I agree with everything he has stated. I'm tired of psychiatrists treating my bipolar with dangerous drugs that make my depression more severe and ruin my body. I believe I am currently experiencing bipolar in order and am able to recognise these symptoms and coping with them. Thank you so much for the insight.

Maybe this is relevant to BP1 but “under control” is not a metric I can relate to for my hypomania or depression in BP2. When I’m high, I feel supremely in control. I could stay there my whole life if I didn’t have to come down into depression.

@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD

2 жыл бұрын

I’m newly diagnosed BP1 after having my first episode of mania with some psychotic features leading to hospitalization…but in hindsight think I’ve probably been BP2 since college (and probably childhood) but just never knew. The hypomania no doubt got me through medical school. Why don’t psychiatrists ever have this type of talk with patients? I literally had to ask my doctor when I was discharged “DO I have a diagnosis of bipolar?” Thank you for your channel. I am living well and my Bipolar is in order.

Words cannot describe just how sincerely grateful I am to have found this video! Thanks endlessly for sharing your awareness!

I’m going to just chill and take my meds right then stay away from triggering negative people & again stay the F away from negative ppl that’s where it’s at! That’s the key! Run from these crazy ass people!!! That’s the key!!!!!

@joeboxter3635

2 жыл бұрын

It's a fine idea to stay away from crazy people, but the medication you are taking will shorten your life by at least 10 years. Not to mention, you are the one with the label "crazy". And the ones you running from have the advantage of calling you "crazy". Also, by definition of bipolar, your condition is not caused by other people. Bipolar means there is physical problem inside your brain. My suspicion is you are the victim of narcissistic abuse and they have problem and you got diagnosed with a mental illness.

I never heard of this before, but I have been stable and med free for 2 years.

@thabet3403

3 жыл бұрын

How r u now?

@yaswanthsaivallamreddy

2 жыл бұрын

I also stopped taking meds from the last 6 months.. I'm doing good

@jcjs33

8 ай бұрын

good...i'm not Mr Stable but i think that's well well put...the 'how i'm doing' comes from 'how stable have i been and am i'...just sticking with it , over time , equal progress via regressions and digressions and transgressions but a hell of a lot better than it used to be...bipolar , and such , is a concept...order and disorder are interesting concepts also...beauty has order but disorder is necessary for order...etc...analysis paralysis...just hang in there with self acceptance ... live and let live...

@bipolarway

4 ай бұрын

@@yaswanthsaivallamreddywhat about you now? Still med free? I’m stepping on this path too (bipolar2)

I'm a fan, currently managing and maintaining. Thank you.

FINALLY, some comprehension of how to deal with Bi-Polar Disorder. I truly believe in Bipolar IN Order. Learning to deal successfully with the reality that you live with, makes so much sense. After all, medications are only band-aids, and doesn't help us deal better with our reality. Temporary Band-aids can be helpful at times, but it doesn't help us progress and learn, and become more successful in life. Great job!

I created specific tools and built several skills under the guidance of the course Bipolar IN Order. Almost two months have passed, and I realized the tools must be changed and improved, and renewed, because when you use them too often eventually you get bored as in remission, like you explain in such a clear and fresh tone. I admire you even more everytime I watch your videos. Thank you Tom.

Stable is often confused with remission, which is not stable at all. Remission is a necessary first step that this path helps people to achieve, but real stability means we can have in-ordered bipolar instead of disordered bipolar. In other words, we have highs and lows that are not causing suffering of incapacitation.

I feel that my depression, something I have struggled with since I was a child, stems from not feeling like I understand the world. I over analyse everything and most activities people enjoy, I find extremely bizarre or mundane. I also over analyse peoples behaviours constantly. So for example, if a shopping sale is on, I will think of it as a way people are being fooled into believing the will spend less money, when due to it being a sale, chances are, they will buy more items and spend more money than if it was a regular shopping trip. I won't look it as just a ''shopping sale''. I find it hard to relate to a lot of people, or have any meaningful connection. I feel that because of this, my brain switches from being so analytical to focusing on emotional fulfilment and impulsivity, where I don't think, I just do, as a sort of coping mechanism. I also don't know where I drawer the line between what is my personality and what is a disorder.

@JanCarol11

6 жыл бұрын

Yar, that's called "rumination," and it is a habit that can be addressed. The drugs make rumination worse, and can devolve a simple depression into full blown obsessive compulsive rumination and behaviour. The drugs numb you to your feelings, so that your thoughts get "stuck," and there is no flow.

@soookimbo6571

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you recognise you may have a problem but may I suggest its not bi polar

@spicyrigid

5 жыл бұрын

I found drugs to be helpful about ruminating thoughts

@thirstykayak246

4 жыл бұрын

If it helps at all, I think a lot of people without bipolar disorder also realize that a shopping sale is just a way to encourage people to spend more money. I don’t think that kind of thinking on its own sounds like a mental disorder. Just a thought.

@carljohnson6264

4 жыл бұрын

I hear and understand you completely. Some of these comments focused on the wrong words. Feeling so isolated from others bc you cannot relate.... I totally got you. To those saying someone is or isn’t bipolar.... I don’t know anyone who WANTS to be bipolar. If they truly are bipolar, they live in fear that at any moment life can be turned upside down.

Thanks for uploading your ideas. It sounds like an exciting and sensible way forward.

I've done this intuitively, but it's marvellous to see it spelled out so clearly. Excellent!

@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD

2 жыл бұрын

Precisely, me too. Newly diagnosed and a life of daily antipsychotic meds is just personally not an option for me long term. Now that I know I’m BP1, I can intentionally implement lifestyle, a spiritual mindfulness meditation practice, psychoeducation, therapy, and medications as needed to stay in the “green zone”.

@JanCarol11

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD Question the diagnonsense. The DSM was designed to sell pharma products, not the other way around. I was diagnosed Depressed, then BP2, then they changed the DSM so that I was BP1. WTF? Really, I'm a normal woman with stressors who didn't have a very healthy lifestyle. THERE ARE true "manic depressives" out there, but it is way over diagnosed based on the DSM. Even the NIMH is not using DSM categories anymore. The categories are now about insurance codes.

To have to be highly functional when you are bipolar takes a tremendous amount of strength and willpower. To do it alone is almost impossible.

@BipolarAdvantage

8 жыл бұрын

That is why we have an online education program with the support to help everyone get there. It is more than just strength willpower, it is knowing how to do it and what steps lead there.

@malton0

7 жыл бұрын

Can you comment on my post should be at the top as most recent

if you don't have been evaluate and diagnostic with bipo. don't comment. do not imagine. if you are not psychiatric do not be unhelpful .

I have ADHD and depended on Adderall to make me function and then learned to be manic. The cycle then started and so did the hell. I somehow came across your videos, books and resources. The part that helped me the most by far was meditation I can now function without Adderall and inside of mania and mild depression. I don't agree with you on the topic of which side of bipolar is harder to deal with. Mania is much easier for me to deal with and depression is much harder. Over all though your book is like no other and is brilliant. Thank you.

@thirstykayak246

4 жыл бұрын

You might research copper overload. They’re finding it is often implicated in ADHD and mania or agitation. Just a thought.

What can I say, this is what we have needed for years. Hope the mental health community catches on and catches up someday.

its posible my reaserch are the same this is the most sustainable approach to this topic and i do that alene! !!!

This is perfect!

I’m newly diagnosed BP1 after having my first episode of mania with some psychotic features leading to hospitalization…but in hindsight think I’ve probably been BP2 since college (and probably childhood) but just never knew. The hypomania no doubt got me through medical school. Why don’t psychiatrists ever have this type of talk with patients? I literally had to ask my doctor when I was discharged “DO I have a diagnosis of bipolar?” Thank you for your channel. I am living well and my Bipolar is in order.

I have recently discovered I am Bi Polar. I can't say enough how valuable this video and the Bi Polar advantage is. It all is excellent science based research in my view and mixes that method with practical wisdom. (Im feeling about 68% right now, two weeks ago I was around 28.%. Massive swing and I've made great progress with my childhood trauma this past journey back up. I used to think I wish I didn't have Bi Polar, now i know I can't live without it. Literally and figuratively.

@yousafhussain2272

3 жыл бұрын

How are you now Are you free from BP1 now And how much time it takes

I love this.

Thank you!

Thanks doctor

I have so much to say,thanks you

Very interesting aproach. I'll looking deeper into it.

@BipolarAdvantage

Жыл бұрын

There is a free education program at bdori.org based on Bipolar IN Order concepts

@AcaoRestauracionista

Жыл бұрын

@@BipolarAdvantage Very good, I'm already watching. Excellent 👌

Thank you so much. I have been suffering from Bipolar, and worse, I was just thinking something was wrong with me since my psychiatrist diagnosed me with acute psychosis. (I almost collapsed during my manic episode: It was too much to the extent that I had my nerves pulsating. I remember grabbing my neck the entire time I was being driven to the hospital: that was to prevent some fucking neck-vein from "pulsating", It felt like blood was trickling in my brain)I stopped quetiapine at some point, and with the stressful environment, I was always up and down the swings. What is important though is I have not been on meds(8-months) -despite the frenzy, and I'm only worried of the depressive side. I hope you've done some research on that as well.

I doubt it's possible to measure mental states with this level of accuracy

I just went on a six month no lithium mission, And let's just say the hypomania was super annoying after awhile. I did watch this a year ago and I've always tried to convince myself that I can master my bipolar, but it doesn't quite work out that way. Delusional paranoia, is a guarantee in my experience. It sucks that it is, but I do appreciate the effort and thought into this potential method.

@babahanani9730

Жыл бұрын

Wat causes this delusional Paranoia

Once it escalates its like walking a tight rope that gets thinner and thinner... eventually you will fall off or it will snap. I know exactly what this guy is talking about... but no matter how experienced you are with the disorder, you can only handle so much before you get to the point where you are completely unaware of things, and all sense of logic and reason go out the window.

@MB19ap

9 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean, during a manic episode a person can excuse or come up with reasons that seem 100% legit and authentic to them at the time and there is no talking sense in to them. Not all manic people come off as crazy as is often described, but they may feel that they have some great idea and do everything they can to bring it into fruition others see them as overly motivated to the point of ignoring other responsibilities, but often don't say often don't label it as bipolar. And even when the person fails the other people see the person as depressed they just see them as depressed for failing, thus when a person needs help a lot of times family and friends are so ignorant and in denial that they hinder any positive therapy. The ones that do come across as crazy are often left out of the family functions thus they are left in solitude to become victims to their own demise.

I really like your videos. Now, I finally got a Bipolar suspicion from a shrink since a view months, after developing more typical symptoms of Bipolar over the years. Now even in University where I study another student toled me: "Oh, you are Bipolar" without telling her. o.O I will be on lithium propably soon, I can't go on it at the moment ,because I have an operation next month, so I can relate to your vid very well. I can't say I can cope totally fine BUT I can still function in some way.

Tom Wotton I haven't seen a new video that you posted for a long time. I am a big fan of your work and your project. Though I may have been misdiagnosed in someway. I signed up for your website a while back and found some good advice though the one year program time was for learning style that wasn't necessary the best for me at that time. Perhaps it would have been best to buy one of your books. I am worried about Luke 11:25:26 and I am unsure of how I view conscience. Thank you for everything you've done. I hope your life is great and your body isn't too broken from the condition and the episodes. With much love and respect; I hope your life continues to go well. If you'll like to communicate via email free feel to write back. I remember you saying that your online friendships with others is as real as your friendship with people in real life. I hope Jesus blesses you and heals and restores your body, mind, and soul and enables you to live with righteousness an continue your work.

Resilience - The skill of recovery.

perfect

My dad did tell me not to sign up for the scholarship course. So yeah I faced some resistance.

I'm just waiting to have another manic episode so I can sign up for his course on the monthly basis instead of annual and just power through it really fast.

@BipolarAdvantage

4 жыл бұрын

Soliton Behavior Based on experience of working with thousands of people, doing it while you’re manic is not going to work. Racing through it and not taking the time to do the work is just a waste of time. It comes with 100% moneyback guarantee if you decide it’s not working within the first 30 days.

@Akidnameddroo1

4 жыл бұрын

Noted. I was just kidding.

I WOULD CONSIDER THIS HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY.

I have rapid cycling bipolar 1. This shows finding the balance from either mania or depression. Does this method still work the same when you're often experiencing both?

@dragonfly99

8 жыл бұрын

Also I have severe out of control anxiety. Hoping this method can help that too.

Mastering the sweet spot!! 30-40% what !!??? it is very much controlling me! not me of it! I wish with all my heart and soul I could craps what you are lecturing. Just teaching the rest of the world to give us a break would be a good start. Hopeless bosses with NO time to hear you, let alone see just how good you are when well. I believe we are incredible thinkers even with grandiose ideas are flowing. Some of my ideas over the years are now a reality, but done by others! believe in you.

This is chaos control, but not in the way it is in the Sonic The Hedgehog video game series. Don't get rid of the chaos, control it, as disorder and chaos are basically the same word.

I actually agree with this theory real talk. It’s actually worked for me. When I’m in depression I worked on myself so well that even my manic phases were controlled but honestly I got so depressed I couldn’t do anything and was basically retarded. So there’s the problem.

@thirstykayak246

4 жыл бұрын

You might enjoy reading about the Walsh Protocol. As well as Dr. Peter Smith who he himself is bipolar 2 rapid cycling and manages it without medication. There are nutrient imbalances that can cause depression & bipolar. Just a thought.

@SRose-vp6ew

8 ай бұрын

Dr. Berg also has a video on the nutrient side of things. Adding things as simple as nutritional yeast which is high in vitamin bs to leafy green salads every day and I forget the rest. I’m watching for a friend. It also talked about doing keto, but I don’t think you have to do that, but the idea of not having too much sugar or too much caffeine would obviously be a good call. Basically carbs in moderation would be wise. Fat also does help with hormones. I know he mentioned having a tablespoon of fish oil every day, other sources of fat would be things like avocado or simply mayonnaise, so many people forget that the body the does need fats to function. Fats and carbs do not make you fat in moderation. A satiating nutrient dense diet satisfies. What I’m getting from this video is it’s not so much what you put off, but what you put on. Praise God.

There's four types of mania? I thought there was only manic, hypomanic, and manic-depressive. I don't know about you, but I've surely never become manic when only shallowly depressed.

I have bipolar II. What do you think about this type of bipolar? would this idea translate?

@BipolarAdvantage

7 жыл бұрын

Bipolar II is much easier. Please check out www.bipolaradvantage.com for more information about it.

For me I applaud the concepts especially dissecting the DSM V however it seems far to complicated to be widely practical. An " inhibited" or medicated person needs very simple solutions which do not cost a bunch of time or money. How about excellent nutrition, exercise and cognitive therapy? Anyway I see possibilities herein.

@noahmcdx1

8 жыл бұрын

Extra extra extra extra good cognitive therapy is all you need. I'm not saying medication isn't a good support system, but only you can learn to control yourself. Buddhism, wu-wei, Taoism, and of course psychology, which fails to acknowledge these and the countless other philosophies that have studied human behavior and control of oneself for thousands of years, all give you the tools to understand your emotions, and realize that there is a deep insecurity that causes every overly-excitable emotion. Psycho-cybernetics has proven that you can erase those insecurities without even understanding the root of the insecurity. There's no need to dive so deep into someone's past to try to explain to them that they are insecure. All you have do is be honest with yourself and mindful (CBT) so you can understand when your emotions are acting up at inappropriate times, and force yourself to feel genuinely positive in those situations. Fake it 'til you make it. It's a process for sure, but when you feel comfortable in situations you never thought you'd feel comfortable in, your self-image changes, and I'm sure there's even epigeneticists who who argue vehemently that your genetic expressions will change along with it. Talk about controlling your behavior.

Im on 2 different anticicotics and im on 1 mood stabilizers im quiting the anticicotic by lowering the doze by 1 third every 2 weeks but im keeping the mood stabilizers without consulting my phyciatrice because i have halucination but i think they have meaning if it goes down hill ill start taking the anticicotics again. My medication are olanzapine zeldox for anticicotic and divalproex sodium for mood stabilizers my halucination are for example auras different colors in the eyes deja vu random stuff seem to have order id like too know if someone has an opinion.

@malton0

7 жыл бұрын

That last part makes alots of sens too me but my big problem is that i feel like im emotionaly fighting other people like i feel happy but the other person feels negative and im trying too cheer them up but it bring me down or i feel negative and positive people are attracted too me but sometime i meet some one balance is that we swing back and forth rapidly and the other person gets a wtf moment cause im just folowing there ques about what level i should be at seem complicated and sometimes i over think it. Just seem like an emotional minefield and very hard too walk tru when you have problem and every one problems effect you. And i live with my mom and she screams at me alot.Just seem too hard too over come sometimes.And my parent said next time im sick there ganna kick me out and have me placed in a institution that supposed too teach you how too live with your illness. And on top of that i live in canada and under the mental health act i have no rights so i can refuse too be hospitalizes or medication.

@thirstykayak246

4 жыл бұрын

I’d be really careful about getting off medication without a doctors supervision with your circumstances. You might find that you could work with your doctor to get on a lower dose.

Why do I think he came up with this idea when he had a manic fase ?

@BipolarAdvantage

8 жыл бұрын

Actually during depression, which is far more insightful when you understand it instead of suffer from it. The pain is still the same but it loses its power over you.

@bipolaire4498

8 жыл бұрын

That's right. You feel bad, you feel pressure in your chest and you feel pain in that situation, but you have the knowledge in your mind and you understand that those are the symptoms of a depression and the most important is... you know and undertand it is temporary. and it will be normal again. And than you wait untill it's over. With this knowledge you create hope. It's not the same like thinking that it will never be over and thinking that you always stay in that situation. With that hope you never think about suicide. You are no more victom of your feelings. youre feelings can't overpower your your brain which brings you to suicide but your brain overpower your feelings with that knowledge. Sorry for my English, I hope that you understand. Peace.

its kinda crazy... i got 100% sober a few years ago. no cigarettes. no booze. no weed. I am doing quite well. no medication in 3 years... but some things you say i can see... i've realized certain triggers... i cut back coffee when I start having trouble sleeping. many times i deliberately lay down and tell myself to relax because i don't tend to get tired very easily. I exercise often and am very focused on my nutrition. the number one part of my life now... is social stuff... I used to be a very sociable person but now I don't seem to get the same responses i did during my younger periods when i was "sick". I'm not 100% sold on my bipolar diagnosis. Though I am 100% certain that I am an addict/alcoholic The 12 steps have been a major tool too.

@festernassociates

8 жыл бұрын

I've also changed my lifestyle... I live alone. My family is a good distance away from me. So i don't measure the 30/40 whatever percentages. None of that. I simply pay attention to whats going on around me. I can tell when I'm not rested enough... (for me thats not the same as being tired)... and its completely obvious to me when I'm feeling depressed.. and I usually just nap for a while... or (to snap out of it...) I go outdoors for a walk. Do some exercise. Its easier to maintain a positive state than try to get myself to do the right things to bring myself out of a negative one. So as I said before. I focus alot on - nutrition, exercise, exploring spirituality, making financially sound decisions and creating my own economy so that I maintain enough freedom to be able to do whatever I may have to do. Taking a week off from work will not make me homeless. I keep enough savings (now) to live for 6 months with no job. Oddly... I never have half of the problems I used to... I've learned to realize that rest is important even if i'd rather stay up learning/playing guitar or whatever. on that note. I'm going to bed because I have work at 10:30 AM. 12 hour day. If I get 6 hours or more I'll feel quite fine. If I get less... my eyes will burn... i'll be slightly irritable and still not want to sleep though

@noahmcdx1

8 жыл бұрын

My friend, "the right things to bring yourself out of a negative state" IS maintaining a positive state. You're doing it right. Give yourself more credit. There's plenty of science and philosophy to support why what you're doing works. I would just recommend that you not shy away from looking at your "negatives," which are really just problems, with a positive mindset. That's the only way to find a solution to a problem. People do this unwittingly when their sorrows turn to being fed up and determined. There is just no point to dwell on the negatives. I recommend reading Psycho-cybernetics. It's all about changing your self-image, and it's a best-selling classic. If you see yourself as a victim, you'll suffer. That's life. I'm Bipolar I, by the way.

be goal free is how to 'reach your goal'...

no info of handling deppresion or what to do recover? Or? Anyone?

@BipolarAdvantage

3 жыл бұрын

www.bipolaradvantage.com/depression-prepared-me-for-death-in-family/

@BipolarAdvantage

3 жыл бұрын

Courses on how to do it are at www.bipolaradvantage.com/all-courses/

@dagerikhaugen577

3 жыл бұрын

Bipolar Advantage thank you sooo much :-)))

So can I live with bipolar disorder & not take meds if I follow these rules?

@jasminkocan4254

7 жыл бұрын

Rafael Soto yes u can

@thirstykayak246

4 жыл бұрын

I’d say maybe. Depends on your unique circumstances. Just my opinion. But I’d be careful about quitting medications, at least too quickly, especially if your type 1.

people with bipolar are unique

I thought that if you keep your mind active with bipolar or autism and other mental illness everyone could over come there illness, I always believe that there is a possible cure for bipolar than any other mental illness as bipolar is a weak illness with creative thinking in place that we all have as I had a creative lucid dream last night in colour.

We thank God 4 u

It feels like I'm CRAZY and I hate that word. But what is harder is working everyday to ACT normal and NOT be hospitalized I'm always in for three weeks. I HATE the meds sometimes I do just want to be done but I can't bc of my kids and it NOT the illness it the meds, the side effects, the diarrhea, the sleeping twenty hours, the weight gain, etc and knowing this shit they give me is the best they got. I have seen gluten free and dairy free diet anyone else know about this??? I KNOW God is going to heal me one day. Fuck these Dr who only want money.

Interesting concept though it kinda sounds like playing with fire.

So as one trying to deal with bipolar, how do I get to experience more days with mania? If we were to take 2013 as a gragh, it's been 5-6 days s far with slight mania. Most in a deep depression. 8 - 12 beers a night and an over the counter sleep aid to get anywhere from 2- 6 hours of sleep...really not sure I want to deal with this much longer.

@OnerousEthic

5 жыл бұрын

Littering IsFun I use CBD & THC to induce mild mania, but be careful - it can be dangerous...

@aimanfahmi1894

4 жыл бұрын

Hey man how you doing with ur sleep?

I need new batteries for my self mastery lmfao jk I'm really bored watching this. This would never work for me. Might work for people who are not violent, black outs, talk in things that make no sense it is dangerous for me and the people in my life. I've come home after a week w no clothes on and have NO idea where I've been. My MANIA has mania.

@carljohnson6264

4 жыл бұрын

Tish, that rage that hits and you go from ok to I wanna die... it’s brutal.

😎😎😎

I pretty much only have mania. It is EXTREME!!! I'm on lithium and latuda. makes me fat and sleepy. I hate my life. I broke my fiance back I black out. it sucks I hate it.

@thirstykayak246

4 жыл бұрын

I’m really sorry to hear that. It’s not easy. I’m type 1 and had the extremely high euphoric mania. I take lithium. Maybe your doctor would be willing to lessen the dose a little? I’ve found that to be helpful. Kay Jamison is a psychiatrist who is type 1 bipolar herself and all she takes is a low dose of lithium.

But when you are depressed its hard to be rational and do what is best in the long run. Because you are run over by negative thinking and feelings and emptiness and anxiety and a feeling of meaninglessness and locked inside yourself.

@yaswanthsaivallamreddy

2 жыл бұрын

I was diagnosed with bipolar in 2017 i took treatment..and used meds until 2021 August...what helped in a way to look into things rationally is SADGURU...🙏

@bipolarway

4 ай бұрын

That’s why you need a close one who would constantly tell you that you rule, that you are strong and will feel better soon. When I felt totally worthless, only one sentence made me realize that I’m strong, my friend told me: look, you cooked breakfast for the family, not everyone accomplished this today!

28:00 minutes of talking in circles.

Bipolar Gaming

Bipolar is Christ Consciousness the depression comes from the reflection this is hell I’d rather die than wash another dish yes that’s correct I’m a 2 time veteran and dishwasher can’t see my kids bc I fucked around with Rh+ women and they are programmed to hate me and fuck me over.

I disagree I think men should use their hands. Work for themselves. You sound like a old gay smarter man

I don’t think you know what you are talking about.

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