How to be a good friend to a person with Bipolar Disorder

Hi, Everyone.

I have a friend with Bipolar disorder. I really want to know what can I do the be a good friend to her?

I have done research about bipolar disorder but I just want to find more opinions and other peoples points of view. I have read accounts where friends leave their friends who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder and I really don't want to be that kind of friend.

I want to do all I can possibly do for my friend.

May I please ask for your advice?

I will look up a couple of good books so that you can do some real research on the illness. Lots of times I see people genuinely want to help or be there for a person who has this illness and they do and say the wrong things because they just don't know better. Here is a link to resources on the subject.

self-help-books/ --This link has a couple of book on bipolar and I will also come back and share titles and authors of a few good books.

What I like in a good friend is that they don't just act like I have nothing. Bipolar sometimes and a lot of times dictates so much of our lives when we are in different episodes. Life with bipolar is dealt with almost 100% of the time, so to me when this is ignored, it doesn't leave room for me to share any problem I may be having. They don't say, how are you, how have you been feeling, mood wise? Are you feeling better? Nothing. So I have only the 2 friends who I can talk to and all the rest barely know or even want to know who I am. That to me is basics. If you want to be my friend, please accept me and my illness for what they are and acknowledge it as well.

2 good books are:

The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide by David J. Miklowitz

The Bipolar Workbook by Monica Ramirez Basco

Read up on it some more. If I were you I would talk to a professional and ask for some tips.