manic-depressive persons

"Hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It's her senior year, and she's just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it does not help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there's fellow student Ella, who confronts Natalie about her summer car 'accident' and pressures her into caring for the world's ugliest dog. Now Natalie finds herself juggling all kinds of feels and responsibilities. Surely her newly prescribed medication for her is to blame for the funk she finds herself in. But as Natalie's plan to self-treat unravels, so does the perfect fa?ade she's been painting for everyone else"--Amazon.

The author shares her journey to becoming the creator and CCo of a multimillion-dollar brand, including her childhood struggles with bipolar disorder, to her winding career path, and finally, entrepreneur with no business experience.

The turbulent life of a genius musician battling manic depression. A favorite with artists such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Beck, and many others, view the singer-songwriter-artist through his art and interviews, and in the eyes of his fans.

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.

We all have down days as well as happier days. For people with a bipolar disorder, feelings of sadness and happiness can be more extreme. There is an alternation between feeling very up and very down. It can feel like their moods are in control of them. Fortunately, there are ways to treat this disorder and feel more balanced.

Zack McDermott details his unraveling after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and how his mother, fondly nicknamed "Bird," became a light during this dark period.

A memoir of a woman who was diagnosed at twenty-four with the most severe form of bipolar disorder. Describes her earlier attempts to self-medicate through starvation, substance abuse, sex, and self-mutilation. Discusses how she built a life and marriage with bipolar always in the background.

Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920's and 1930's. Early in his career, ahead of its time, he grew fascinated with identifying the biochemical root of manic depression, just as he began to suffer from it himself. His illness caused him to loose his career and his family. His daughter, Mimi, always wondered what had happened to her father after her mother's divorce. Through painstaking research she has able to re-construct a brilliant life that ended disastrously.

"A woman suffering from bipolar disorder cannot remember if she murdered her friend"--Publisher.

Frustrated by the side effects of his medication, Danny runs into trouble when he decides to quit taking the drugs without consulting his doctor. The third in a sequence of books that follows the lives of seven friends, united by a past tragedy, over the course of seven weeks in Saratoga Springs, New York.