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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Mood swings may be a part of your life, but the struggle to control them doesn’t have to dominate it. Together with the right course of medication, The Bipolar Workbook can put you back in control. Dr. Monica Ramirez Basco has assembled a versatile toolkit of proven self-help strategies designed to help you recognize the early warning signs of relapse, resist the seductive pull of manic episodes, and escape the paralysis of depression. Whether you’re new to the diagnosis (and not quite sure it fits) or want to enhance your current treatment, this simple program puts you in charge. Easy-to-follow guidelines and worksheets help you identify problem areas and minimize their impact, including ways to: *Reduce the recurrence and severity of your symptoms. *Slow things down and get the sleep you need when mania strikes. *Keep motivated and avoid procrastination when you’re depressed. *Fine-tune medical treatments to maximize your gains. *Rein in emotional reactions. *Stay focused and achieve your goals. Since every individual’s experience with bipolar disorder is unique, Dr. Basco encourages you to customize a plan that suits your needs. So take charge and make a better life.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Monica Ramirez Basco PhD | | Paperback: | 252 pages | | Publisher: | The Guilford Press | | Publication Date: | December 21, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1593851626 | | Product Length: | 10.42 inches | | Product Width: | 8.0 inches | | Product Height: | 0.55 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.21 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.4 inches | | Package Width: | 7.9 inches | | Package Height: | 0.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 39 reviews |
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87 of 89 found the following review helpful:
 wonderful Jan 19, 2006
By yorkshirewrose
I had been looking for a guide/workbook for this. Most books don't cover exercises in depth to help and the few guides I have found, frankly were written so poorly they were of no use.
Then I discovered the Bipolar workbook! All I can say is WOW! Lots of exercises for dealing with bipolar, depression. Dealing with the highs and the lows- or worse. Dealing with your diagnosis. Accepting it. (And I have never seen acceptance in any bipolar book)
Start 2006 off right and get this new book if you are bipolar or have a friend who is.
28 of 28 found the following review helpful:
Excellent resource! Mar 20, 2007
By Dr. P. McWhorter
I recommend this to all my clients with Bipolar Disorder that I see in my private practice. This well-written workbook allows clients to easily grasp how to recognize triggers and better manage symptoms. Medication management is only half the battle, and this workbook teaches clients to appropriately manage the other half.
23 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 A beginners outlook Jan 11, 2007
By christine313
"CAT"
I enjoyed this book. I really wasnt aware of all my symptoms before a manic episode or before hitting a really low place. I got a chance to monitor and track where I was each day and thought the book provided an excellent source of education for people who are newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. If you are more advanced in your studies with bipolar though and understand how it works, what happens, some parts may bore you. But the workbook part was excellent.
20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 patronizing, overly basic, geared toward bipolar I only Mar 22, 2011
By pommefritz
As someone who suffers from bipolar II with a lot of depression, rapid cycling, and mixed states, I found that this workbook barely addressed my problems and was so simplistic, basic, and frankly patronizing that the exercises weren't helpful at all. Someone who has been trying meds for 4 years without finding a combination that works yet does not need to be convinced to take them: we are desperate for something that will help and are willing to stick to anything that might. I'd like to think, based on my own experience, that the population of people with bipolar have more common sense than to routinely stop taking meds because they "feel better." Many of us know that this is the equivalent of a diabetic stopping insulin.
I purchased this book hoping to find more coping strategies and ways to spot and manage symptoms before they get too severe, to round out my treatment to not just be dependent on meds (especially given above, that mine aren't really doing the job). However, what I mostly found were anecdotes between parents and teens, or overly simplistic little conversations between hypothetical people with no self awareness and their therapists.
If you have any awareness at all of yourself and your symptoms, this really won't present opportunities for learning anything you don't know. If you largely suffer from severe depression, the exercises are overall not that applicable. And the worst thing about this book is its tone: I can't think of any other way than to describe it as patronizing at best.
If you have any self-respect and self-awareness, this is a waste of money and time. On top of it, I wish that the author (and many other authors out there of books about dealing with bipolar) would not assume that "newly diagnosed" is mutually exclusive with "I have known my symptoms and have been trying to deal with them my entire life." Bipolar often begins early in life, and many of us clearly understand the ways that our minds work against us even if we may not have had a word for it until recently.
Still looking for a good, useful book for those dealing with bipolar who want to make effective changes in our lifestyles and learn more about heading off severe symptoms. I hope that one is published someday.
18 of 21 found the following review helpful:
This book gives you insperation! Mar 15, 2006
By M. Nordlof
"getting help"
This is a great book. It would work for anyone with bipolar, no matter what stage of your treatment your in. It really gave me a different perspective to my illness. I found out about my illness 4 years ago and this book still helped me to learn a lot of things that I had never thought of before. I was really great.
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