Fragments of My Life

Carol Griffin's <i>Fragments of my Life A Journal About Manic Depression And Its Companion Illnesses </i> was written for people with manic Depressive illness and its companion illnesses.</p><p>This book offers family and friends a glimpse of life with a brain disease.</p> <p>Carol first knew she was not like other people when she was sixteen years old however she would not get help until she was forty despite a family history of mental illness. At the time of her diagnosis the Food and Drug Administration had just approved lithium and life became bearable for her.</p> <p>In 1994 Carol was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder often a companion to manic depression. She calls the two illnesses the dynamic duo. Despite her illness she worked 24 years in career positions which she picked carefully to fit her illness.</p> <p>Hope and understanding are what this book has to offer.</p>