My ex has a bipolair disorder. She decided to divorce last year December after being married to me for 16 years. We have two children 15yrs and 13 yrs. I still love her, though.

I live in suburbia Philly and my fiance discovered your channel for me. I was diagnosed in 2018 and thanks to my current meds, support system, and people like yourself I have been able to keep it in check for the most part

I’m from a city of France. I was diagnosed in 2010 with Bipolar 1, and I’m fine with that. Thank you for this channel, I love these videos !

I'm from Ohio. Your videos have helped change my life. Knowing more about the horrible disorder I have learned more about myself and the triggers that causes my my episodes. Thank you for creating this channel.

hiii can you make a video about diets for bipolar??? thank you!! greets from Brasil!

It's been 12 years since my last hospitalization but this last Spring, I came very close. At 69 years old I still have significant episodes and am concerned about cognitive decline. Studies have shown 5-19% of adults with Bipolar are affected.

I live in Kingsport Tennessee now but grew up in Paducah Kentucky. I'm 55. I wasn't diagnosed until 2012. Thank you for this. It is extremely difficult to deal with because I have anxiety issues and ADD. So every little bit of information is great.

Thanks for the videos! I have been living with Bipolar Disorder 1 I live in Rhode Island

I’m bipolar 1 mixed bipolar depression I also have cptsd and ADHD

What is the diet for bipolar?

Oh my, tears for sure. I needed to hear this at exactly this time. Thank you for expressing this for me and helping me feel kinship.

Greetings from sunny South Africa. I lost a sibling due to untreated depression. I always say the day that I was diagnosed and started treatment was the day my life was saved. It is not easy living with this terrible desease especially with the general population frowning on any type of mental problem. I accepted the fact that it is my responsibility to manage this desease and your channel deffinitly is one avenue to learn coping skills. As you mentioned, the episodes do get more but with knowledge and treatment it has lost its cabability to destroy my life. Thanks for all your effort. See your experience as a blessing and helping hand reaching millions of people accross the world.

i had like 15 diffrent jobs last year just couldnt take it longer then a month

I'm from the UK

Oklahoma here. I started having issues at a very young age. Unfortunately, I wasn't diagnosed til I was 29. I lived in absolute misery for 26 years. In a different time, I would have been institutionalized, it was very severe and almost uncontrollable. I'm now very stable and have had no episodes for a long time. Take your meds and take any advice your therapists or counselor gives you. It's a very hard road, but so worth it.

Living in North Texas, near Dallas. Diagnosed with BP2 about 8 years ago.

Thank you…. This video made me cry and reminded me how much denial weights on me but I needed to hear this. It speaks volumes! ❤

I find lifestyle changes more helpful than my meds I think. The meds keep the worst swings at bay but the lifestyle piece makes a day to day difference for me. I follow strict dietary guidelines, exercise daily, and make sure I sleep well. If I don’t the effect is swift. Last night I ate some pasta at a friends house to be polite despite knowing refined carbs trigger me. We then stayed up way past my bedtime resulting in me feeling like I was spiraling. I think it was just a passing feeling because I feel ok today but it scared me.

Hi! I live in Uruguay, a small country in between Argentina and Brazil, that is not Paraguay. ha! Thanks for your videos. Love them all. Would you please expand on supplements, diet, and how CBT has helped you? I am just starting CBT and really don't know where my therapy should go. The therapist is working on emotions regulation

I can attest that there is no treatment

Bipolar brain from Colorado here! Something I have struggled with (and would love to know if you have talked about) is thinking “okay, I’m bipolar but I’m not THAT bipolar.” With thoughts like “I was technically in control during mania. If I was truly manic I would have been completely out of control and ruined my life.” Despite my care team insisting I have a severe case of it, it is easy to convince myself that I am just saying all of the right things and making things sound worse to get attention. Are either of these things common with bipolar? Not necessarily a denial that I have it, but a fear that I don’t have it badly enough to be taken seriously because my bipolar doesn’t look the same as someone else’s? (E.G. ive been psychotic enough to be convinced my house was going to collapse and my meds were going to poison me, but I’ve never ran through the streets thinking I am Jesus) Does that make sense? Thanks for all of the great content! Hope you reply if you get a moment :)

Stratford, Ontario Canada

Germany, Bavaria. Meds were live changing for me. I will never let them down. Meditation and mindfulness are helpful - and dancing! In very heavy episodes I got my punching bag

So even though I’ve taken excellent care of myself, and have worked hard my entire life to live with bipolar, I guess I’ll be dead in 3 years. You should not be saying this to people! You can focus on the importance of diet and exercise without telling people they’re going to die. That is the last thing someone with bipolar needs to hear. As happy a person as I am, thanks to you I now think of dying soon. It’s enough to make a person very depressed. I strongly disagree with you on this. Unsubscribing.

Iam from Hungary.I wish you all the best Robert!Thank you for the videos!

I want to educate my now grown children on why their mom is like she is. I've followed you for quite some time and would like to know what two episodes you would recommend for them to watch? I am bipolar 1, rapid cycling.

Portland, OR

I am from zambia in Africa. Here, it's really hard to live with the disease due to many myths 😢 but i am coping

I'm from Arkansas

I totally agree

Argentina heredar. Your channel has been a great support and help for aceptance and keep on going. I've read too many book a out bipolar being a "blessing" and felt tired of it. You make us feel like normal humans. We just struggle a little more.

Thank you for Addressing this, as well as for the Tips. I will check out your other video and the Book. I really Appreciate it. My Partner unexpectedly Yelled at Me during a Bipolar Anger Episode. He Apologized the Next Day and knew it was Wrong. I am trying to better Understand him. He has also been trying. He is trying to get supports and has DBT in the Fall. I am so proud of him. I know this is not easy.

Yes, at 62, I rarely experience hypomania anymore.

I still have episodes but every time I keep myself calm is a victory. Northern CA. Diagnosed early 2000nds. I only found the right meds about 5 years ago and even with them, and after years of cbt I still struggle sometimes.

Thank you for your tips. My husband also has chronic pain and health issues, comboned with bipolar. I try to make time for myself with hobbies. It is my therapy.

I am from Yokohama, Japan. Learning that psychosis can be a symptom of bipolar disorder was a real eye-opener for me. Arigato Rob❤

Coastal Alabama ❤

Any trails to cure Bipolar disorder?

From Sweden here👍

We were just borned to be screwed sadly, I don't think I would even know what normal would be, I'd probably think I was a whole different person

I am in San Antonio Texas I was just recently diagnosed after 55yrs. I feel lost and afraid and don't understand anything that's going on with me.

I certainly think I have BPD, but I've not had it diagnosed as I have a lot of control over myself and never thought I needed it really. Every once in a while, I'll do some research on things as I'll get depressed or extremely pissed off for basically no reason. I've always put it off for being seen about it since one of my major hobbies include shooting ranges and the likes and I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to do that anymore which would ultimately put me in an even worse spot.

East Coast of Australia. 12 years on the bipolar-coaster. I've heard specialists say that BD can't be effectively managed long-term without medication. Well, I've been "flying solo" (off meds) for 3 years and I'm doing great. It's certainly not easy, and not something to be taken lightly, but it can be done (eventually). The "catch" is that you have to be holistically well-armed - like you said in this video, you have to be ticking plenty of boxes in terms of having a growth mindset and a determined attitude, knowledge of the condition, experience managing the triggers and manic episodes, a decent diet if you can, and that all-important trick bag of techniques to get you through the roughest patches (Magnesium tablets are my secret weapon). I can't believe some folks don't bother to do any research. Make yourself an expert on your condition. Be a sponge! Be fluent at trying new things and testing new ideas for managing the beast. Help is nice, but this is fundamentally a self-rescue operation!

I was diagnosed BP type 1 while I was going through long covid symptoms and taking an anti depressant that had been linked to triggering mania in some research. Hard pill to swallow. I had to be hospitalized as well. it has now been almost 2 years and I feel less alone with your channel. My meds are working very well and I am a believer that we are very chemical so why not use proven tools. What is the specific diet you are mentioning? Take care everyone😊

I live in rural Pennsylvania. BiPolar II. I struggle with it still. I'm 69.

My gf has bipolar. She also has schizophrenia. We met online. She had multiple partners in the past. She has her kids too. She is only 23, im 22. She never told me she had bipolar. I gathered every piece of evidence and was looking for an explanation of her behaviour. Our relationship is new, 2 months only. Im sooooo frustrated of what to do. At the time im writing this message she is missing again. She doesn't have wifi or sim card she doesn't want. I'm pretty sure she'll contact me when her episode episode ends. I love her soo much and cant leave her even if i wanted to. 😢 She refuses to take any medicine. She grew up with no father and her mother died in 2020. She doesn't like her real name and gets angry if i call her by that. She didnt tell me soo many things i figured out myself from different people she knew. She can get triggered by one message if she doesn't like it. And her logic, emotions, way of talking completely changes. I've been on a rollercoaster of emotions for the last 2 months. I dont want to leave her. I know she loves me. She writes about me in her book. She wrote an entire book for me. 😭😭 That explains how much she loves me. Im not physically present with her rn but we video call for hours. She couldn't seem to sleep i helped her go to sleep and everyday video call her and make her go to sleep. i feel like dying because of mental health is getting fkked. 😢 I honestly dont wanna leave her and i know i wont be able to live without her. I cant get ahold of her. She has risky behavior. She is hypersexual. Also she has kids but she doesn't have custody of them. She was abused sexually, physically by soo many people as she tells me. My life has been sooo much affected by her mental condition. I dont feel anything good. I just want her love thats the only thing i wanted. She also lies a lot and believes in stories that are not true. She sees many things what she calls as gods, 3 or more characters. She also misses her mom a lot. She was really close to her. Please help me i beg u. 😭 She wont be able to live without me. 😭😭😭

I'm.From Durban South Africa 🇿🇦

I know I'm going to sound..well..nuts lol. But, if there was a cure, I wouldn't take it. For 1 reason. I'm not playing Roulet with my brain, I don't want to be one of the 1% that had their brains permanently messed up for life, I wouldn't be me. If that was the case, which I wouldn't know if it is, I wouldn't get the cure. That's just my thoughts. I'm one that would take suffering over failure.

Jane from Australia! You've been a life line to me for years now. Soooo grateful for your honesty, info and sense of humour about this fabulous/horrible thing we deal with. 💚💚💚

What can help me to be myself again