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jwirr

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5. I am glad to see that she wanted to handle it. We have a long history of this in our family and
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:25 AM
Dec 2011

while my brother was serious enough that he has always needed some form of professional help. The rest of us can recognize the effects in ourselves and take actions to make it so that we can function in our lives. We are usually coached by older members of the family so we are not actually doing it alone. Bi-polar has varying degrees of seriousness. My brother is very serious while one of my grandchildren shows signs of anxiety only. We dealt with that by recognizing how it was effecting her life and giving her pointers on heading it off as soon as she started reacting. Another has temper tantrums even as an adult. He manages his with a certain disputed medication that we would all like to see legalized.

What I am trying to say is that each of us must find our own level of needs and find ways to handle the disease so that our lives can be as normal as possible. Everyone does not have to totally break down like my darling brother has.

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