Download or read book The Roller Coaster of My Bipolar Disorder written by Romo Gauvreau and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I must warn the reader that in spite of my efforts to deliver a book in Shakespearian English, it won't happen. There will be some mistakes in my text, like there are some in my life. And I will not hire a corrector. I am who I am; it is what it is! Maybe you should buckle your seat belts... and have a good read!

Download or read book Thriving on the Bipolar Roller Coaster written by Phyllis Elliott Lcsw-R and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does a person do when life suddenly changes-and not for the better? Phyllis Elliott didn't expect racing thoughts, lack of concentration, and sleep deprivation followed by extreme sluggishness. At forty-four, she planned to enter graduate school for social work when her life was upended by a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. With the everyday demands of life, family, and career, Elliott felt overwhelmed. One day she was a wife, mother, and student, and the next, a patient. Things that used to be effortless now took more energy than she could summon. In Thriving on the Bipolar Roller Coaster, Elliott courageously shares her journey from patient back to her former roles as she discusses: - Medication and coping skills - Education and advocacy - Recovery and hope - Special tools for the families of children and teens The knowledge that Elliott gained allowed her to achieve her goals and to live a full life once again. For patients, their loved ones, and the professionals treating them, Thriving on the Bipolar Roller Coaster is an essential guide to finding hope, managing symptoms, and thriving in the midst of bipolar challenges.

Download or read book The Roller Coaster Ride written by Janice Bingham Rench and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining fiction with non-fiction, the reader is provided with multiple vantages from which to explore and understand the experiences of those with bipolar illness and the potentially devastating impacts of the disease on those who love the afflicted individual.Ms. Rench has over thirty-five years experience as a counselor, victim advocate, administrator of nonprofit organizations, and public speaker in the field of mental health. Earlier book releases were aimed at increasing the understanding of adolescents approaching sexuality, involved with sexual violence, or domestic violence. Ms. Rench has a longstanding interest in increasing public awareness on an array of mental health issues. Writing on these issues has been her primary vehicle to promote such awareness. Ms. Rench divides her time between New England and the panhandle of Florida.

Download or read book Bipolar and the Art of Roller coaster Riding written by Madeleine Kelly and published by Two Trees Media. This book was released on 2005 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Living on a Roller Coaster written by James O. Wessinger and published by . This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Bipolar Roller Coaster Feelings Book written by Bryna Hebert and published by Trafford on Demand Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pediatric Bipolar Disorder is a neurobiological disorder that requires medical treatment. Even with successful medical treatment, however, both children and adults with bipolar disorder usually need coping skillls to manage and live with this challenging illness. The purpose of this book is to help the child with bipolar disorder better understand his or her feelings, and feel less alone in this world. This book is written for elementary school age children, but may be of use for those younger or older. Children with bipolar disorder usually have strong emotional responses to their world. The first step to treating this illness is proper medical attention. Once these children receive treatment, it is important to help them identify, understand, cope with and manage these feelings. In order to give children a sense of control over these strong feelings, a caring adult can first learn how to label their feelings. Next, guide the child to strategize appropriate responses and practice or role play the strategies. Our hope is that this book facilitates discussions with your child to help in that process. In using this book, help the child understand that feelings are an emotional response to stimulus, and it's very hard, if not impossible, to change those initial feelings. What a healthy and stable child can learn to do, however, is manage the resulting behavior and choose how much control feelings have over their lives. In other words, while it is acceptable to be angry, it is not acceptable to act destructively because of that anger. That doesn't mean, however, that an unstable child should be expected to control their illness through sheer willpower.

Download or read book Bipolar Disorder written by Gm-Becker and published by . This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bipolar disorder may be more common than suspected. Its characteristic highs and lows are symptoms almost everyone experiences at one time or another. But when the intensity and duration become something out of the ordinary, proper care by a specialist ought to be sought as soon as possible. Please pay attention to this call to arms of author gm-becker, a purposed person suffering from these persistent irregular chemical transmissions in the brain, which lead to a life in this roller-coaster existence. Bipolar disorder produces a myriad of unwarranted outcomes. Learn what occurred in the authoras social, educational, and employment life on account of such a conditionawhether for your own benefit or for someone you care for. Familiarize yourself with the incidents that negatively affect those individuals, as well as those included in such acircle of despair.a You do not want to experience what it is to be in this roller-coaster existence.

Download or read book More Than My Yesterdays written by Julie Ann Toomey and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever feel like you are the only one who feels so miserable? You're not as alone as you think. I felt lost and alone. Mental illness was destroying my life.To understand a mental illness, you have to get into the mind of someone who has one, which isn't normally something I would recommend. Trust me: my mind can be a scary place.This is my story. It's not pretty and it's not fun, but it's my truth. Before, I thought I was a failure. I will always struggle, but now I know I am more than my yesterdays.More Than My Yesterdays: A Bipolar Journey is an emotional roller coaster you won't want to put down. It's raw. It's honest. It's hopeful. It's also 100% true and accurate. Mental illnesses causes the truth to become skewed in ways those not suffering have a hard time understanding. This book shows it. Truth is universal, but perception molds everything. Anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder are a real part of life. They need to be understood.Previously published as Failure to Thrive: My Journey to Mental Health.

Download or read book What Was I Thinking My Life with Bipolar Disorder written by Bermaliz Sanchez and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my story, my life; this is me before and after being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. This is me struggling with accepting my diagnosis and trying to understand that, now that I know I have Bipolar Disorder, how it has ruled my life in the past. I look back and I can see myself with Bipolar Disorder out of control and under control. I see my manic and depressive episodes and wonder “What was I Thinking”...

Download or read book I Missed the Spring written by Katherine Rubin and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of London born Kaila is transformed into a roller coaster ride when she is stricken with a mood disorder after her wedding to David, whom she met when working on an Israeli kibbutz after the Six-Days War. She awakens on her bridal bed proclaiming she has conceived the Child of Peace that she is a prophet and privy to the reality of Universal Peace. After months in a psychiatric hospital suffering from extreme mood swings, David takes his bride home to Israel, a broken vessel on mind-numbing medication to treat manic-depression. Attempted suicides, physical symptoms of depression and delusions of grandeur plague her early years as a new immigrant. She fantasizes that she is destined to become a world-famous writer and usher in the New Era. During therapy for depression, Kaila becomes aware of suppressed years of childhood spent apart from her parents in the care of hired help. A monster, seen as Amalek (arch enemy of Israel,) tortured and abused her, stamping her innocence into the dust. By immigrating to Israel, far from her family, the trauma of childhood separation is perpetuated and Kaila is unable to heal. Over the years, visits from her parents and their consequent departures trigger repeated hospitalizations. A therapeutic relationship in the local mental health clinic leads to transference and counter transference with resultant complications. When David is called up during the Yom Kippur War, Kaila, then at the beginning of her pregnancy, decides that he has been killed and spends months in the psychiatric ward, mourning him. After a slow recovery, her son is born the day David is released from army duty, after six months at the front. Intermittent, healthy, productive periods follow. For a while, Kaila works as secretary to an export manager then takes a job as assistant to a literary agent. With her love for creative writing, it is a dream position. However, Kaila becomes pressured by the delusion that a tidal wave of books from all over the world, is breaking on Israel's shore and that she has sole responsibility to ensure they all are translated into Hebrew. She becomes depressed, succumbs again to her prophetic vision and is forced to quit the job she loves. The arrival in Israel of the Egyptian President, on a peace mission, coincides with the departure of Kaila's mother after a short visit. When the Heads of State stand to attention for the National Anthems of the two combatant countries, Kaila senses she is personally involved that she has a role to play in the unfolding drama. She is propelled into an unrivalled bout of mania, seeing herself responsible for the Middle East peace process and the dawning of a New Era. Once more, Kaila experiences the tribulations of a psychiatric hospital. Finally, her symptoms are diagnosed as bipolar disorder. Kaila fears that the medication prescribed to control her condition will ultimately suppress her gift for poetry. Her anxiety proves justified. For twenty-five years, medications dull her mind and sap her vitality. She does not write one word. Then, miraculously, Kaila experiences a reawakening that she likens to a kiss from a prince. Her son, Shai provides her with a stepping stone to a creative future and thus restores the springtime of her life. Over the next decade, Kaila becomes a prolific poet and tells her story in verse in a book of poems entitled 'Back from Beyond,' about her bipolar disorder, the reawakening and her new-found joy in life, in her loving partner and in nature. She writes a journal, documenting her daily life and creative work. It soon becomes a means of self analysis, uncovering the horrors of her early years and provides the material for her memoir, I Missed the Spring.

Download or read book Life on a Roller Coaster written by Ekkehard Othmer and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1991 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rapid Cycle written by Phil Hutchings and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the incredible journey of Phil Hutchings a young boy who grew up with bipolar disorder and was not diagnosed until thirteen years old. His journey through school, psychiatric hospitals, and treatment for alcohol abuse in 2009 have inspired him to write this book. Today Phil lives a normal life through the grace of God who has brought Phil out of his past to help people with bipolar disorder

Download or read book My Bipolar Journey written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bipolar Disorder written by Amanda Allan and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BIPOLAR DISORDERBipolar Disorder is an often severe, greatly misunderstood, and lifelong mental condition that is in simple terms considered to be an emotional rollercoaster of ups and downs.The ups and downs on this roller coaster are called mania and depression. The extreme mood swings and the toll that they take can affect every part of someone's life. They affect their quality of sleep and their energy levels. They affect their attention and focus while causing the inability to think clearly, and consequently, affect their behavior and judgment.This book aims to educate the reader on the basics of Bipolar Disorder, including what the signs and symptoms are, how it's diagnosed, what the different treatment methods are, and what the outlook for someone with Bipolar Disorder is like.A Bipolar diagnosis is not at all a death sentence - with proper treatment as well as support and understanding from loved ones, people with Bipolar Disorder are typically able to live successfully, productive, and happy lives.

Download or read book The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder written by Sheri Van Dijk and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if you've just been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it's likely that you've been living with it for a long time. You've probably already developed your own ways of coping with recurring depression, the consequences of manic episodes, and the constant, uncomfortable feeling that you're at the mercy of your emotions. Some of these methods may work; others might do more harm than good. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder will help you integrate your coping skills with a new and effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) plan for living well with bipolar disorder. The four DBT skills you'll learn in this workbook-mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness-will help you manage your emotional ups and downs and minimize the frequency and intensity of depressive and manic episodes. By using this book in conjunction with medication and professional care, you'll soon experience relief from your bipolar symptoms and come to enjoy the calm and confident feeling of being in control. •Learn mindfulness and acceptance skills•Cope with depressive and manic episodes in healthy ways•Manage difficult emotions and impulsive urges•Maintain relationships with friends and family members

Download or read book Battling Bipolar Disorder written by Christina Solak-Goodwin and published by Aberdeen Bay. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was twenty-six years old and had just endured my second committed psychiatric hospitalization for suicidal depression when I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. At that time, I had no idea how sick I was-and would later become. Battling Bipolar Disorder, a Memoir chronologically reports the pain, despair and hopelessness of a woman suffering from mental illness for seventeen years. My first-person, present-tense story recounts 11 suicide attempts (that I can remember), multiple failed medication trials, electric shock treatments (a last resort that fails) and numerous psychiatric hospitalizations. Even though during many of these episodes I was-and still am-a licensed professional mental health therapist myself, I continue to deny my illness and often refuse treatment, which, of course, results in reckless behaviors. I continually ride a physical, mental and emotional roller coaster. Battling Bipolar Disorder, A Memoir is both graphic and seductive. Readers will be intrigued with the inner workings of mental institutions, suicidal plans and relationships between the bipolar patient and both her family and mental health doctors. These physicians fall into categories of the good, the bad and the ugly.

Download or read book A Letter to My Mother written by Charmaine Sheeler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regardless of the circumstances of each individuals life, every life begins with a mother. Throughout your life, you may have many different relationships with your motheror perhaps you may have none at all. For the most part, its safe to say that all of us have questions or perhaps just something important wed like to say to our mothers. In A Letter to My Mother: Letters from Daughters Full of Love, Hope, Despair, Regret, and Forgiveness, women from various backgrounds and regions of the United States each write deep, heartfelt letters to their mothers. Each letter is a real, personal attempt at resolution between the roles of mother and daughter. In this collection of heart-to-heart communicationsmeant to inspire the reader to address his or her own unspoken wordsthe authors raise a number of points, issues, and praise with respect to their relationships with their mothers. From positive friendships to bitter abandonment, each woman bares her heart completely in her own letter to her mother.