Madness / Hornbacher, Marya

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.

A memoir in which the author discusses her struggles with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar disorder, a diagnosis she received at age twenty-four, looking back to reassess the affects of the condition on her life since childhood.