w/o them some day), EXERCISE is vital (at least 3 to 4 days per week 20 - 30 minutes cardio and light weight resitance), active reprogramming of my thinking, nutritional supplementation, paying attention to my dietary triggers, and getting enough sunlight. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" ?>
My medication mix is Concerta 18mg, Lamictal 200mg & Stratera 12 mg per day. Mixed med therapy seems to have been the best approach for me. I started with Lithium many years ago, but that clouded my thinking. After that I was on a 4 year journey until I arrived at this mix of meds.
I exercise a minimum of 3 days per week (try to do 4 days). I swim laps 30 to 40 minutes, or do light weight resistance training followed by cardio exercise.
I work to reprogram my thinking with positive affirmations, reading inspirational books, and watching inspirational movies. A good resource I’ve found to retrain my thinking is listening to couple audio CD's I found at www.thinkrightnow.com while in the car or while sleeping at night.
I have found EPA (fish oil)and B12 to be helpful along with some other nutritional supplements as well.
Pay attention to what you eat and what triggers your depression. One of my biggest triggers is eggs. I know I will be down for at least 24 hours after eating them and sometimes I don’t mind and eat them anyway. It’s a choice. Know what your food triggers are and deal with them appropriately.
My Bi-polar is further complicated with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). So another important piece of the puzzle for me is sunlight. I go to the tanning booth on average 1 day per week, never more than 2 weeks without.
My BiPolar Management Program In Summary:
1) Medication experimentation (with doctors help) until I got it right.
2) EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE.
3) Retrain my thinking. http://www.thinkrightnow.com
4) Nutritional supplementation.
5) Pay attention to my dietary triggers.
6) When necessary, getting sunlight.
Feel free to correspond with me anytime. I'm happy to
help in any way I can.
Bob Brandt
Yahoo IM: bobbrandtchicago
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" ?>bbrandt1612@comcast.net
http://2-b.us/?i=109681/BiPolarConnect.com
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