This fully revised and updated second edition of the bestselling Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder discusses all aspects of readers' relationships with bipolar partners: work, money, sex, medications and their side effects, therapeutic treatments, and more. Also called manic depressive disorder, bipolar disorder can cause extreme mood swings, and people who suffer from this disorder can alternate between manic and depressed behavior without much warning. Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder, Second Edition, builds on the practical advice offered in the original book by offering critical new information on the medications that are sometimes prescribed to manage bipolar disorder symptoms. Readers will learn how their partners may be affected by medication and what side effects they can expect. Because readers serve an important role in managing and monitoring their partner's medication, this information is essential to supporting the treatment of people with bipolar disorder. Readers discover how to better communicate with their partners, manage their own emotional responses to partners' mood swings, and deal with problems relating to work, money, and sex. Although this guide is written for the romantic partner of an individual with bipolar disorder, thousands of friends and family members of people with bipolar disorder have also found its realistic and practical advice endlessly useful.
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"Resources for individuals with bipolar disorder are few and far between, but those for the people who care for them are even scarcer. Julie A. Fast and John D. Preston have put together a valuable resource for families and caregivers of people with bipolar disorder. Taking a holistic perspective, these authors offer advice that will help readers help their loved ones with bipolar disorder. More importantly, this book encourages and helps readers to take good care of themselves and their relationships."
--Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW, psychotherapist and author of "The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder, The Bipolar Workbook for Teens, "and other books
"Julie A. Fast and John D. Preston have put together an impressive second-edition guide for couples struggling with the reality of bipolar disorder. They strive to decouple the diagnosis from the individual living with it. This premise lays the groundwork for their discussion of compassionate, non-blaming communication combined with effective couples-based solutions for those striving to work through the interpersonal complexities of a relationship impacted by bipolar disorder. "Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder" really is a must-read for anyone who does."
--Russ Federman, PhD, ABPP, director of counseling and psychological services at the University of Virginia and author of Facing Bipolar
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This second edition is fully updated with the latest research findings on bipolar disorder.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By polly
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Great book from Julie Fast and John Preston. Similar information to that found on Julies website but in a more accessible format for people to dip in and out of. I couldn't put it down until I'd read it all. Practical, useful information to help sufferers and those who love them. Some of the things were so simple but wouldn't be thought of as obvious until someone points it out. Really easy to read. Not technical and confusing. It feels like someone is talking to you instead. Can't recommend this enough.
By sheryl marsh
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This book is a brilliant read and includes step by step plan on how to overcome problem areas to help bipolar sufferers and their family.
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A must if you can't understand what you're going through
12 Mar 2012
By Wilber Carvajal
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Reading this book can significantly change your life and the way you see the world of a bipolar person. It helps you get rid of anger, remorse, guilts and such feelings by explaining the disorder in a very clear language, with examples I'm sure you're going to feel resembled with. It's totally worth it if you want to improve the way you interact with people affected by bipolar disorder.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
The first book I hand people
4 April 2013
By Seth in SF
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This is the #1 book I tell people to read about BP. It's the only book I know of that isn't targetted specifically at person experiencing BP or a parent of someone experiencing BP.
If you experience BP, giving this book to someone who loves you wll do more than reading any book on handling BP yourself. Especially early after the diagnosis, outside observation and input from someone supportive who knows you well is the best start to treatment. This book gives them the tools they need.
It's a frank book. It emphasizes taking care of yourself so you can be there for the BP partner (or parent/child/best friend/etc.). It has a section on when to quit the relationship. It can be scary to hand that to a loved one.
In addition to excellent descriptions of the BP experience (suited to the partner, as opposed to the bulk of books which can assume the reader has a reference experience), the book has good, practical advice. I found the advice around picking times *not* to discuss BP especially helpful; it gives time to preserve the relationship and remember that not everything in life revolves around a diagnosis for a disease you've probably been living with for years anyway.
Other bits of advice include ways for a couple to track mood trends together, to detect triggers, and to communicate when the non-BP partner detects a mood shift. Some of the advice doesn't seem to be in any other book, perhaps because it's the only one I know of that assumes two equal partners (as opposed to the many parent/child support books).
Highly recommended. Worth a read regardless of your relationships.
If you experience BP, giving this book to someone who loves you wll do more than reading any book on handling BP yourself. Especially early after the diagnosis, outside observation and input from someone supportive who knows you well is the best start to treatment. This book gives them the tools they need.
It's a frank book. It emphasizes taking care of yourself so you can be there for the BP partner (or parent/child/best friend/etc.). It has a section on when to quit the relationship. It can be scary to hand that to a loved one.
In addition to excellent descriptions of the BP experience (suited to the partner, as opposed to the bulk of books which can assume the reader has a reference experience), the book has good, practical advice. I found the advice around picking times *not* to discuss BP especially helpful; it gives time to preserve the relationship and remember that not everything in life revolves around a diagnosis for a disease you've probably been living with for years anyway.
Other bits of advice include ways for a couple to track mood trends together, to detect triggers, and to communicate when the non-BP partner detects a mood shift. Some of the advice doesn't seem to be in any other book, perhaps because it's the only one I know of that assumes two equal partners (as opposed to the many parent/child support books).
Highly recommended. Worth a read regardless of your relationships.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Saved My Marriage
8 Sep 2012
By Domestic Goddess
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book saved my marriage. If you are having trouble in any relationship due to your or a loved ones Bipolar read this book. We did not write the "lists" and do not pull them out "to discuss" in the stuffy language used but the messages and examples are hit the problems head on.
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