Bipolar Bicoastal

Anna and Maria answer your questions! In honor of 500 listens on this podcast, you all asked us anything and we answered! Topics range from the silver linings of being bipolar to how to support your bipolar friends and families. Part 2/2

Anna and Maria answer your questions! In honor of 500 listens on this podcast, you all asked us anything and we answered! Topics range from Bravolebrities to changes in our relationship to alcohol & drugs since being diagnosed as bipolar. Part 1/2

Bipolar Bicoastal has officially reached 550 listens! To celebrate, Anna + Maria will be recording a Listener Q&A on Sunday, April 4th. Send ALL your questions to [email protected], dm us on Instagram or Facebook @bipolarbicoastal or leave a comment in a review below! We'll keep everyone completely anonymous and no question is off limits. Thank you so much for listening!

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Anna calls an Emergency Session to discuss her psychiatrist telling her to go on a diet. She and Maria discuss their own complicated feelings with medication’s side effects and mostly just get really angry.

For extra support:

National Eating Disorders Association: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) : 1-800-950-NAMI or text NAMI to 741741.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

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In their new Madness in the Media series, Anna and Maria deliver their much anticipated review of Modern Love Episode 3 aka The Bipolar Episode. They discuss rapid cycling, dating while bipolar and whether or not being depressed makes you mean (spoiler: it doesn’t!).

Resources:

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) : 1-800-950-NAMI or text NAMI to 741741.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

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Anna and Maria delve into the unique challenges of being bipolar while social distancing, and discuss their personal troubles prepping for COVID-19.

Resources:

NAMI via their crisis text line by texting NAMI to 741741.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255 or at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

For therapists:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us & https://www.goodtherapy.org/

To find a mobile crisis center: google “mobile crisis” + "county name"

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Anna and Maria get into the who, what, where, when, and why of disclosing your bipolar diagnosis, with a brief detour into some not so hot Janis Joplin takes.

Anyone looking for support after today’s episode can reach out to:

NAMI (The National Alliance on Mental Illness) available via hotline M-F from 10 AM - 6 PM at 800-950-NAMI or via their crisis text line by texting NAMI to 741741.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: a free, 24/7 resource that you can call at 1-800-273-8255 or via chat at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

For therapist searches:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us 

https://www.goodtherapy.org/

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Facebook.com/groups/bipolarbicoastalsecret

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Hi! Welcome to Bipolar Bicoastal, a show featuring Anna and Maria Duke, twins talking about navigating life while bipolar.

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