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Has anyone read, Madness: a Bipolar Life?
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<blockquote data-quote="abnormal13" data-source="post: 447569" data-attributes="member: 12439"><p>I have read Madness: a Bipolar Life several times. I'm only 16 going on 17 in two months but it is honestly one of the best books I have ever read. I have read all of Marya Hornbachers books from Madness: A Bipolar Life and Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. I have bipolar and have been diagnosed with it for at least four years. I'm on a ton of medication and actually, if you read the facts about her in the end of the book it lists the medications she's on, and i'm on a ton of the same. I've been hospitalized seven times, mostly from self injury and eating disorders. I'm worse than hypomanic (where you usually only get a small high of mood) and have mood swings that go from on top of the world and hyper to crashing and burning and not wanting to get out of bed depression. I've read up on it and not everyone that has bipolar will end up severe like Marya Hornbacher, or even me who isn't as bad as I've seen. With the right medications and a reasonable amount of therapy you can be completely stable. Some bipolar people barely have problems. Just because some people end up worse doesn't mean your son will. With the right medications and the right reactions from parents and siblings he can lead a completely normal life. Remember that a persons past also makes a difference in their behavior and severity of their diagnosis. Just keep your head up and stay positive. A lot of bipolar people lead a completely normal life and don't end up anywhere close to where Marya Hornbacher was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="abnormal13, post: 447569, member: 12439"] I have read Madness: a Bipolar Life several times. I'm only 16 going on 17 in two months but it is honestly one of the best books I have ever read. I have read all of Marya Hornbachers books from Madness: A Bipolar Life and Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. I have bipolar and have been diagnosed with it for at least four years. I'm on a ton of medication and actually, if you read the facts about her in the end of the book it lists the medications she's on, and i'm on a ton of the same. I've been hospitalized seven times, mostly from self injury and eating disorders. I'm worse than hypomanic (where you usually only get a small high of mood) and have mood swings that go from on top of the world and hyper to crashing and burning and not wanting to get out of bed depression. I've read up on it and not everyone that has bipolar will end up severe like Marya Hornbacher, or even me who isn't as bad as I've seen. With the right medications and a reasonable amount of therapy you can be completely stable. Some bipolar people barely have problems. Just because some people end up worse doesn't mean your son will. With the right medications and the right reactions from parents and siblings he can lead a completely normal life. Remember that a persons past also makes a difference in their behavior and severity of their diagnosis. Just keep your head up and stay positive. A lot of bipolar people lead a completely normal life and don't end up anywhere close to where Marya Hornbacher was. [/QUOTE]
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