Mad Like Me: Travels in Bipolar Country

Have you ever wondered what its like to live with bipolar disorder? Ever agonized about whether your own or a loved ones mood swings are normal or not? This is the book for you! Mad Like Me: Travels in Bipolar Country takes you on a wild no-holds-barred gallop through one health professionals battles with bipolar disorder. In 2008 Hammond was struck with bipolar disorder at age 51. Just imagine: almost overnight she flipped from being a researcher and public health consultant to a locked-ward patient. She shares everything she learned along the way about how to reclaim your own mental health and maintain stability and does so in an accessible readable often humorous way.Her fearless honesty in vividly retelling events helps to demystify this much-misunderstood mental illness and to humanize the people it affects. The book is proof that hope and recovery are possible and a poignant salute to her family who stood by her through the pain and triumph of their shared saga. This is an essential resourcefor patients working towards recovery for families who need insight into what it is truly like to have bipolar disorder and for therapists nurses and psychiatrists. Readers and reviewers have raved: mesmerizing captivating riveting compelling elucidating enlightening inspiring remarkable deeply personal stunningly sincere a must-read beautifully written powerfully honest a bullseye. If you enjoyed Kay Jamisons classic 1996 memoir An Unquiet Mind or Marya Hornbachers 2009 triumph Madness: A Bipolar Life youre going to devour this latest bipolar memoir! Hammond says her mission is now to fight the stigma against all forms of mental illness in all age groups. She hopes that youll join that undertaking once youve read her book.