Bipolar to Beloved: A Journey from Mental Illness to Freedom
Bipolar to Beloved: A Journey from Mental Illness to Freedom

Author: Lynn Eldridge

Publisher: Crown Creations, LLC

Published: 2021-08-20

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781737490609

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ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE EMOTIONALLY TORMENTED, ADDICTED, AND IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS? Hope, freedom, and a radically changed life are possible! In this gripping, raw true story that will keep you turning the pages, author Lynn Eldridge shares her 35-year struggle of numbing the pain of rejection and generational mental illness through various addictions. Lynn's clever wit, looks, and feigned control seemed to get her out of trouble much of the time. However, the consequences became more perilous with the company she kept, and she needed to make some changes... Lynn shares her journey of seeking help and change for more than 20 years despite having suicidal thoughts multiple times. Little did she know that she could be set free of all disorders, addictions, and her diagnosis with the power of the love from the One true God through an approach she had never heard as a lifelong church goer. After a radical transformation, 10 years of freedom and blessing, and helping dozens of others find freedom, through what she learned, Lynn has penned her journey to pass along hope and transformation to you and your loved ones. You will be amazed at how her different her life is today being beloved.

Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder

Author: Francis Mark Mondimore

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1421439069

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Mondimore has added sidebars on fascinating details about the history of this disorder and its treatment.

Perfect Chaos
Perfect Chaos

Author: Linea Johnson

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2012-05-08

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1429948884

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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.

The Dark Side of Innocence
The Dark Side of Innocence

Author: Terri Cheney

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1439176248

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From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Manic: A Memoir" comes a gripping and eloquent account of the awakening and unfolding of Cheney's bipolar disorder.

Rock Steady
Rock Steady

Author: Ellen Forney

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1683961013

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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.

A Memoir of Love and Madness
A Memoir of Love and Madness

Author: Rahla Xenopoulos

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2011-03-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1770221891

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In 1992, Rahla Xenopoulos was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Despite the devastating diagnosis, she sought education on her affliction. Although she found an abundance of literature on various mental illnesses, none of it seemed applicable to her. This situation inspired her to write a book chronicling her ongoing efforts to come to terms with a disease that is, in effect, a life sentence. The book recounts her upbringing in an eccentric, loving Jewish family, her struggle with bulimia, anorexia and self-mutilation, her attempts at suicide, finding true love and, finally, the ‘crazy, utterly unpredictable experience of giving birth to triplets’. This is neither a self-help book nor a med­ical guide. Reading this book will not cure anyone; bipolar disorder is a chronic illness. But it did help Rahla - as it will countless others - ‘to understand the rhythm in the cacophony of this condition’.

Living With Someone Who's Living With Bipolar Disorder
Living With Someone Who's Living With Bipolar Disorder

Author: Chelsea Lowe

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-26

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0470475668

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An essential resource for anyone who has a close relationship with a person who is bipolar This book provides a much-needed resource for family and friends of the more than 5 million American adults suffering from bipolar disorder. From psychotic behavior that requires medication to milder mood swings with disturbing ups and down, this book offers a warm and often humorous user-friend guide for coping with bipolar loved ones, colleagues, and friends. The book includes Guidance for identifying bipolar disorder symptoms and how to get the diagnosis confirmed Strategies for dealing with rants, attacks, blame, depression, mania and other behaviors Crucial information on medication and its effectiveness and potential side-effects Techniques for dealing with attempts to self-medicate with drugs and alcohol How many people with bipolar disorders can care for themselves, get help, feel supported and go on with their own lives This important book contains real-life illustrative examples and a wealth of helpful strategies and coping mechanisms that can be put into action immediately.

This is How I Find Her
This is How I Find Her

Author: Sara Polsky

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0807578789

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The Best Children's Books of the Year 2014, Bank Street College Sophie has always lived her life in the shadow of her mother's bipolar disorder: monitoring medication, making sure the rent is paid, rushing home after school instead of spending time with friends, and keeping secrets from everyone. But when a suicide attempt lands Sophie's mother in the hospital, Sophie no longer has to watch over her. She moves in with her aunt, uncle, and cousin—a family she's been estranged from for the past five years. Rolling her suitcase across town to her family's house is easy. What's harder is figuring out how to rebuild her life. And as her mother's release approaches and the old obligations loom, Sophie finds herself torn between her responsibilities toward her mother and her desire to live her own life, Sophie must decide what to do next.

The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder
The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder

Author: Stephanie Marohn

Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing

Published: 2011-07-15

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1612830366

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More than three million people in the United States suffer from bipolar disorder, a mental illness that is now classified as one of the ten leading causes of disability in the US and the world. While psychiatric drugs may control bipolar disorder, they do not offer any lasting cure and carry the risk of lasting side effects. The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder offers an alternative: innovative, natural, non-drug based approaches that treat the underlying imbalances and restore a healthy mind. Medical journalist Stephanie Marohn identifies the key contributing factors and triggers for mood disorder and profiles a wide range of natural medicine therapies that can truly restore health: biochemical therapy, applied psychoneurobiology, biological medicine, nutritional therapy, cranial osteopathy, allergy elimination, homeopathy, amino acid/nutritional therapy, and more. This fully revised edition offers the latest statistics, research, and interviews with physicians and other healing professionals who are leaders in the field. Each approach is illustrated with case studies and includes resources for additional information. This is an accessible approach to bipolar disorder, full of helpful information and anecdotes that will be a valuable resource for those who suffer from this disorder as well as their family and friends.

Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder

Author: Francis Mark Mondimore

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2014-02-21

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1421412055

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For persons with bipolar disorder and their families, here is a comprehensive, practical, compassionate guide to the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. 22 illustrations.