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- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 84
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Story5 out of 5 stars 84
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 39
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Definitely worth the read
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Owning Bipolar
- How Patients and Families Can Take Control of Bipolar Disorder
- By: Michael G. Pipich, Joseph Shrand - foreword
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Knowledge is power, and grasping the basics of bipolar disorder can give you the power you need to detect it, accept it, and own the responsibility for treatment and lifelong disease management. With its three-phase approach, Owning Bipolar can help you and your loved ones become experts at an illness that has called the shots in your life for too long. Now it's time for you to take control. This book is a vital companion to help listeners understand, treat, and live successfully with bipolar disorder.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Mostly worthless, trite and unoriginal.
- By Ray on 09-18-19
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Mental
- Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind
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It began in Los Angeles in 1993, when Jaime Lowe was just 16. She stopped sleeping and eating and began to hallucinate - demonically cackling Muppets, faces lurking in windows, Michael Jackson delivering messages from the Neverland Underground. Lowe wrote manifestos and math equations in her diary and drew infographics on her bedroom wall. Eventually hospitalized and diagnosed as bipolar, she was prescribed a medication that came in the form of three pink pills - lithium.
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Surface material
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Mark and Giulia's life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at 18, married at 24, and were living their dream life in San Francisco. When Giulia was 27, she suffered a terrifying and unexpected psychotic break that landed her in the psych ward for nearly a month. One day she was vibrant and well adjusted; the next she was delusional and suicidal, convinced that her loved ones were not safe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Helps you understand the husband side
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When Someone You Love Is Bipolar
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- By: Cynthia G. Last PhD
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When bipolar disorder afflicts the person you love, you suffer too. How have other couples learned to manage the relationship strains caused by this illness? What can you do to provide your partner with truly helpful nurturance and support? No one cares more deeply about these questions than Dr. Cynthia Last, a highly regarded therapist/researcher who also has bipolar disorder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I definitely recommend it for anyone
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"I was frustrated," says Erin Callinan about the genesis of her critically-acclaimed memoir Beautifully Bipolar. "I could no longer sit back while conversation surrounding mental illness was negative, scary, insulting, and inaccurate. I have a voice, and I have a story. I felt a passion, and I went with it. I just started writing: no judgments, limits, or rules." Her purpose: To challenge people to address and remove the stigma associated with mental illness.
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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.
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From the creator of the blog Renegade Mothering, Janelle Hanchett's forthright, darkly funny, and ultimately empowering memoir chronicling her tumultuous journey from young motherhood to abysmal addiction and a recovery she never imagined possible. Pregnant at 21 by a man she'd known three months, Janelle Hanchett embraced motherhood with the determined optimism of the recklessly self-confident. After giving birth, she found herself bored, directionless, and seeking relief in wine, which she justified as sophisticated and going well with chicken.
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5 out of 5 stars
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There are REAL people in the world....amazing
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Publisher's Summary
On the outside, Terri Cheney was a highly successful, attractive Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer. But behind her seemingly flawless facade lay a dangerous secret - for the better part of her life, Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder and concealing a pharmacy's worth of prescriptions meant to stabilize her moods and make her "normal".
In bursts of prose that mirror the devastating highs and extreme lows of her illness, Cheney describes her roller-coaster life with shocking honesty - from glamorous parties to a night in jail; from flying 14 kites off the edge of a cliff in a thunderstorm to crying beneath her office desk; from electroshock therapy to a suicide attempt fueled by tequila and prescription painkillers. With Manic, Cheney gives voice to the unarticulated madness she endured.
The clinical terms used to describe her illness were so inadequate that she chose to focus instead on her own experience, in her words, "on what bipolar disorder felt like inside my own body." Here, the events unfold episodically, from mood to mood, the way she lived and remembers life. In this way, the listener is able to viscerally experience the incredible speeding highs of mania and the crushing blows of depression, just as Cheney did.
Breakthrough: Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher was born to famous parents, grew up in the wake of an infamous Hollywood scandal, and starred in what would become the most famous movie franchise in the world when she was 19 years old. But by her death in 2016, she was just as renowned for her candor in speaking about her struggles with drug addiction, depression, and other mental illnesses in her various celebrity memoirs, all with her trademark sense of humor. She was sick and she got help, over and over again, and she cracked jokes in between. If she could inspire us in any way, it’s in how to face our own struggles, day after day.
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- GirlDotson
- 05-14-18
Best memoir for bipolar awareness I've read yet!
It's like Terri Cheney and I have shared so many of the same experiences. Excellent! Thank you for telling your story! It helped me better see I am not alone.
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- Kelly Ranasinghe
- 04-26-18
Amazing
As a bipolar lawyer, this is the most amazing and inspiring book I have ever read.
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- jarrod
- 11-09-18
I actually have this book, I mean the real book.
as someone with bipolar, this book hit home. I know the ups and downs, but no matter how many books are out there, we are still shunned and laughed at.
overall, the book is wonderful. I found this book in 2008, and it saw me through a dark time. thank you Miss Chaney, you helped saved me.
5 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-03-18
Amazing insight to manic depression
I enjoyed learning about manic depression and it’s many different faces. I understand the difference between regular bipolar and manic depressive bipolar more than I have in the past. So happy she was willing to tell her unfiltered stories.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-02-18
Educational
I want to thank the author of this book for sharing her experiences with mental illness. It’s so important for people to try to understand others.
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- Nicole
- 06-16-19
saved me
they made me feel as though I was doomed, and bound to failure and fear forever. this saved me.
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- ADAOBI
- 02-06-19
Excellent!
I found myself deep in the author's life, with so much understanding, love and empathyl.
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- Abby renee remer
- 02-23-19
Good Look at Manic Depression
When I first started listening to this book I thought I wasn’t going to be able to get through it because of the dark beginning. However, after listening I feel like I have a better depiction on what bipolar depression really means and how the author dealt with hers.
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- Brian
- 01-21-19
Amazing Writer
I’m bipolar and I approve this book!
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- Nancy Ann Edelhertz
- 11-30-18
excellent story...very very educational..As a nurs
excellent story very educational. as a nurse appreciate authors insight and honesty about her condition. very interesting
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