| THERAPY: | Frequently being interrupted by Therapist
| MOOD ISSUES: | Plase tell me your experience with cycling
| LONG TERM PROJECTIONS | Long Term Effects
| THERAPY: | I have 15 years of good copping skills but the therapist talks about mood swings
| BASIC BIPOLAR ISSUES: | Dealing with the Illness
| ONLINE ISSUES: | Computer-based Training for healthy living
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Working through Issues
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | I am systematic even after a year with good coping skills
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Poor relationships within Family
| HOLIDAYS: | The upcoming holiday
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Greeting BiPolar outside your group
| MOOD ISSUES: | Enjoying Hypomania
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | BiPolar Disorder with Attention Deficit Disorder
| BASIC BIPOLAR ISSUES: | People with BiPOlar Disorder but won't accept advice
| DIAGNOSISS: | Accepting the Diagnosis but want to go on with life
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Using mindfulness for pain control
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Having anxiety with spouse
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| HOLIDAYS: | Celebrating the holiday with people you are uncomfortable with
| HOLIDAYS: | The upcoming Holiday
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Can you enjoy a little bit of Hypomania
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Having BiPolar Disorder with ADD
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Family members who are depressed but won't accept advice
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Having anxiety with your spouse
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| FINANCIAL ISSUES: | Finances and Mental Health
| RESOURCES: | Care Givers with our Mental Illness
| FRIENDS ISSUES: | How to make friends with your mental illness
| RESOURCES: | Finding resources for Families
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| MOOD ISSUES: | Mood Swings
| BEHAVIOR: | Stability
| WORK ISSUES: | How to tell your employer about your mental illness
| RESOURCES: | Finding resources for Families
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Pain Management
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety
| MEDICATIONS: | Staying medication Compliant
| COPING STRATEGIES (or Not): | I am tired of having BiPolar Disorder
| OTHER ISSUES: | CBD from Dispensary (zero THC)
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| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Break-through Symptoms
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | How to tell your employer about your mental illness
| COPING STRATEGIES (or Not): | How disruptions off your routine can throw off your Mental Health
| LEGAL ISSUES: | Experiencing discriminations due to BiPolar Disorder
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Sleep Disorders or Sleep Paralysis
| COVID-19: | How we are handling COVID-19
| MEDICATIONS: | Changing Medications
| BEHAVIOR: | Hypersexuality
| THERAPY: | Having a therapist with strong political views that differ from yours
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| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Break-through Symptoms
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | How to tell your new doctor that you have BiPolar Disorder
| LEGAL ISSUES: | Experiencing discriminations due to BiPolar Disorder
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Sleep Disorders or Sleep Paralysis
| COVID-19: | How we are handling COVID-19
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| MEDICAL ISSUES: | How to tell your new doctor that you have BiPolar Disorder
| WORK ISSUES: | When to tell your Employer that you have BiPolar Disorder
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Explaining my mental issues to my religious family
| OTHER ISSUES: | Memory Loss
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| COPING STRATEGIES (or Not): | Using Distraction
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | How to start with a new Psychiatrist
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | There are 2 types of psychiatrists: Those who know SMI and those that don't
| MEDICATIONS: | What to do if they want to change your meds
| MEDICATIONS: | When to switch times taking medications
| DEPRESSION: | Depressive Episodes
| MEDICATIONS: | Anti-depressants and appetite
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Supporting someone just out of the hospital
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| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Font color=black>Social group meets every Tuesday evening | ||||||||
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Having a good Relationships with a person with BiPolar Diagnosis
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Divorce and BiPolar Disorder
| MAINIA: | Dealing with manic money spending
| COPING STRATEGIES (or Not): | When getting through is not enough
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Chronic Illness and BiPolar Disorder
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| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Dealing with Depression
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Having a healthy relationship after an abusive relationship
| POSITIVE ISSUES: | Frustration and rewards
| POSITIVE ISSUES: | Thanks to Bruce for his Leadership
| MAINIA: | Dealing with manic money spending
| MAINIA: | Apathy being sad during transitions in life phase
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| THERAPY: | Finding a new psychiatrist
| COVID-19: | Remembering 9/11
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Finding a new psychiatrist
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| COPING STRATEGIES | Mindfulness
| THERAPY: | Therapist Questions to ask
| COVID-19: | COPYIS-19 for the last year and a half
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Seeing your doctor when you are symptomatic
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| FAMILY ISSUES: | Family Support
| OTHER ISSUES: | Planning for a Trip
| THERAPY: | Not having a therapist
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| OTHER ISSUES: | Quitting Smoking
| OTHER ISSUES: | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
| OTHER ISSUES: | Travelling
| MEDICATIONS: | Serious Enemy
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Family Support
| MEDICATIONS: | When is it time to get off and anti-depression med
| THERAPY: | Not having a therapist
| BEHAVIOR: | Not feeling your Disorder
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| DEPRESSION: | Fighting a Depression episode and suppressing Depression
| DEPRESSION: | How do you motivate somebody feeling down
| DEPRESSION: | Being depressed on your Birthday
| MAINIA: | Mania
| DIAGNOIS: | Recognizing depression in BiPolar younger students
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Balancing yourself care
| FAMILY ISSUES: | How to explain BiPolar Disorder to your family?
| MEDICATIONS: | What happens when you are out of meds?
| DIAGNOSIS: | Having multiple Diagnosis
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| DEPRESSION: | Fighting a Depression episode and suppressing Depression
| DEPRESSION: | How do you motivate somebody feeling down
| DEPRESSION: | Being depressed on your Birthday
| MAINIA: | Mania
| DIAGNOIS: | Recognizing depression in BiPolar younger students
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Balancing yourself care
| FAMILY ISSUES: | How to explain BiPolar Disorder to your family?
| MEDICATIONS: | What happens when you are out of meds?
| DIAGNOSIS: | Having multiple Diagnosis
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| DEPRESSION: | Fighting a Depression episode and suppressing Depression
| DEPRESSION: | How do you motivate somebody feeling down
| DEPRESSION: | Being depressed on your Birthday
| MAINIA: | Mania
| DIAGNOIS: | Recognizing depression in BiPolar younger students
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Balancing yourself care
| FAMILY ISSUES: | How to explain BiPolar Disorder to your family?
| MEDICATIONS: | What happens when you are out of meds?
| DIAGNOSIS: | Having multiple Diagnosis
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| SLEEP ISSUES: | Sleep Hygiene
| DEPRESSION: | How to help a depressed friend
| DIAGNOSIS: | Having multiple Diagnosis
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Symtoms that stump your psychiatrist and Therapist
| RELATIONSHIPS: | How to deal with pushy people
| TREATMENT: | Progress & Growth
| FAMILY ISSUES: | How to explain BiPolar Disorder to a partner
| POSITIVE ISSUES: | Remembering our Accomplishments
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | No word when we can resume meeting at St. Luke's Hospital
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Travelling by Air with Anxiety
| EMOTION | Identifying Emotion
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Symtoms that stump your psychiatrist and Therapist
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Family Issues
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| BIPOLAR BEARS GROUP: | Bruce's new email address: brucepurcell677@gmail.com
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Manic mood prohibits sleep
| MANIA: | Triggers for Mania
| MANIA: | Shopping when Manic
| DIAGNOSIS | Having multiple Diagnosis
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Managing relations with Family Members
| MEDICATIONS: | Medications
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Ways to break out of Depression
| POSITIVE ISSUES: | Sharing our successes of the Week
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| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | DEPRESSION: Distractions at Work
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression vs. Anxiety: Which is worse?
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Being okay with being stable
| POSITIVE ISSUES: | Sharing recent successes
| FINANCIAL ISSUES: | Buying Life Insurance if you are BiPolar
| WORK ISSUES: | Getting a Job
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | Replacing unhealthy strategies with healthy ones
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Best ways to deal with old Trauma
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Forgiving yourself from using Alcohol
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Taking on too many Tasks
| COPING STRATEGIES (OR NOT): | Resentment
| OTHER ISSUES: | TRAVEL: Putting too much on your plate
| WORK ISSUES: | Going back to Work
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| GRIEF ISSUES: | Grief
| MEDICATIONS: | Are your meds really helping you?
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Putting yourself in a bad situation and self-sabotage
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Explain Mania to friends and Family
| MANIA: | What to do after Mania
| RECOVERY: | WRAP: Wellness Recovery Action Plan
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| THERAPY: | How to evaluate a Therapist
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Getting over past Relationships
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Suppressing what we go through
| MOOD ISSUES: | Coming out of Hypomania
| FINANCIAL ISSUES: | Managing your finances and asking for he
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| THERAPY: | How do you know when it is time to stop
| LONG TERM: | Long Term Stability
| LONG TERM: | Long-Term Commitments
| OTHER ISSUES | Lacking self Accountability
| MEDICATIONS: | Medications
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Importance of having a Schedule
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| COVID-19: | Break-through Symptoms
| OTHER ISSUES: | Paranoia
| OTHER ISSUES | CBT and Anxiety
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Not over-thinking and catastrophzing
| COPING STRATEGIES: | How to deal with barriers
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Long term meds and not drinking while on meds
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| SOCIAL SECURITY: | Earning Limits
| SOCIAL SECURITY: | Ticket to Work vs. Freedom to Work
| MEDICATIONS: | Pharmacodia - Fear of Meds
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Making Big Decisions
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Being put in the middle of Family Issues you don't belong
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Withholding Information from Others
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Trauma from Psychosis
| OTHER MEDICATIONS: | Supplements
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| MOOD ISSUES: | "Trauma Drama"
| MOOD ISSUES: | Anxiety vs. Stress
| OTHER MEDICATIONS: | Supplements
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | General Feelings of Dispair
| MEDICATIONS: | Lithium and Sleep
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety and Irritability
| MOOD ISSUES: | Blunted Affect
| MOOD ISSUES: | Frustration of High and Low Moods
| MOOD ISSUES: | When you feel better, you look Better
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| ANGER MANAGEMENT: | How to process Anger
| WORK ISSUES: | Self-employment
| MEDICATIONS: | Naturopathic medications for BiPolar
| RELATIONSHIPS: | When your fiance does not understand you are BiPolar
| MANIA: | Impulsivity
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Phil is moving to Friendship Village in 90 days
| MANIA: | Manic Diseases
| MANIA: | Manic Spending
| ISOLATION: | Alone time
| ISOLATION: | Feeling Lonely
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression and Med changes
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| MANIA: | Hypomania
| TREATMENT: | Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
| RESOURCES: | Finding Resources
| TRACKING MOOD: | Tracking Mood
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Is losing interest in things a part of Depression?
| ACCOUNTABILITY: | Accountability
| SUICIDAL IDEATIONS: | Suicidal Ideations
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| MEDICATIONS: | Over-the-Counter supplements
| WORK ISSUES: | Job Security
| THERAPY: | IOP
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Setting myself up for Failure
| FRIENDS & FAMILY ISSUES: | Social Drinking
| MEDICATIONS: | Weight Gain due to Mood Stabilizers
| COVID-19: | Effects of COVID-19 vaccine and psych meds
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| MEDICAL ISSUES | Drinking sufficient water
| WORK ISSUES: | Disclosing you are Bi-Polar at Work
| MEDICATIONS: | Juggling medications
| MEDICATIONS: | Choosing not to take medications
| THERAPY: | When Psychiatrist and Psychologist disagree
| FAMILY ISSUES: | When family is not being Supportive
| BEHAVIOR: | Triggers
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Using Marijuana
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| ANXIETY ISSUES | Emotion coming out of nowhere
| MANIA | Manic Behavior
| TRACKING MOOD: | Mood Trackers
| FAMILY ISSUES: | When Family is not being Supportive
| SUPPORT GROUPS | Consideration of Trauma Group Therapy
| OTHER ISSUES | Compulsive Night Eating
| OTHER ISSUES | Guilt
| STRESS ISSUES | Dealing with Stress
| WORK ISSUES | Looking for a Job
| RECOVERY | Recovery
| MEDICATIONS: | Sbilify
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| DERPRESSION: | Overcoming Depression
| OTHER ISSUES | Disassociation
| LEGAL ISSUES | FMLA paperwork and when to File
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| RECOVERY | Recovery
| BEHAVIOR | Guilt
| ANXIETY ISSUES | Compulsive Night Easting
| WORK ISSUES | Looking for a Job
| STRESS ISSUES | Dealing with Stress
| SUICIDAL IDEATIONS | Different types of suicidal Ideation
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| DIAGNOSIS: | EMDR
| OTHER ISSUES | Ballet
| OTHER ISSUES | Reframing Weight Loss
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Dependent Relationships
| OTHER ISSUES: | Avoiding Problems
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Parenting a Child with BiPolar Disorder
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression and Tears without a Reason
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| THERAPY: | Finding a Good Therapist
| OTHER ISSUES: | Used Clothing Drive
| OTHER ISSUES: | Power Food
| MEDICATIONS: | Side Effects
| INITIAL DIAGNOSIS: | First Meeting
| MEDICATIONS: | Questions about Meds
| MEDICATIONS: | What doctors are doing
| MEETINGS: | How many Episodes per Year?
| DIAGNOSIS: | Being Undiagnosed for years- then What?
| DIAGNOSIS: | EMDR
| MEMORY: | No Memory is Bad
| DIAGNOSIS: | Explaining Diagnosis to family & Friends
| MEMORY: | No Memory is Bad | |
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Helping Others suffering from Depression
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Happiness vs. Contentment
| TREATNENT: | EMDR Therapy
| REELATIONSHIPS: | Dealing with People who don't like you
| MEDICATIONS: | Living with a Doctor who keeps changing your Meds
| OTHER ISSUES: | Having problems with your Landlord
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| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Feeling Sluggish and having low Energy
| GOOD NEWS: | Celebrating Victories
| RECOVERY: | Recovery
| THERASPY: | EMDR Therapy
| THERASPY: | Seeing a Chiropractor
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| COVID-19: | COVID 19 Vaccine
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Isolation
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Loneliness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Setting expectations for yourself
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | A member lost 11 pounds
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | The effect of Mental Illness on physical illness
| COVID-19: | COVID 19 Vaccine
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Coping Skills for Anxiety
| THERAPY: | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Helping Family members going through Depression
| MEDICATIONS: | Finding the right Medication or Treatment
| OTC MEDICATIONS: | Supplements
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2): Girl Scout Cookies; Thursday Social Group
| SUPPORT GROUPS: | End of Life Groups
| SUPPORT GROUPS: | Podcast Problems
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Let go of negativity
| COPING STRATEGIES: | A person is struggling, but not getting help
| POSITIVE ISSUES: | Have changes Positively affected you?
| MEDICATIONS: | Side Effects
| MEDICATIONS: | Finding the right Medication or Treatment
| OTC MEDICATIONS: | Supplements
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (2)
| GRIEF ISSUES: | Processing Grief
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Does your Doctor Like You?
| MEDICATIONS: | Side Effects
| MEDICATIONS: | Finding the right Medication or Treatment
| OTC MEDICATIONS: | Supplements
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | (4)
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Dealing with Worry a lot
| OTC MEDICATIONS: | Supplement for cognitive & Energy
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Neurological and BiPolar Disorders
| RELATES DIAGNOSIS: | Hypomania
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | Let go of negativity
| SERVICE ANIMALS: | Assisting Animals
| MEDICATIONS: | Benzos
| RELATES DIAGNOSIS: | Hypomania
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Lynn passed Away, Website current, Thursday Social
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Pain & BiPOlar Disorder
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | Emotional Reactions of Others
| MEDICATIONS: | Reducing the number of Medications
| THERAPY: | Questions to ask a new psychiatrist or Therapist
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Dealing with BiPolar Disorder
| COPING STRATEGIES: | 80% of Coping Skills is Distraction
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Anxiety before flying
| HOLIDAYS: | How was your Christmas?
| RBHA: | Regional Behavioral Health Authority
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Lynn passed Away
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Staying Positive over Christmas
| COPING STRATEGIES: | BiPolar Disorder isn't an excuse-- It's a Reason
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Coping Skills can be improved
| MEDICATIONS: | Prescription Abuse
| OTHER MEDICATIONS: | Naturalpathic Medication
| OTHER MEDICATIONS: | Cholesterol and sleep disturbance
| FRIENDS ISSUES: | Friendships
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | One Announcement
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Low Energy Days
| MEDICATIONS: | Medication Side effects
| MEDICATIONS: | Side-effects: Hair falling out
| GOVERNMENT ISSUES: | Advanced Directive (AZ Secretary of State)
| COVID-19: | Who and When to take the COVID-19 Vaccine
| DIET: | Keto Diet
| ACTIVITIES: | Social Group meets Thursday at 7:00 on ZOOM
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Two Announcements
| BEHAVIOR: | Learning to pause before you speak or react
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Maintaining a normal Behavior Mood
| CRISIS SERVICES: | Crisis services during COVID-19
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Normal range for ups and Downs
| BEHAVIOR: | Trama connected to BiPolar Disorder
| GOVERNMENT ISSUES: | Medicare
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | ANXIETY
| OTHER MEDICATIONS: | 5-HDP Amino Acids for mood Stabilization
| OTHER MEDICATIONS: | CBT Oil with CO2 Precess
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Two Announcements
| CRISIS SERVICES: | Crisis services during COVID-19
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Overcoming Irrational Fears
| TREATMENT: | The Differences between BiPolar One and Two
| TREATMENT: | Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
| MEDICATIONS: | Uses for Methylene Blue
| TOPICS: | Group Check-in
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| BEHAVIOR: | Suicidal ideations Holiday season with COVID-19
| TREATMENT: | EMDR
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Racing Thoughts in the middle of the Night
| CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK: | How to apply for a job on the Warm Line
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Overcoming isolation during the COVID Pandemic
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| COVID-19: | Holiday season with COVID-19
| COPING STRATEGIES: | The feeling of Failure being BiPolar
| HOLIDAYS9: | Seasonal Episodes
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Catastrophizing
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Death: Life goes on
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| COVID-19: | Now in the Calm before the Storm
| COVID-19: | Keeping busy during the COVID-19 Pandemic
| COPING STRATEGIES: | I have to list 10 things I am Grateful for every week
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Avoiding relationships which are doomed
| MEDICATIONS: | "Medication actions are so fun!"
| DEPEPRESSION: | Becoming more Active helps
| RECOMMENDATION:: | The Mindfullness Workbook for Depression"
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Contacting and dealing with your EX
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Getting along with you Supportive Other
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Dealling with disagreement in Relationships
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | 80% of Coping Skills are distractions
| MEDICATIONS: | The Doctor changes my meds every 4-6 weeks
| LONG TERM PRTOJECTIOBS: | Sticking with Life Goals
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Getting along with Supportive Other
| OTHER DIAGNOSIS: | Using a Mertronome in treatment for PTSD
| COPING STRASGIES: | Exercise
| COPING STRASGIES: | Chronic Migraine Headaches
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | Damage Control
| BEHAVIOR: | Stay away from disastrous Behavior
| BEHAVIOR: | Focus on what you can do
| LONG TERM PRTOJECTIOBS: | Sticking with Life Goals
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Communications
| COPING STRATEGIES: | List 10 items of Gratitudes each day
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| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Losing weight on Meds and Diet
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Grief and Depression
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | How to Push through Depression
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | How to get out of the Low Moods
| RELATIONSHIPS: | How to be a good partner when you are BiPolar
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Website Updated
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Girl Scout Prices
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | A member got married October 2
| RECOVERY: | Recovery from Hypomania
| OTHER DIAGNOSIS: | Anxiety
| OTHER DIAGNOSIS: | Constant Negative Thoughts
| OTHER DIAGNOSIS: | DID-- Alternate Personality Disorder
| OTHER DIAGNOSIS: | Dealing with Chronic Pain
| ANNOUNMCEMENTS: | A member is participating in a BiPolar Survey
| COPING STRATIES: | BiPolar people get more overwhelmed than others
| TREATMENT: | What Therapy Entails
| TREATMENT: | Recovery from medical Mania
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Dog Anxiety: Try PALS
| TREATMENT: | Mindfullness
| GRATITUDE LIST: | Gratitude
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| OTHER ISSUES: | Worry about Therapy
| OTHER ISSUES: | Grief with pets (gerbils)
| COPING STRATIES: | Grounding Techniques
| COPING STRATIES: | Coping with Anxiety
| TREATMENT: | What Therapy Entails
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Dog Anxiety: Try PALS
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| TREATMENT: | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
| TREATMENT: | EMDR
| ANXIETY ISSUES: | Social Anxiety
| COPING STRATIES: | Dealing with Hypomania Thoughts
| COPING STRATIES: | Thinking Things through
| COPING STRATIES: | Fatigue Level Coping with BiPolar Disorder
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Nationalism Therapy
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| SUPPORT GROUPS | Bruce is looking to chair a check-in group for people affected from COVID19
| COVID-19: | People should follow Health Guidelines
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Halloween is on hold this year
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Sleep Disorders
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Techniques for better sleep
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Look for White Noise on U-Tube
| COVID-19: | Success in spite of COVID-19
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Being Pro-Active on Medical Care
| COPING STRATIES: | Need to be constantly active
| COPING STRATIES: | Thrive and Recovery
| COPING STRATIES: | Meditations Options: Try U-tube
| COPING STRATIES: | Being Successful with the Disorder
| COPING STRATIES: | Use Dry Marker on Bathroom mirror to post affirmations
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Medical Marijuana
| THERAPY: | Finding a Therapist
| STRESS ISSUES: | Stress
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| PHYSICAL HEALTH | Memory Problems
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Website is Current
| INTERNET SITES: | New Group: Unspoken Survivors
| POSITIVE ISSUES: | BiPolar Disorder is Empowering
| TREATMENT: | 988 is new Suicide Hotline
| THERAPY: | Terminating a Therapist
| THERAPY: | Finding Finding a Therapist during COVID19
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| WORK ISSUES | Adjustment needed to go back to the Office full time
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Dealing with Impulses
| BEHAVIOR: | Doing Chores around the House
| STRESS ISSUES: | Dealing with Ext Stress
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Friends and Expectations
| MEDICATION: | Making Medication Decisions
| SOCIAL SECURITY: | A member received a letter Cutting her off. She will appeal.
| MEDICATIONS: | Physical Health meds vs. Homeopathic meds
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| MEDICAL ISSUES | A member has a new job at a Dispensatory
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Good States for Mental Health
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Shopping Technology
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | Stigma and Prejudice
| OTHER PROGRAMS: | COPD - Fear of being Contagious
| COPING STRATEGIES: | A member is researching Stigma vs, Mental illness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Words used on Mental Illness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Stigma vs. BiPolar
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Being at home
| WORK ISSUES | Returning to Full Time Work
| MOVID-19: | Loneliness with Carona Virus
| RELATIONSHIPS> | Telling Others about your Illness
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| MEDICAL ISSUES | Neurology vs. Bi-Polar
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Feelings due to meds or yourself
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Shopping Technology
| COPING STRATEGIES: | A member is researching Stigma vs. Mental illness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Words used on Mental Illness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Stigma vs. BiPolar
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Being at home
| WORK ISSUES | Returning to Full Time
| COVID-19: | Loneliness with Carona Virus
| RELATIONSHIPS | Telling Others about your Illness
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| MANIA | Recognizing Mania and Hypomania
| WORK ISSUES | Bruce is now teaching full-time
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Being at Home
| MEDICATIONS: | Reducing Number of Meds
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Being Overwhelmed
| MEDICATIONS: | Taking Tegrital for the first time
| MEDICATIONS | Newer Anti-Psychotic newer anti-psych med: Rayler
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| WORK ISSUES | Returning to Full Time
| WORK ISSUES | Bruce is now teaching full-time
| MEDICATIONS: | Making Medications Decisions
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Holding Grudges
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Impulse control
| STRESS ISSUES: | Dealing with Extra Stress
| COVID-19: | Testing at Mesa Community Collage
| MEDICATIONStd>New Mes: Kepamine
| COPING STRATEGISS | Overacting on Fatigue
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| THERAPY | Finding a nerw Therapist
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Mindness coping Skills
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Setting Goals
| MANIA: | Overcoming mania
| MANIA: | Signa of Hypomania
| MANIC | Hypomania
| WORK ISSUES: | Working more Hours
| WEB: | Websites: BPhope.org
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| WORK ISSUES: | Cover Letter and Resumes
| CORONA VIRUSS: | Coping with being home during the Corona Virus
| MEDICATIOINS: | Taking Supplements with Medications
ç | MEDICAL ISSUES: | Finding a new Psychiatrist
| INTERNET: | Finding access for kids
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Parenting
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| SLEEP ISSUES: | Long Sleep Cycles
| WORK ISSUES: | Cover Letter and Resumes
| CORONA VIRUSS: | Coping with being home during the Corona Virus
| MEDICATIOINS: | Taking Supplements with Medications
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Plants around the house helps!
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Finding a new Psychiatrist
| INTERNET: | Finding access for kids
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Parenting
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| SERVICE ANIMALS: | Ticks on Dogs
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Angry Family Members that blames you
| COPING STRATEGIES: | How to get social again
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Living with memories of the past
| MEDICATIONSt: | Weight Gain on meds
| MEDICATIONS: | Topomax
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Parenting
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| MANIA: | Hypomania
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Distraction
| MANIA | Grandiose and Flight of Ideas
| ACTIVITIES | Activities
| ACTIVITIES | Prioritizing Myself
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Sleep
| BEHAVIOR: | Talkative Behavior
| MEDICATIONS | Anti-Anxiety and antidepressant meds
| WORK ISSUES | Burnout
| OTHER ISSUES: | BP Magazine available
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | Extreme Procrastination
| INTERNET ISSUES | Internet Addiction
| MEDICATIONS | Starting on Medications
| OTHER ISSUES: | Coffee and Caffeine
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| RELATIONSHIPS: | Poor Relationships
| OTHER ISSUES | Suicidal ideations
| WORK ISSUES: | Fear of Work due to the Carona Virus
| ACITIVITIES | Travel and Camping
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | We will switch back to ZOOM for video Conferencing
| MEDICATIONS: | Zimbalta
| OTHER ISSUES | Suicidal ideations
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression
| WORK ISSUES | Work
| MOOD ISSUES: | Mania with Mixed Moods
| OTHER ISSUES: | Hyperallergic Foods
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | St Luke's will not be reopening its room to us until Sept. 1
| MEDICATIONS: | Titrating off Lithium
| MOOD ISSUES | Mood experience during the past week
| DEPRESSION ISSUES: | Depression
| MOOD ISSUES | Individual status reports
| SLEEP ISSUES: | Sleep
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | BP Magazine will be held until we are together
| CORONA VIRUSS: | How are you spending time restricted to home?
| COPING STRAGIES: | Looking at the Good side of people
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Experience with New Things
| SUGGESTIONS: | Checkout Alltrails.com for hiking trails in Arizona
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Bruce & Kurt celebrated 19th Anniversary this week
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Judy & Bruce had an hour of Conversation. She sends her regards.
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | A member summer job at the School for the Deaf starts soon
| MEDICATIONS: | Effexor
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Plans to make and distribute Affirmation cards
| SUGGESTIONS: | Checkout Alltrails.com for hiking trails in Arizona
| SUGGESTIONS: | Try shopping at American Discount Store at Alma School and Southern in Mesa
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Getting motivated when you are not motivated
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Past resentment
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | Bruce's Medical Recovery doing well
| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | A member has a summer job at the School for the Deaf
| MEDICATIONS: | Effexor
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Fear of Doctors
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Starting a Family
| BEHAVIOR: | Grief
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Isolation
| TREATMENT: | How much support are you getting from your clinic?
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| MEDICATIONS: | Med Changes
| CORONA VIRUS: | Are more people having a Crisis since the Virus arrived?
| CORONA VIRUS: | Is it better to be sedated or high?
| CORONA VIRUS: | When taking meds it is hard to find stability
| CORONA VIRUS: | How will it work when Arizona opens more venues next week?
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Relationship with family Dog
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Neurology Evaluation
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Coping skills to help us try Calisthenics or walking the Dog
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| ANNOUNEMENT: | Phil's Hospitalization
| ANNOUNEMENT: | Next week we will begin Video Access
| WORK ISSUES: | Do you use Video Conferences at work?
| WORK ISSUES: | What is your experience with video conferencing?
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Working out problems with your spouse
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Children- even in 2nd Grade- can really describe the World and ask Questions
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| ANNOUNEMENT: | Phil is in the Hospital
| CORONA VIRUS: | How to stay Productive
| CORONA VIRUS: | Facing Fears
| CORONA VIRUS: | Critical People who are stepping up in the Crisis
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| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | PTSD
| CORONA VIRUS: | How Coping skills are working
| CORONA VIRUS: | How COVIC 19 is impacting Healthcare
| CORONA VIRUS: | What is Working
| CORONA VIRUS: | Getting motivated to do stuff around the House
| CORONA VIRUS: | Exercise
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| CORONA VIRUS: | What's Working
| CORONA VIRUS: | How Corona Virus is affect Crime
| CORONA VIRUS: | Getting motivated to do stuff around the House
| CORONA VIRUS: | Exercise
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | We will continue to meet every Wednesday at 7:00
| CORONA VIRUS: | What is your work status?
| CORONA VIRUS: | While you are staying home: What are you doing?
| CORONA VIRUS: | I am manic: Are others experience mood shifts?
| CORONA VIRUS: | Handling the Stress-- Overload?
| CORONA VIRUS: | Mental Health Stigma
| CORONA VIRUS: | Depression and Other stuff going on
| CORONA VIRUS: | People are going crazy staying at home
| CORONA VIRUS: | Facts about the Corona Virus and Social Distance
| CORONA VIRUS: | Stress and Immune System
| CORONA VIRUS: | Positive Issue: Teaching at Home
| CORONA VIRUS: | Lift an Uber drivers are stressed out
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Doctor's Opinion on Pain
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | New Group
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | 4/18 Pot Luck Steel Park
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Yoga Group
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | A member has a new job
| MEDICATIONS: | Going off Aderal
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Finding a new Psychiatrist
| MEDICATIONS: | Anxiety and Medications
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Adjusting to Changes
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Staying Productive
| WORK ISSUES: | Peer Support Specialist
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| RELATIONSHIPS: | Building better Relationships with People
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Dealing with Resources
| RECOVERY: | What it takes to want Recovery
| MEDICATIONS: | Side Effects
| MEDICAL ISSUES: | Asking your doctor if you have another Diagnosis
| RELATIONSHIPS: | When to let others In
| OTHER ISSUES: | Mental Illness in the Film Industry
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Eating Support Group
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Coping with Less Ability
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Loneliness
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Travel Anxiety
| OTHER ISSUES: | Organizing your Space
| PHYSICAL HEALTH | How to stay Healthy
| WORK ISSUES: | Asking for Accommodation
| OTHER ISSUES: | Emotional Exhaustion
| OTHER ISSUES: | CPD Oil
| THERAPY: | Finding a new Therapist
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Coping with Life Changes
| MEDICATIONS: | Psych Meds
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Girl Scout Cookies
| WORK ISSUES: | Mood swings at Work
| WORK ISSUES: | How did you get your job?
| MOOD ISSUES: | Abrupt Mood Changes
| OTHER ISSUES: | Spavato Nasal Spray
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | Sugar Addiction and BiPolar Disorder
| MOOD ISSUES: | Listening to your Emotions
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Coping with Life Changes
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Accepting Functional Impairment
| MANIA: | Making amends after Manic episode
| MEOOD ISSUES: | Respecting and fearing Moods
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Removing Toxic Pace
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Diet & Food
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| WORK ISSUES: | Time off from Work
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Telling your family about your illness
| WORK ISSUES: | Telling your employer about your illness
| MEDICATIONS: | Prozac & Lamictal
| MOOD ISSUES: | Is it Laziness or Depression
| SOCIAL SECURITY: | SSDI & Work allowance
| MANIA: | Making amends after Manic episode
| MEOOD ISSUES: | Respecting and fearing Moods
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Removing Toxic Pace
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Diet & Food
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Annual Report Complete and ready
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | WRAP Document Available
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Mental Health Conference
| MOOD ISSUES: | Mini-Trauma
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | Serious Mental Illness- Adapting
| THERAPY: | Suicidal Therapist
| MEDICATIONS: | Sleep Issues
| MEDICATIONS: | When meds stop workimg
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Maintaining a Routine
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Invisibility
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Support Group for Eating Disorders
| WORK ISSUES: | Mental Illness and Work
| STRESS ISSUES: | Stress
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Realistic Goals, Ambitions and Dreams
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Patsy says Hi
| BiPOLAR ISSUES: | Collateral Dammage of BiPolar Disorder
| MOOD ISSUES: | Anger
| OTHER ISSUES: | Food Cravings
| OTHER ISSUES: | Guilt
| MEDICATIONS: | Family Criticizing meds
| MEDICATIONS: | Medications
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Staying Happy and Healthy
| MOOD ISSUES: | Acceptance
| MANIA: | After Manic Situations
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: | New medications sheet in Welcome packet
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | BP Magazine distribution
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Sadie is in South Carolina
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Trauma
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Exercise
| MOOD ISSUES: | Surviving Mixed States
| MOOD ISSUES: | Stopping Mania
| MOOD ISSUES: | Apathetic mood
| RELATIONSHIPS: | Helping a Friend
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS: | PTSD stops You
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | Eating Disorders Support Group
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Forgiving Yourself
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Letting go
| LEGAL ISSUES: | Right to Work Laws
| INSURANCE: | Loss of Insurance
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| COPING STRATEGIES: | Disability as am Aset
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Letting go of Grudges
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Recognizing Personal Achievement
| COPING STRATEGIES: | Trusting Yourself
| FAMILY ISSUES: | Family doesn't take me seriously
| MEDICATIONS: | Adjusting Medications
| RELATIONSHIPS | Dealing with Difficult People
| VICTORIES | |
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | Totals for 2019: 1157
| ANNOUNCEMENT: | A new crisis cancelled phone
| BEHAVIOR: | Make eating a Priority
| VICTORIES: | Sharing Some Success
| RELATED DIAGNOSIS | Seasonal Affective Disorder
| VICTORIES | Gratefullness
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS: | A close pet died
| COPING STRATEGIES | Loneliness
| COPING STRATEGIES | Aging
| COPING STRATEGIES | Forgiving Oneself
| COPING STRATEGIES | Healing
| COPING STRATEGIES | Living with Mental Illness
| THERAPY | Finding time for Therapy
| WORK ISSUES | Pressured for new job
| RBHA | Resources available for SMI
| BEHAVIOR | BiPolar Disorder as an ID
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| MEDICATIONS | Meds for Controlled Substances
| SOCIAL SECURITY | SSDI and Works
| COPING STRATEGIES | Aging with Mental Illness
| COPING STRATEGIES | Journalling
| COPING STRATEGIES | Taking care of self and Family
| COPING STRATEGIES | Coping g Skills
| MEDICAL ISSUES | Managing Psych. Issues with Physical Illness
| BEHAVIOR | Is it Manic, Hypomanic or just happy
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| RBHA: | Basic Information
| BRBHA: | Changing Clinics
| BEHAVIOR: | Letting Go
| FAMILY | Helping Consumers with Support
| DEPRESSION: | Coping with Depression
| COPING STRATEGIES | Taking care of Self and Family
| COPING STRATEGIES | Dealing with Drastic Change
| COPING STRATEGIES | Balancing Exercise, Sleep and Alcohol
| MEDICATIONS: | Weight Gain
| SUPPORT GROUPS | Starting a new Support Group[
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