The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know
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By David J. Miklowitz
Narrated By Kris Koscheski
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Getting an accurate diagnosis is the first step toward reclaiming your life from bipolar disorder. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life. You need current information and practical problem-solving advice you can count on. You've come to the right place.
The Unquiet Mind
UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 47 mins)
By Kay Redfield Jamison
Narrated By Kay Redfield Jamison
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The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years and her determined journey through the realm of available treatments.
Mike says:
"It Says Unabridged. That is incorrect."
Madness: A Bipolar Life
UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 42 mins)
By Marya Hornbacher
Narrated By Tavia Gilbert
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When Marya Hornbacher published her acclaimed first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet have a piece of shattering knowledge: the underlying reason for her distress. At age 24, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type I rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is.
Lamont says:
"Forget Prozac Nation - this what it is really like"
A Promise of Hope: A Woman with Bipolar Disorder and the Miraculous Treatment That Cured Her
UNABRIDGED (9 hrs)
By Autumn Stringam
Narrated By Autumn Stringam
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Some children inherit the family nose. Autumn Stringam and her brother Joseph inherited bipolar disorder, a severe mental illness that led to the suicides of their mother and grandfather. Autumn was in a psychiatric hospital on suicide watch by the time she was 22. Joseph, at 15, was prone to violent episodes so terrifying that his family feared for their lives.
Jillian says:
"Fasten Your Seatbelt!"
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 2 mins)
By Randi Kreger, Paul T. Mason
Narrated By Kirsten Potter
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Do you feel manipulated, controlled, or lied to? Are you the focus of intense, violent, and irrational rages? Do you feel you are "walking on eggshells" to avoid the next confrontation? Here's help.
Ian says:
"Really clears things up"
Living With Bipolar Disorder
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 22 mins)
By Neel Burton
Narrated By Lynsey Frost
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Bipolar disorder affects around one in 100 people, and typically develops in late adolescence or early adulthood, affecting women and men equally. Often not recognized as an illness, it can cause years of suffering before it is properly diagnosed and treated. Like diabetes or heart disease, bipolar disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person’s life.
Publisher's Summary
An essential resource designed to help partners of people with bipolar disorder mend strained relationships, negotiate episodic crises, survive the turbulence manic behavior may cause, and more.
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