Welcome to another edition of Common Ground Online. Here's what's in this week's edition:
- Joann's Gift: "A Better Quality of Life"
- Share the Hope: Share Your Story
I am 50 years old, and have suffered from bipolar symptoms my entire life. I didn't even realize that I was bipolar until I was 32, when I had a severe breakdown—I thought I was truly insane.
My husband, at the time, took me to the hospital, not knowing what was wrong. After seeing a doctor, he suspected that I was suffering from severe depression, and sent me to see a psychiatrist. I was diagnosed as being bipolar and prescribed what they thought to be the right medications.
He prescribed Prozac for me to take during the day, and another expensive medication to take at night. He never told me about the long term effects that they could have on my body. (I had to do my own research to obtain that information).
 I didn’t like taking the medications he prescribed, though they kept me from having any more episodes. But they made me gain a lot of weight, and I felt like my real personality couldn’t come through. My humor and quick wit seemed to be gone.
I quit taking the medications, and shortly thereafter started suffering from severe mood swings again. I went back to the doctor, and was prescribed different medications. I felt like my real personality was gone again, and I still continued to gained weight.
I felt like I was between a rock and a hard place. I hated my appearance and missed my true personality. So I went through years of taking different medications, and then throwing them away. One day I just decided I wasn’t taking anymore prescribed medications at all. I just dealt with being bipolar.
It affected my work as well as my relationships. In fact, over a period of time, I had nearly destroyed my life. I was really out of control. The person I believe I hurt the most was my son. I really didn’t know what to do, short of taking myself off of this earth, and I couldn’t do that because I was the only parent my son had.
One day I happened to have my television on, and was half paying attention to a Discovery show. The topic of the show was about the Truehope foundation. My first thought was, “right, just another way to spend my money on something else that isn’t going to work.” However, it really got my attention, when I heard the doctors that were on the show, talking how the product really worked.
I was at a point in my life where I was willing to try anything, and decided to place an order with Truehope. When I first started taking EMPowerplus, it wasn’t an overnight cure, but I noticed I wasn’t suffering from any more mental fogs—where I couldn’t think clearly—like I had in the past. I continued to have slight mood changes, where I was up and then I was down. But I did notice that the mood swings I was having grew less and less severe. The longer I continued to take EMPowerplus, the better I got. Now there are no more mood swings of being up for a few days and then sinking so low that I want to walk in front of a bus.
I've now been taking EMPowerplus for 6 years, and never want to be without it. I am finally the person I've always wanted to be. My true personality is back. I and my son have bonded—we have become truly close—and I have a wonderful job that I continue to excel at. (I couldn’t even keep a job, for any period of time, before finding Truehope.)
I truly can't imagine having a better quality of life than what I have right now. From the bottom of my heart, I really want to thank Truehope, and its founders, for giving that gift.
Thank you Truehope,
-Joann C.
By sharing your life-altering experiences with others, you can give powerful encouragement to those  at the beginning of their road to wellness. If you would like to send us your story, please email us: success@truehope.com. If you feel comfortable including a picture with your story, that would be great too.
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Yours in health,
The Truehope Staff
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