Bipolar disorder is a lifelong recurrent disease. It is quite pathetic to a person suffering from it as he is not even aware of its occurrence. But it is preventable if you follow some steps along with the medication you receive from your doctor.
Get involved in your treatment
Be an active participant in your own treatment and learn completely about every aspect of bipolar disorder. Study the subject so closely that you become an expert. Make notes of symptoms that you read about. In the process you will be able to recognize those symptoms in you and try to know about all the medical facilities that are available top help your cause. This will help you in making good choices for your treatment because the more you are informed, the better you get treated. Use your knowledge of bipolar disorder, you have acquired from your research to speak about it with your therapist. Voice your opinions and questions without any fear. Relationships between patient and healthcare provider work as a partnership and this is the best way to go about it. Set up a list of goals by collaborating with your doctor and work upon those goals to make way for a better health. Take care of your diet and keep a check on what you take as a part of your medication. Take expert opinions before you start using any medicines.
Monitor your symptoms and moods
If you want to stay well, it is very important to adjust and recognize the way you feel. In most cases by the time the patient understands about his violent mood swings, it would be too late. No matter how subtle your mood changes are, observe them. Notice your energy levels, sleeping patterns, and thoughts. You must be in a position to notice these minor mood swings before it gets out of your control and transforms into a Maniac depression. Make a list of stressful events in your daily routine that trigger those mood swings. Maintain a daily log of your emotional states varying from time to time and monitor your feelings.
Reach out to other people
If you want to stay happy and healthy, you need a comprehensive health support system. If you want to stay happy, sometimes you need to avoid some people and chose the right ones that you enjoy being with. It is very much essential to limit your contact with people who discourage you and drain your emotional energy out or leave you feeling ashamed or guilty for reasons that are absurd and irrational. Stay in a company that you are comfortable with. You always have your family to support you. If you need to talk, talk with your parents or any other family member you love to talk with and share your problem. You can also reach out to your friends who care for you and understand your problem. Start building new relationships. Socialize yourself. Join in a community work or seek spiritual help if you would like to. Do something that would keep you active and socially oriented.
Develop a daily routine
Your sleeping patterns, exercise patterns and all other activities that are an integral part of your life style define your mood swings to a large extent.There are many things that can be done to deal with bipolar disorder. Plan and implement a tight schedule that keeps you busy all day which might actually help you to deal with mood swings of bipolar disorder. No matter how emotionally down you are, just stick to a fixed routine that defines discipline in your life. Shun all the disorganized stuff and adapt a simple way of life. Exercise will surely have some influence on your body and health. Aerobic exercise is particularly effective at treating depression. Walking is a good choice for people of all fitness levels. Try to induce this activity into your schedule. Have a sound sleep. Some times getting too little sleep can induce mania. So make sure that doesn’t happen.
Keep stress to a minimum
Of all the events and factors that can possibly trigger episodes of mania and depression stress is a main factor, so controlling it is very important. Set your limits, both at work/school and at home.Take what you can handle but not what you can’t. Never get over enthusiastic. Deep breathing, meditation, yoga, and guided imagery and some other techniques that help you to relax yield results and reduce the amount of stress to a huge extent. Practice these relaxation techniques for 30 minutes a day and you can avoid mania and depression. Even studies prove the fact.
If there are things that can make you happy, just do them! having said that you should be in the right mind set that you should not cause harm to any other person when you do what you want to do. Listen to music, play your favorite sport. Do any thing that can make you happy.
