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My Mother's Bipolar, So What Am I?

Author : Angela C. Grett Cbp
Publisher : Booksurge
ISBN 13 : 9781419620065
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book My Mother's Bipolar, So What Am I? written by Angela C. Grett Cbp and published by Booksurge. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the author's mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, the response was shock and confusion. What did it mean to be bipolar? How would it affect her mother and the members of her family? Grett became frustrated with her mother because she didn't understand the disease or her mother's behavior and believed that she could be normal if she just tried harder. The diagnosis of bipolar disorder weighs heavily on those millions of Americans who suffer the illness. But what about their families? More specifically, what about the children whose parents are diagnosed. My Mother's Bipolar, So What Am I? reveals the emotional, physical and mental toll this complicated disease takes on the children. Author Angela Grett sheds light on their common experiences, as well as coping mechanisms, to help adult children begin to heal through understanding and perhaps find a reason to be hopeful.

Why Did She Jump?

Author : Joan E. Childs
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0757316972
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Why Did She Jump? written by Joan E. Childs and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Six million people in America suffer from bipolar disorder. Joan Child's daughter, Pamela, suffered from bipolar, bouncing from doctor to doctor in search of treatment. Yet the demons great louder, and on a summer day in July 1998, the same day that theOprah Winfrey showed aired a segment on Bipolar Disease, Joan Childs' 34-year-old-daughter leaped to her death from the window of her father's 15-story apartment. An Angel to Remember is her mother Joan's haunting story of grief and guilt, yet it is a beautiful story of love and the courage to find peace and purpose once again. With brutal honesty and vivid detail, Joan recalls how the entire family became entangled with Pam's illness as they watched her dive deeper into the darkness where no one could reach her. Ironically, Pam and Joan were both psychotherapists yet, with all their credentials and medical knowledge, Pam still could not be saved. An Angel to Remember masterfully looks back even as it looks forward. Written with vivid memories of Pamela's troubled yet loving life and the final days of her funeral and shiva (a 7-day mourning period in Judaism), the story will break your heart and then mend it again. "--

Mommy I'm Still In Here

Author : Kate McLaughlin
Publisher : Behler Publications
ISBN 13 : 1933016728
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Mommy I'm Still In Here written by Kate McLaughlin and published by Behler Publications. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mommy I'm Still In Here clarifies myths and misunderstandings about bipolar disorder through the lives of Kate McLaughlin’s two teenaged children and provides vital information to a public frequently misled by sensationalist media and inaccurate Hollywood portrayals. This book supports, educates, and informs the reader, offering hope and encouragement.

Breaking Into My Life

Author : Michelle Dickinson-Moravek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988826274
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Breaking Into My Life written by Michelle Dickinson-Moravek and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking Into My Life chronicles the impact that growing up with a mentally-ill mother had on author Michelle Dickinson-Moravek. The years of having to stay home from school to care for her mother while coping with her instability and periodic abuse would compromise Michelle's adult life until she finally realized that she had to do more than simply come to terms. She had to reclaim herself along with the life she deserved.

This Fragile Life

Author : Charlotte Pierce-Baker
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613741111
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book This Fragile Life written by Charlotte Pierce-Baker and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Perfect Chaos

Author : Linea Johnson
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429948884
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Perfect Chaos written by Linea Johnson and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Bipolar Disorder

Author : Francis Mark Mondimore
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421412055
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Bipolar Disorder written by Francis Mark Mondimore and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For persons with bipolar disorder and their families, here is a comprehensive, practical, compassionate guide to the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. 22 illustrations.

My Mother the Bipolar Bear

Author : Nancy Earley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781366902436
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book My Mother the Bipolar Bear written by Nancy Earley and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles bipolar illness through the eyes of a 7-year-old "cub" of a bipolar mother. He takes us through the heartache, frustration and embarrassment he experiences, but poignantly shares his compassion for his mother. When the cub finds the courage to communicate his basic needs, mama bear finds some surprising and creative ways to help her child cope. The cheerful drawings and heartwarming ending will delight all ages and give parents, children and the caregiving community helpful ideas and a bear-sized heart. Many thanks to Northern Essex Community College and Children's Literature Professor Janet Clark

This is How I Find Her

Author : Sara Polsky
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807578789
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book This is How I Find Her written by Sara Polsky and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Up and Down Mum

Author : Child's Play
Publisher : Child's Play Library
ISBN 13 : 9781786283399
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Up and Down Mum written by Child's Play and published by Child's Play Library. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For children who grow up in the care of a parent who has bipolar disorder, life can be filled with anxiety and uncertainty. This story helps us to understand the causes of bipolar disorder and how we can learn to live with someone who has it.

Bipolar and Pregnant

Author : Kristin K. Finn
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0757306837
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Bipolar and Pregnant written by Kristin K. Finn and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to tackle one of the leading concerns of women with manic depression and related disorders You have bipolar disorder and want to start a family. There is so much to know and manage when thinking about becoming pregnant and having an optimal pregnancy and postpartum period. What are the risks? Can I go off my meds? How will my partner react? Will my child also become bipolar? How do I navigate through the often confusing and ever-changing research on mental disorders and pregnancy? Kristin K. Finn was diagnosed with manic depression as a teenager. Upon deciding to become pregnant, she and her husband also had questions, concerns, and fears. Recognizing that there was no go-to guide that helps women with manic depression navigate pre-natal, pregnancy, and postpartum issues, Finn collaborated with geneticists, obstetricians, psychologists, and psychiatrists to bring you this ultimate support-group-in-a-book and pregnancy resource. In Bipolar and Pregnant, Finn shares her insights and techniques that she developed through two pregnancies, as well as the advice of her esteemed team of experts. In addition, Bipolar and Pregnant: Provides information on medical aspects of pregnancy and gives advice on minimizing the risks of psychiatric flare-ups, avoiding episodes, monitoring behavior, and preparing to go off mediation as pregnancy looms. Discusses medical aspects of pregnancy, preparing for pregnancy, and optimizing the chances of getting pregnant Provides the latest research on medications used to treat bipolar disorder and their effect on developing babies. You and your entire support team will be armed with the knowledge necessary to help you optimize your pregnancy, subside anxiety, and feel confident that you are doing the very best for you and your new family.

Blinded by Hope

Author : Meg McGuire
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1631521268
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Blinded by Hope written by Meg McGuire and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day a teenage boy gets on his bike and rides forty miles up California’s Pacific Coast Highway to avoid causing an earthquake he fears will endanger his mother and sister. But the quake he is experiencing is not coming from beneath the earth; it’s the onset of bipolar illness. Blinded by Hope describes what it’s like to have an unusually bright, creative child—and then to have that child suddenly be hit with an illness that defies description and cure. Over the years, McGuire attributes her son’s lost jobs, broken relationships, legal troubles, and periodic hospitalizations to the manic phase of his illness, denying the severity of his growing drug use—but ultimately, she has to face her own addiction to rescuing him, and to forge a path for herself toward acceptance, resilience, and love. A wakeup call about the epidemic of mental illness, substance abuse, and mass incarceration in our society, Blinded by Hope shines a light on the shadow of family dynamics that shame, ignorance, and stigma rarely let the public see, and asks the question: How does a mother cope when love is not enough?

The Bipolar Bear Family

Author : Angela Ann Holloway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781425929527
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book The Bipolar Bear Family written by Angela Ann Holloway and published by . This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bipolar Bear Family is a story about a young cub who struggles to understand his mother's behavior and her subsequent diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. The story of The Bipolar Bear Family helps children of bipolar parents address such questions as: Is this my fault? Is it contagious? Can I fix it? According to the National Institute for Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder affects more than 2 million American adults. Further, we know that the dynamics of Mental Illness closely mirror the dynamics of alcoholism and addiction in its impact on the family system. By compassionately educating parents and children, the author hopes to make a life-long difference for these courageous families.

My Mother, The Bipolar Bear

Author : Nancy Earley Wright
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book My Mother, The Bipolar Bear written by Nancy Earley Wright and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Author: To my friends who fight the good fight of managing bipolar disorder: I applaud you. I know it is not all lollipops and toe socks-believe me! But I find that even today, with my “cub” grown, it is the simple, basic things that will keep you afloat. In addition to “stockpiling” the fruits of your “best you,” your family needs to see you putting in the time and effort every day to live a healthy lifestyle. I have been counseled that it is the essentials such as water, water, water, sunshine, exercise, healthy food, impeccable sleep hygiene, and of course a close relationship with a doctor you trust and follow. I am here to tell you that life with Bipolar disorder can be fun and fulfilling. The embarrassing moments you invariably encounter can be lived down by loveable you, who has probably received many gifts that outweigh the challenges. (If you weren’t a bipolar bear, you wouldn’t be you, right?) This book is for young and old-mother bears, father bears, cubs and anyone in the community who could benefit from being encouraged to tolerate well, and above all, have a bear-sized heart for those that are different. All the Best, Nancy Smith Earley

Mom, Mania, and Me

Author : Diane Dweller
Publisher : Writing Ink, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780944749029
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Mom, Mania, and Me written by Diane Dweller and published by Writing Ink, LLC. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diane Dweller shares the lessons she learns in coping with Dixie, her bipolar, manic mother. She reveals how to let go of negative memories, stand up to difficult people and to accept what cannot be changed. Diane's story takes her from a scared child, hiding under her bed to appearances on national TV as a successful author. Touching and informative, this imspiring memoir of survival provides hope for others in dysfunctional relationships.

How I Broke the Generational Curse

Author : Mustardseed
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 152461890X
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book How I Broke the Generational Curse written by Mustardseed and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have trials and tribulations to overcome in life. But what if the reasons you keep getting the results you dont want is because of you? We become blocked by our unresolved and unhealed pain, and then we become stuck. Then we keep doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. How I Broke: The Generational Curse sheds a light on how to identify what is blocking you. It may be an attitude or a belief or a practice that has been passed down to you from your family. The author discovers through her own experience the pain of her family which was passed down and how she healed herself to overcome it and break the curse.

Gorilla and the Bird

Author : Zack McDermott
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316315117
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Gorilla and the Bird written by Zack McDermott and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Soon to be an HBO limited series* "Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath."--Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The Producer" to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, GORILLA AND THE BIRD is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.