This week on wellbeing we are talking about bipolar disorder recovery with Susana Bluwol the founder and executive director of Bipolar Australia. This is the 12th and last episode in our series on bipolar disorder. Founded in 2014, Bipolar Australia is a national not-for-profit organisation representing everyone affected by bipolar disorder, including people with the condition, carers, friends and professionals who help them. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1996, Susana has gone through her own bipolar recovery journey, and shares her perspective on bipolar recovery.

In this episode, Susana talks about a GP's role in a person's bipolar journey, how treatments look different between bipolar 1 and bipolar 2, the role talk therapy plays in a person's bipolar recovery, where the health system could improve to help this with bipolar to recovery, what Bipolar Australia is and its role, and the support systems available to those with bipolar.

"What I would really like to tell everybody that has been touched by bipolar disorder, and when I say touched I mean not only the person with the condition but everyone around that person...this condition is not an unusual condition, there are many people with this illness, it is severe and complex to treat, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a treatment."                   - Susana Bluwol on this episode of Wellbeing

Tune in next week when we talk with Prof. Lisa Lampe about anxiety disorders.

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