Being bipolar doesn’t just affect one person, it affects the entire family. When someone you love is bipolar the best thing you can do is educate yourself. Once you start to understand the disease, as best you can, it’s a lot easier to help the person that you love. Not only do you want to understand in hopes of helping those you love but also to help yourself.  

Locate a support group in your area: http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_findsupport

Bipolar Significant Others: http://www.bpso.org/

Bipolar Blog for loved ones “BPrayer” Healthy Boundaries: http://web.mac.com/pamrs/Bprayer/Healthy_Boundaries/Healthy_Boundaries.html

Setting Boundaries: http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/marriage/bipolar-disorder-setting-boundaries.html

Sanctuary (blog of a wife to a bipolar husband): http://getolife.com/sanctuary.aspx

 Bipolar Supporter Blog: http://www.bipolarcentral.com/bipolarsupporterblog/

Immediate Help: http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=empower_professional_referral

General Info:

http://www.bipolarworld.net/Family&SOS/getting_help.htm

http://helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_family_friends_support.htm http://www.bpso.org/showinfo.php?topic=family