Also from BP Magazine: six tips from Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
- Stay on your medication.
- Get regular sleep. “[This is] far and away the most important thing next to medication.”
- Get psychotherapy if you can afford it.
- Get involved with a support group, such as those available through the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA).
- Read and learn about your illness. Go to good Web sites such as www.dbsalliance.org and www.nami.org.
- Go in with a list of questions when seeing your doctor. “Never assume competence until it’s demonstrated. Question, question, question. Badger, badger, badger.”
- Go in with a list of questions when seeing your doctor. “Never assume competence until it’s demonstrated. Question, question, question. Badger, badger, badger.”
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