Download or read book Stories from the Bipolar Region written by Leda Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply emotional, powerful memoir of bipolar disorder and creative spirit In stories full of humor, heart-break, and finally equilibrium and perspective, Leda Rogers chronicles her journey through the mental health ward of St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. She writes of her life before; her childhood as an only child with a very encouraging mother, and between; the pursuit of love, drugs, sex, friendship, knowledge and her acting career. The constant in and out of hospitals and control took its toll. A promising acting career lost its momentum. Relationships were strained and sometimes crumbled. Despite everything, her spirit shines. A creative savant, Leda is a magician, a leather worker, a jewelry designer, a puppet maker, a greeting card designer, and a cartoonist. Stories from the Bipolar Region is honest and compelling, a testament to the power of creativity in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Leda's stories are augmented with the cartoon character she uses as her alter-ego, the cowboy she always wanted to be, and photographs of her acting career. Gritty, funny, and a must-read. Ride 'em cowboy!
Download or read book Bipolar Disorder My Biggest Competitor written by Amy Gamble and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small-town childhood, a close-knit family, a successful career, and an Olympic athlete--this was Amy's life...until it wasn't.That's the thing about mental illness, it doesn't care where you grew up, how smart you are, how many awards you've won, or how much money you make. It's an equal opportunity destroyer.From the earliest signs, to the denial, the manic highs, and despondent lows, bipolar disorder has the power to affect every aspect of a person's life. It derailed Amy's athletic and corporate careers, ruined relationships, and caused a whirlwind of chaos within her family.But now she's ready to tell her story. Ready to share the darkest parts of her life in hope of showing those diagnosed with mental illness that there is a way to overcome this world of uncertainty--a way to live and thrive in the midst of this life-altering disease. This is Amy's story..."Bipolar Disorder, My Biggest Competitor is the heart-wrenching story of an Olympian's struggle with and eventual triumph over the terrifying highs and lows of the bipolar disorder. Through scenes of astonishing visceral and emotional power, Amy takes us from the successful team handball Olympian to the darker side of bipolar disorder. With remarkable honesty and humor, Amy shows the effects of this illness on the mind, body and soul of those who suffer with it. However, despite the struggles, this is not a book that brings the reader down, rather a road map for wellness and a vastly informative yet entertaining guided tour of bipolar disorder for those who don't understand it. This memoir is an excellent guide to a painful and difficult yet treatable illness. Amy's courage in sharing her experience is impressive and commendable. It will help others struggling with this illness feel less isolated and more hopeful."~Maura Andronic, MDPsychiatrist
Download or read book The Bipolar Book written by Aysegül Yildiz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bipolar Book covers not only clinical and pathophysiological matters, but also technical aspects of the evidence accumulation for treatment of bipolar disorder. This approach brings in stimulating discussions on available data originating from current randomized controlled trials with specified considerations of bipolar mania, depression, and prophylaxis by providing accompanying recommendations for an improved evidence formation and synthesis. The Bipolar Book provides a clinician-friendly view of debatable issues on the existing randomized trials based evidence and the ways of improving them by respecting distinctive fluctuating pattern of bipolar disorder.
Download or read book Facing Bipolar written by Russ Federman and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you travel to a new city, it helps to have a map close at hand. On the first day of school, you need to have your schedule of classes. And if you've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder or suspect you may have it, then it's even more important to have a guidebook within reach. Facing Bipolar will help you navigate the world of medications, therapists, and the up-and-down mood cycles common to the disorder. It clearly explains what bipolar disorder is and provides sound guidance for developing the necessary coping skills to manage its impact on your life. In this book you'll discover: How therapy and medications can help When and how to tell your friends, roommates, and teachers The four key factors that will bring more stability to your life How to develop a support network and access college resources Ways to overcome the challenges in accepting this illness
Download or read book Bipolar Faith written by Monica A. Coleman and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcome with mental anguish, Monica A. Coleman's great-grandfather had his two young sons pull the chair out from beneath him when he hanged himself. That noose remained tied to a rafter in the shed, where it hung above the heads of his eight children who played there for years to come. As it had for generations before her, a heaviness hung over Monica throughout her young life. As an adult, this rising star in the academy saw career successes often fueled by the modulated highs of undiagnosed Bipolar II Disorder, as she hid deep depression that even her doctors skimmed past in disbelief. Serendipitous encounters with Black intellectuals like Henry Louis Gates Jr., Angela Davis, and Renita Weems were countered by long nights of stark loneliness. Only as Coleman began to face her illness was she able to live honestly and faithfully in the world. And in the process, she discovered a new and liberating vision of God. Written in crackling prose, Monica's spiritual autobiography examines her long dance with trauma, depression, and the threat of death in light of the legacies of slavery, war, sharecropping, poverty, and alcoholism that masked her family history of mental illness for generations.
Download or read book Chaos to Cured written by Kirk Patrick Miller and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moonlight sliced into the alleyway as twenty-one-year-old Kirk Miller opened his eyes and stared at the night sky. His head throbbed as the world spun gently. The cold, hard cement felt oddly soothing, but even with all the alcohol and drugs flowing through his veins, Kirks mind was still racing. It would be a year until he was told that those feelings were related to what professionals called a manic episode. Welcome to the world of bipolar disorder. It is no secret that bipolar disorder is one of the most misunderstood and devastating mental disorders for the diagnosed and those who care for them. But what if there were a cure? In his compelling memoir, Miller details how he was diagnosed with the most severe form of bipolar disorder, was told he would never lead a normal life, and eventually refused to accept his fate. As he began a determined search for answers through research, educated guesses, and risks that nearly cost him his life, Miller shares how he stumbled onto a new method of treating his disorder that, remarkably, helped him achieve a full recovery. Chaos to Cured shares the true story of one mans courageous journey to finding a cure for bipolar disorder with the hope that everyone will one day have a second chance in life.
Download or read book This Fragile Life written by Charlotte Pierce-Baker and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte Pierce-Baker did everything right when raising her son, providing not only emotional support but the best education possible. At age twenty-five, he was pursuing a postgraduate degree and seemingly in control of his life. She never imagined her high-achieving son would wind up handcuffed, dirty, and in jail. The moving story of an African American family facing the challenge of bipolar disorder, This Fragile Life provides insight into mental disorders as well as family dynamics. Pierce-Baker traces the evolution of her son's illness and, in looking back, realizes she mistook warning signs for typical child and teen behavior. Hospitalizations, calls in the night, alcohol and drug relapses, pleas for money, and continuous disputes, her son's journey was long, arduous, and almost fatal. This Fragile Life weaves a fascinating story of mental illness, race, family, the drive of African Americans to succeed, and a mother's love for her son.
Download or read book Walks on the Margins a Story of Bipolar Illness written by Kathy Brandt and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mother and son weave their narratives into a single powerful story about coming to terms with bipolar disorder."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Juliet the Maniac written by Juliet Escoria and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Juliet the Maniac is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction... Dazzling."—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW This portrait of a young teenager's fight toward understanding and recovering from mental illness is shockingly honest, funny, and heartfelt. Ambitious, talented fourteen-year-old honors student Juliet is poised for success at her Southern California high school. However, she soon finds herself in an increasingly frightening spiral of drug use, self-harm, and mental illness that lands her in a remote therapeutic boarding school, where she must ultimately find the inner strength to survive. A highly anticipated debut—from a writer hailed as "a combination of Denis Johnson and Joan Didion" (Dazed)—that brilliantly captures the intimate triumph of a girl's struggle to become the woman she knows she can be.
Download or read book Lost Marbles written by Natasha Tracy and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Natasha Tracy has written a book that straddles the chasm between self-help and memoir. Natasha's own experiences with bipolar disorder and depression illustrate what it is truly like to live with serious mental illness and offer real-world ways to live better with it. Natasha pulls no punches, doesn't sugarcoat and yet still offers real hope to the reader. This book will give those with mental illness and their loved ones "ah-hah" moments on every page."--
Download or read book Rock Steady written by Ellen Forney and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life is the eagerly awaited sequel/ companion book to Forney’s 2012 best-selling graphic memoir, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me. Whereas Marbles was a memoir about her bipolar disorder, Rock Steady turns the focus outward, offering a self-help survival guide of tips, tricks and tools by someone who has been through it all and come through stronger for it.
Download or read book The Bipolar WAVES Workbook written by Philip VanOstrander and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bipolar WAVES Workbook has three main goals, to help people with bipolar disorder (BD), tell my bipolar story, and voice my concerns about the future of America. The primary goal of the WAVES Workbook is to help all people with BD to Identify and determine the chance of a serious BD episode or, even worse outcome, suicide. The Bipolar WAVES Stress Chart in Appendix A is used to "Find your Bipolar Stress Zone." I named the chart WAVES to represent the never-ending cycles or waves of mania and depression found in most cases of BD. The second goal of this workbook is to tell my very long, over 75 year BD story. Both my brother Stu and I have a diagnosis of BD in common. But, what makes our lives unique; we did not get diagnosed and treated effectively for BD until we were about 50 years old or at mid-life. So, another goal of the workbook is to encourage people with mental issues to get help early on in life. My story is unique because, in my early 20s, I entered a state of amnesia for over 45 years after a breakup with my first love.The third goal is to voice my concerns about the future of our nation. It is now the fall of 2020, and the pandemic is destroying the fabric of our nation. For over four decades, I have been very concerned about the growing political division in our nation has become more divided every day. Lately, I have concluded we are at war with the pandemic and at war within our own nation. We have a battle raging within our country between what I call the Radical American Democrats (RAD) nation and the Main Street American or the MSA nation.Oh, and finally, I want to voice my opinions on why extraterrestrials or ETs are visiting planet Earth and their role in the future of the human race.
Download or read book Michelle May Crack written by Michelle May Krack and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breast cancer survivors have pink bands. Our troops, yellow ones. Healthy hearts and AIDS awareness is designated with red. White bands typically symbolize peace. Major awareness groups are easily recognizable by their respective colors, which is clearly a positive. But what is the color, where is the cause, who comprises the groups that have an equal level of popularity and advocates for the millions upon millions of people who suffer from mental health issues? Were you aware that the color for mental health is in fact green? Most likely not, as it is a topic not covered in the way that other health issues are. In her first novel, Michelle Krack chronicles her story and continual battle with overcoming bipolar disorder. Readers will learn of the heart-breaking struggles and everyday victories that accompany life from the perspective of a mother of four, sister to three, and above all else- survivor of one. Beginning with her deep family roots in the southern Indiana city of Evansville, Michelle touches on the fears, tears, hilarity, and special moments so near to her heart and some, unfortunately, ever imbedded into her memory. The order in which her tale is presented parallels bipolar disorder, with stories here and there that interrupt what would normally be a traditional reading experience.
Download or read book Back from the Brink written by Graeme Cowan and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disequilibrium written by Peter H. Bechtel and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Manic, mad, wild and hilarious... this is a powerful book. The author's bipolar disorder is at first hinted at and then revealed, but this is no surprise since the very pace, audacity and honesty of the writing mirror his condition." Antonia Murphy, practicing psychotherapist and author of Out of this World: Suicide Examined (Karnak, 2017)."With unvarnished honesty, Peter Bechtel weaves his experiences working in wildlife conservation in a remote area of Mozambique with his own bi-polar condition, so that the two apparently unrelated facets of his life become one. He tells his story without self-pity or self-aggrandisement. Bechtel's spare and informal writing style keeps his story moving and - despite so many trials - entertaining. Africa leaps off the page; you squint at the glare of sunset on the Indian Ocean, sweat in the muggy mid-day heat of the forest after a rain, and squirm as local villagers and first-world aid workers discuss and negotiate, but never quite communicate. Bechtel leads you through his kaleidoscope world, not so much tour guide as fellow traveller, struggling as you do to make sense of it all. The journey offers new insights into the heretofore unrelated arts of living with bipolar and the conservation of wildlife." Jenny Vaughan, author and editor (Longman Kenya, the Zimbabwe Publishing House, and the Zimbabwe Review).Peter Bechtel is the founder of three major conservation areas in Mozambique: the Quirimbas National Park; the Lake Niassa Reserve; and the Ilhas Primeiras and Segundas Marine Reserve, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Biofund, Mozambique's first Trust Fund for the Conservation of Nature (http: //www.biofund.org.mz) He also battles bipolar disorder and alcoholism. Disequilibrium tells the story of the creation of the Quirimbas National Park and the author's simultaneous descent into the uncontrolled cycles of mania and depression that characterize bipolar disorder. The author's struggles to establish the park in the face of widespread poaching and appalling human poverty parallel his painstaking efforts to regain both 'a functional approximation of sanity' and then the love and respect of his wife and family.
Download or read book Perfect Chaos written by Linea Johnson and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Johnsons were a close and loving family living in the Seattle area - two parents, two incomes, two bright and accomplished daughters. They led busy lives filled with music lessons, college preparation, career demands, and laughter around the dinner table. Then the younger daughter, Linea, started experiencing crippling bouts of suicidal depression. Multiple trips to the psych ward resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and it took many trial runs of drugs and ultimately electroshock therapy to bring Linea back. But her family never gave up on her. And Linea never stopped trying to find her way back to them. Perfect Chaos is the story of a mother and daughter's journey through mental illness towards hope. From initial worrying symptoms to long sleepless nights to cross-country flights and the slow understanding and rebuilding of trust, Perfect Chaos tells Linea and Cinda's harrowing and inspiring story, of an illness that they conquer together every day. It is the story of a daughter's courage, a mother's faith, and the love that carried them through the darkest times.
Download or read book Voices of Bipolar Disorder written by Richard Day Gore and published by LaChance Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: You'll go inside the challenges of bipolar disorder, through dozens of true stories written by those with the disorder and by those whose lives have been touched by the disease.
