ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Bruce will not be here tonight
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | A member has a new teaching job
| STRESS ISSUES: | Extreme Stress
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Travel and Family for the Holidays
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Controlling Anger with Family
| MOOD ISSUES: | Hostility
| MOOD ISSUES: | Isolation
| MOOD ISSUES: | Being Content is a Stable Mood
| MANIA: | Fallout from Manic Episode
| MEDICATIONS: | Med Jitters
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Change
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Cookies at Break
WORK ISSUES: | Job Applications
| TREATMENT: | EMDR
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Family Fun
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Helping Others while protecting Oneself
| MEDICATIONS: | Raylor
| MEDICATIONS: | Med Jitters
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Change
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Recovering from Depression
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Bruce will be late next week as Santa
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | A member has a new Nurse Practitioner
| MOOD ISSUES: | Transitioning between Mania and Depression
| MOOD ISSUES: | Dealing with Psychosis and Mixed moods
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | I am responsible for Other People
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Animals in the Pound need Blankets
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | EMDR solved: Dentist
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Answers may not exist
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Someone else's problems may trigger your own
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Getting over your own irritability
| BEHAVIOR: | Motivation
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Asking for Help
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Sharing your Disorder with a 3 year old
| OTHER ISSUES: | Weight gain/loss without Meds
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | The recent Meeting Topics website is now current
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | One of our Members is now married
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Goodwill
| COPING STRATEGIES: | What happens when Suicidal thinking resumes
| THERAPY: | Choosing a new Therapist
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Parents Overwhelmed
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Reconnecting with Friends after an Episode
| PANIC ATTACKS: | Panic Attacks
| MEDICATIONS: | Mood stabilizers
| POSITIVE ASPECTS: | Triumphs of Success
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | One of our Members is working for COMTRANS
COPING STRATEGIES: | DBT: Radical Acceptance
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Feeling Alone
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Feeling Humiliation
| WORK ISSUES: | Problems with Relationships at Work
| WORK ISSUES: | Worries about "Loosing it" at Work
| WORK ISSUES: | Getting Health Insurance
| WORK ISSUES: | Finding a new Job
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Negative Experiences Affect your Health
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Fear-based Anxiety
| VICTORIES: | Gratitude
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COPING STRATEGIES: | Trying to fix every Detail
COPING STRATEGIES: | Keeping Calm during outside Issues
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Family Stress
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Taking Risks, but going Ahead
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Handling Big Changes
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Planning for a Busy Schedule
| THERAPY: | The Therapy Intake Process
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | One of our Members now on Medicare!
COPING STRATEGIES: | Getting more Active
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Being Overwhelmed
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Gut Health vs. Psych. Health
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Making Major Life Decisions
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Spirituality
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Spousal Support
| MEDICATIONS: | RisperiDONE
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Fear-based Anxiety
| VICTORIES: | Giving Thanks after a Bad Year
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | One of our Members is turning 65!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | One of our Members may quit her job
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | One of our Members walked out of work
| THERAPY: | First meeting with new Therapist
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Using Coping Skills to get through the Day
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Managing Anxiety without Drugs
| HOLIDAYS: | Not being Triggered during the Holidays
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COPING STRATEGIES: | Magnifying things too intensely
COPING STRATEGIES: | Using Coping Skills to get through the Day
| WORK ISSUES: | Taking time off for recovery in a new Job
| WORK ISSUES: | Opening up at Work about your Illness
| STRESS ISSUES: | Number 1 trigger (Dad) in town
| MOOD ISSUES: | Mania and HypoManic Benavior
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | How not to drag Roommates into Depression
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Falling off the Depression Cliff
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MOOD ISSUES: | Apathy
STRESS ISSUES: | Stress
| MEDICATIONS: | Weight Gain from taking Meds
| MEDICATIONS: | Valium
| MEDICATIONS: | Seriquil
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Family Triggers
| SOCIAL SECURITY: | Applying for Disability
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Fighting Isolation
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | BiPolar Magazine here; Website Updated
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | This is Int'l Mental Heath Awareness Day
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner for us
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Art Class offered
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | BiPolar Pain vs. Physical Pain
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety while Driving
| GOVERNMENT ISSUES: | Voc. Rehab.
| GOVERNMENT ISSUES: | Having a job while on AHCCCS
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Holiday travel to Family
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Driving
| ANGER ISSUES: | Anger issues with new Job
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Confidentiality with Psychatrist
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | NAMI Family-to-Family has 100 on waitlist
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Kurt will be gone for a few weeks. He is teaching Art
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Looking for suggestions for toiletries for clients
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Flex-funds available at Clinics
| MOOD ISSUES: | Going in/out of manic and stress episodes
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Valium and Sleep Meds
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Mindfulness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Mood-orientated Diet
| COPING STRATEGIES: | I want to go on an extended trip for several months
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) during season change
| GOVERNMENT: | Ketamine
| INTERNET SITES: | Daylio Ap for charting moods (Get $4 upgrade)
| POSITIVE ASPECTS: | What are you Greatful for?
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MEDICATIONS: | Taken off Anti-depressant Welbutrin
MEDICATIONS: | Benzos
| WORK ISSUES: | Starting a new job
| RBHA: | Switching to a new Clinic
| MANIA: | Irritability as Manic feature
| OTHER ISSUES: | Self-care performance in the bedroom
| OTHER ISSUES: | Glutton-free Diet
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Dealing with well-meaning people
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Marriage plans
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Cookies at Break
| WORK ISSUES: | Anxiety about new job
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Surviving Suicidal thoughts
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Maladaptive Thoughts
| COPING STRATEGIES: | "Catastrophe-sizing"
| POSITIVE ASPECTS: | What are you glad for?
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Family doesn't know normal behavior
| MOOD ISSUES: | Mood Changes prior to Depressive cycle
| GOVERNMENT: | Medical Pot
| GOVERNMENT: | Guardianship
| MANIA: | Coming out of Mania
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Bruce's picture was on the front page of paper
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Son did well in medical tests
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I have a job in short-term rentals
| THERAPY: | Changing expectations of Therapist
| THERAPY: | First time with new Therapist
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Feeling Suicidal thoughts
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Connecting with Feelings
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Seeing boyfriends of old girlfriend
| MOOD ISSUES: | I have made a Flowchart of moods
| MOOD ISSUES: | Living without Mania and Depression
| STRESS ISSUES: | Over-stimulation and Stress
| BASIC INFORMATION: | Starting down the Road of BiPolar Disorder
| RBHA: | SMI Clinics
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GOVERNMENT: | Durable Power of Attorney Workshop
FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Helping Family members that won't seek Treatment
| MANIA: | BiPolar Mania
| OTHER ISSUES: | Book on Nutrition
| OTHER ISSUES: | Training a Support Animal
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Differentiating Depression
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression
| WORK ISSUES: | Taking up Work
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Making Friends
| REBA: | Serious Mentally Ill (SMI) Issues
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Durable Power of Attorney Workshop 9/5/18
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Topics Website now Current
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Assessment with Therapist
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | A member is moving to California
| BASIC INFORMATION: | Understanding your Illness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Feelings of Giving Up with the Disorder
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Feeling Insignificant
| OTHER ISSUES: | Taking a Vacation -- and enjoying it
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Making Friends
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Durable Power of Attorney Workshop 9/5/18
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I fired my Therapist; I have a new Therapist
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I have 2 years sobriety
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Crying Spells
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Loss & Grief in Losing a pet
| TREATMENT: | EMDR
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Borderline -- Wants Second Opinion
| MOOD ISSUES: | Concentration during Mixed Mood Periods
| MEDICATIONS: | Meds for Sleep
| OTHER ISSUES: | Adapting a sick dog from a friend who can't keep it
| INTERNET SITES: | White Noise Ap
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Meeting2018 website updated
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Still waiting on AZ Republic article
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Executive education; Member got new job
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Member needs help with Camera
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Member has room to rent
| THERAPY: | Is it time for a new therapist?
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Service Animals
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Dealing with Change
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Keeping Mental Health in order when people exercise more
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Stable but not progressing after Hospital stay
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Getting out of the Fog
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Hyperemotionality
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Check out BiPolar Discussion on Facebook!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | New Job!
| MANIA: | Problem solving while Manic
| RBHA: | I Switched Clinics
| RBHA: | My Clinic is overwelmed with Clients
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships - Intamacy
| TREATMENT: | Treatment with meds for Anger
| WORK ISSUES: | Work
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Anger
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Music Therapy
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COPING STRATEGIES: | What does Pain teach you?
COPING STRATEGIES: | Overwhelming Behavioral & Physical Issues
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Recovering from Relapse or Treatment
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Handling Thoughts
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Breakups
| TREATMENT: | EMDR Therapy
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I got a new job!
FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Family Relationships
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Young Adult Child
| BEHAVIOR: | Sucidial thoughts
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships
| RBHA: | Switching Clinics
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | EMDR Therapy
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Fear of Reentering Life
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Negative Imaagry
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Displacement
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Social Security Tax/Pension Payoff
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | NAMI Walk; MHA Volunteers
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Becky will be gone due to new School year
| BEHAVIOR: | People believe you don't have symptoms when you talk
| GOVERNMENT: | Assisted Housing
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Not having Personal Time
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Helping to surface reality
| WORK ISSUES: | Stigma at Work-- Should I tell my boss?
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | BiPolar Magazine available
BEHAVIOR: | Disproptional Responses vs. Behavior
| BEHAVIOR: | Disassociation
| BEHAVIOR: | Pacing Oneself
| MOOD ISSUES: | Delayed Happiness
| MOOD ISSUES: | Travel with a Mental Illness
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Psychiatrist or Psychologist?
| MEDICATIONS: | Getting off Lamictal
| MEDICATIONS: | Mood Stabilizers
| RBHA: | New Clinic
| BEHAVIOR: | Getting Boared with Life
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Independance Day
SOCIETAL ISSUES: | How are we potrayed in the Media?
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Frustration explaings Symptoms
| RBHA: | Advocating in your Clinic
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | BiPolar Disorder and Travel
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Parting on a Bad Day
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Lonliness
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (3)
GOOD ISSUES: | Upside of Mental Illness
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | When BiPolar Disorder costs Friends & Family
| WORK ISSUES: | BiPolar people generally don't work
| WORK ISSUES: | Job
| MEDICATIONS: | When are Meds good enough?
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Changing Therapists
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Isolation: how much is bad?
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I have a new therapist (2)
GOOD ISSUES: | NEW! Share Good Stuff; Good side of Mania
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Physical affects of Anxiety
| MOOD ISSUES: | Wide Personality Changes in Mood
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Weird Sleep Schedules
| MEDICATIONS: | Medication Management
| MEDICATIONS: | Low Dose Lithium
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Finding a new Therapist
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Isolation: how much is bad?
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | When to tell your girl friend you have Manic swings
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2) Website and Welcome packets updated; My birthday
MANIA: | Do you need a mood swing to be Manic?
| ANXIETY ISSUES: Fear of Communication
| MEDICATIONS: | Med to prevent Mania
| STRESS ISSUES: | Stress to the Max
| GOVERNMENT: | Disability Situation
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | When to tell your girl friend you have Manic swings
| RBHA: | Second SMI Evaluation is not unusal
| WORK ISSUES: | Going back to Work after Disability
| PANIC ATTACKS: | Panic Attacks
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2)
COPING STRATEGIES: | Compassion Fatigue
| MEDICATIONS: | Side effects of Medications
| SOCIAL SECURITY: | Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Stress
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Rage, Delusions and Forgetfulness
| DCEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression and Anxiety
| AHCCCS: | AHCCCS Insurance
| INSURANCE: | Short term Disability
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MEDICATIONS: | Prolaxin
MOOD ISSUES: | Stuck in a Mood
| DCEPRESSION ISSUES: | Fatigue and Depression
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Medication and Fatigue
| MANIA: | Late Night Mania
| AHCCCS: | AHCCCS Plans
| RBHA: | Serious Mental Illness
| SOCITAL ISSUES: | Mental Illness in our Country
| WORK ISSUES: | Looking for a Job
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COPING STRATEGIES: | Fear Controlling You
COPING STRATEGIES: | Mindfullness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Self-confidence
| RBHA: | Switching Clinics
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | ECT
| MEDICATIONS: | When meds don't Work
| RFELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships
| MANIA: | Mania
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Family Stress
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | 17th Anniversary for Bruce & Kurt
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | NAMI Family to Family Class
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I have a new therapist
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Keeping Apathetic thoughts from escalating
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Mood Charts / Journalling
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Emotional Flatness
| MAANIA: | Things wrong-- all Manic caused
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Managing Fear
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Living with BiPolar people
| WORK ISSUES: | Guilt for not working
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: |
COPING STRATEGIES: | Adjusting Goals
| MAANIA: | Coping with Manic Promiscuity
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Feeling Guilty (or not)
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Accepting Limitations
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Healthy Coping
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Setting Goals
| MANIA: | Feeling Hypomanic on meds
| MANIA: | Patience during Manic episodes
| INTERNET SITES: | Your website is Down
| INTERNET SITES: | U-Tube Elija Flowers
| WORK ISSUES: | Remembering the workforce
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Break Mental Health Month
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | May 4 Westward Ho Art Show 411 Central
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | College Scholarships
| DFEPRESSION ISSUES: | Dealing with Others' Depression
| MAANIA: | Manie
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Feeling Guilty (or not)
| MANIA: | Feeling Hypomanic on meds
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Telling BiPolar people about ECT
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Supporting your spouse
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Emotional Support and when not to
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Starting a Freefall day feeling worthless
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | May 11 Ability 360
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | May 4 Westward Ho Art Show
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2)
| DFEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression Issues
| THERAPY: | Finding a Therapist
| BEHAVIOR: | Lethargy Regrets
| BEHAVIOR: | Getting Motivation to Restart
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Bad Dreams
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Worry
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Advocating for onesself
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Doing Important things you are not up to
| INSURANCE: | Private Health Insurance
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Annual Report
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Teacher Strike
| BEHAVIOR: | Loss of Control
| DIAGNOSIS: | Acceptance of Diagnosis
| BEHAVIOR: | Paranoia
| BEHAVIOR: | Getting Motivation to Restart
| BEHAVIOR: | Loss of Appetite because of meds
| INTERNET SITES: | mynextmove.org
| MOOD ISSUES: | Recovery from Mania
| GOVERNMENT: | Disability Benefits & BiPolar Disorder
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Motivation for normal tasks
| SUPPORT GROUPS: | Too much to share
| BEHAVIOR: | Out of Body Experience
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | BiPolar Magazine
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Annual Report
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I got a new Job
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Today is BiPolar Day
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2)
| MEDICATIONS: | Med Changes
| MEDICATIONS: | When Meds Work
| COPING STRATEGIES: | I'm tired of fighting
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Pets and BiPolar Disorder
| RECOVERY: | Slow Progress & Stagnation
| WORK ISSUES: | Employment and BiPolar Disorder
| FAMILY & FRIENDS: | Helping Too much or too little
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2)
BEHAVIOR: | Exhaustion and BiPolar Disorder
| BEHAVIOR: | Safer Lifestyle
| BEHAVIOR: | Obsessive Behavior
| BEHAVIOR: | Letting Go of the Past and starting over
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Side Effects
| MOOD ISSUES: | Settling Mania
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2)
MOOD ISSUES: | Rapid Cycling
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | High Anxiety
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Birth Control
| WORK ISSUES: | Trouble holding onto a Job
| DIAGNOSIS: | Being Diagnosed while still Functioning
| MOOD ISSUES: | Rapid Cycling
| MEDICATIONS: | Symptoms of BiPolar Disorder if meds are given
| BEHAVIOR: | Getting Motivated
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships when you are BiPolar
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Peer Recovery Coach
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Job Offer
| WORK ISSUES: | Employment Issues
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships with BiPolar People
| BEHAVIOR: | Using BiPolar Disorder as a crutch
| DIAGNOSIS: | Self Diagnosis
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Traumatic Brain Injury and BiPolar Disorder
| MEDICATIONS: | Astonia
| MEDICATIONS: | Over the counter Medications
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Care for Dog
SOCIETAL ISSUES: | Public Attitudes toward BiPolar Disorder
| THERAPY: | Therapy
| BEHAVIOR: | Low self-worth and self love
| WORK ISSUES: | Returning to Work
| THERAPY: | ACT Therapy
| MOOD ISSUES: | Coming to terms with Manic Behavior
| MEDICATIONS: | Weight gain with Medications
| MEDICATIONS: | Lithium
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | First Report for Annual Report is Done; 1002 visits
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | BiPolar Art Show May 1 at Westward Ho
| MEDICATIONS: | Lamictal
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Cutting off Family Contact
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Travel Anxiety
| SOCIAL SECURITY: | Shall I apply for SSI?
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Conflict Diagnosis
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Body Aches and Pains
| BEHAVIOR: | Self Esteem
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Art show at ASU Westward Ho May 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Reading DNA for Health
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Achieved Grad School Degree
| FRIENDS & FAMILY: | Alcohol Consumption
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Sleep
| PANIC ATTACKS: | Panic Attacks
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Getting "Stuck"
| BEHAVIOR: | Impulsive Actions
| STRESS ISSUES: | Tools for Outside Stressors
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Art show at ASU Westward Ho May 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Want to Hold Meeting on Disassociation
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Moving to Denver and Support Groups there
| WORK ISSUES: | Making a Career Decision
| MEDICATIONS: | Number of Meds
| DEPRESSION: | Depression with Normal People
| MOOD ISSUES: | Best new Mood
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Getting "Stuck"
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Disassociation
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Doing everyday tasks to curb Anxiety
| STRESS ISSUES: | Techniques of Removing Stressors
| MOOD ISSUES: | Triggers for Manic Behavior
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Progressively worse Depression
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | ECT or TMS Treatment
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Valentine Candy
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Girl Scout Cookies
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Announcement of Marriage next year
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Death of someone your cared for
| RELATIONSHIPS: | How to stop Sabaitas Activities
| DEPRESSION: | Depression when caused by an Announcement
| DEPRESSION: | Degrees of Depression
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Degrees of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
| MEDICATIONS: | Testronodone and Mood
| MOOD ISSUES: | Irritability and BiPolar Disorder
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety
| WORK ISSUES: | Finding a Job
| WORK ISSUES: | Best Jobs for people with BiPolar Disorder
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships when both members are BiPolar
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Nightmares
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Website now current
MEDICAL ISSUES: | Disturbing Side Effects
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Difficult Family Members
| ADMINISTRATIVE: | New Support Groups when you move
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Big Life Changes
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Dealing with Change
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Relationships when both members are BiPolar
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Nightmares
| MEDICATIONS: | Typical (old) Drugs
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | PTSD
| VICTORIES: | Moving into Parents House
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Attention Deficit Disorder and Confusion
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Hypersensitivity to Light and Sound
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | The BiPolar Lifestyle
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | Mixed Episodes
| INTERNET SITES: | APP: White Noise Free
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | End of year 2017 webpage updated
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Girl Scout Cookies available
| RBHA: | The clinic accused Kurt of lying for a complaint
| WORK ISSUES: | Finding a job you can do with BiPolar Disorder
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety Disorder
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Coping with Insomnia
| LONG & SHORT PROJECTIONS: | Setting Reasonable Expectations
| MOOD ISSUES: | Mania
| HUMOR: | Positive effects of Girl Scout Thin Mints
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Attention Deficit Disorder and Confusion
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Hypersensitivity to Light and Sound
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | The BiPolar Lifestyle
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | Mixed Episodes
| INTERNET SITES: | APP: White Noise Free
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FAMILY & FRIENDS ISSUES: | Do Normal People get sick like BiPolar Disorder?
COPING STRATEGIES: | Dealing with Loss
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Dealing with loss of person or pet
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Handling Stress or Change
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Being OK with Mental Illness
| ACTIVITIES: | Free Social Activities
| MEDICATIONS: | Drowsiness when on Psych. medication
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Coping with Anxiety
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | PTSD
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FAMILY & FRIENDS ISSUES: | Advice about a Family Member
COPING STRATEGIES: | Awareness Resources
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Sleep
| TREATMENT: | Medical Marijuana
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Selecting a Therapist
| MEDICATIONS: | Medication Changes
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | PTSD
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | BP Magazine now available
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | BiPolar Diagnosis 2 years ago
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Personal Breakup
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression for Normal People
| TREATMENT: | Announcement of DBT
| BEHAVIOR: | Range of Emotions with BiPolar Disorder
| BEHAVIOR: | Fear
| BEHAVIOR: | Surviving Change
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Volunteer Opportunities
| HOLIDAYS: | Holiday Insomnia
| MOOD ISSUES: | Mature Phase of BiPolar Disorder
| POTPOURRI: | Success
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I am enjoying being Santa
RELATIONSHIPS: | Being social as a person with BiPolar Disorder
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Having Suicidal thoughts daily
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Deciding to live with not so great symptoms
| BEHAVIOR: | Expectations
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I am shopping for Treatment
WORK ISSUES: | Changing Jobs
| MOOD ISSUES: | Concentration and BiPolar Disorder
| TREATMENT: | I am starting Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
| TREATMENT: | DBT: Radical Acceptance
| MEDICATIONS: | Welbutrin
| BEHAVIOR: | Focus
| BEHAVIOR: | Physical vs. Emotional Exhaustion
| POTPOURRI: | Victories
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (1) My phone and the Group phone is out of order -- Give it a week
ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2) 27% of Mensa members have a Mood Disorder
| HOLIDAYS: | Holiday Blues
| MEDICATIONS: | Starting on Lithium
| MEDICATIONS: | Anti-Psychotics
| ACTIVITIES: | Read Ann Rand
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MOOD ISSUES: | Being able to recognize depression, but not mania
MEDICATIONS: | Selling Meds -- Abuse hurts everyone
| BEHAVIOR: | Loneliness and Getting Out
| WORK ISSUES: | ADA in Canada
| MOOD ISSUES: | I am Manic but not listening
| MEDICATIONS: | Coming off Meds
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Someone is poisoning my cats
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | I quit smoking!
MOOD ISSUES: | Lethargy and BiPolar Disorder
| MEDICATIONS: | Fish Oil
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | BiPolar Depression and "normal" depression
| WORK ISSUES: | Obtaining Employment Accommodations
| MEDICATIONS: | Med change to prevent Suicide
| HOLIDAYS: | Holiday Overload
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ACTIVITIES: | Advocacy
MOOD ISSUES: | Recognizing your own mania
| GOVERNMENT ISSUES: | Section 8 Housing
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Spousal Support of your Mental Health
| WORK ISSUES: | Positivity in between jobs
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Resources for people with BiPolar Disorder
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Getting depressed at times
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (1)Website Updated (2) Thinking of moving to Nebraska
MEDICAL ISSUES: | Taking Meds to treat side effects
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety and Stress Management
| MOOD ISSUES: | Mood Fluctuation
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Skills for daily life
| BEHAVIOR: | Changing negative behavior
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (1)Bruce & Kurt's 3 year Anniversary (2) Thinking of moving to Nebraska
THERAPY: | Looking for a good therapist
| MEDICATIONS: | Multi-vitamins
| MEDICATIONS: | Medical Pot
| BEHAVIOR: | Lonelines
| MOOD ISSUES: | Keeping self stable when partner is Depressed
| THERAPY: | Asking the right questions to a new Therapist
| THERAPY: | How frequently shall I visit a Therapist?
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Lack of support for Family
| PHYSICAL HEALTH: | Eating Healthy
| STRESS ISSUES: | Stress
| BEHAVIOR: | Preparing for a Major Life Change
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RELATIONSHIPS: | Explaining your Illness
WORK ISSUES: | Looking for a Job
| THERAPY: | Looking for a good Therapist
| MOOD ISSUES: | Accepting being BiPolar
| BEHAVIOR: | Self-motivating Behavior
| MOOD ISSUES: | Flat Mood
| GOVERNMENT: | Accessing AHCCCS
| GOVERNMENT: | Housing for the Mentally Ill
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Confrontation to Mania
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