Question:
books on bipolar disorder?
Answer:
having just checked out from the public library "Bipolar Disorder
Demystified",I got curious-(blue)-wondering what others read on the
subject.first,the "demystified" bothered me(i sorta enjoy
mysticism),but the book could be helpful,depends on who you
are,e.g.,how much you already know.Many here i expect are well read on
the subject and might find in this book little you didn't already
know.Now,I find Jamison's "An Unquiet Mind","Touched by Fire"(enuff
said on that one)and she & Gooodwin's tome "Manic-Depressive
Illness"(lotsa information,some i used for papers) mostly well
written,often helpful.Torrey("Survivng Schizophrenia")presents the
party line,but,like "Demystified"(Lana Castle),could inform bipolars
&/or families."Detour",much better than thwe usual crop(by a Lizzie
Simon)was interesting in it's aims and method.so,do these books
help?wondering,Harry.lately i wonder how much i want to read or talk
about it. I just started re-reading "A mood apart" and it is making sense to me
now.... Interesting stuff on Kindling... and the comparisons with
epilepsy.... Before this latest bout with mania I had been getting Dizzy
on a regular basis starting I think in February but had some symptoms of
dizziness since last Sept.... I was reading and hanging out on the
epilepsy group before this one and gained some info.... I was getting
Deja vu type stuff along with the dizziness.... One has to wonder... I
guess I was too chicken to go to a Neurologist and well the mania in May
forced me to seek a pdoc once again... sigh... Ho hum.... does this
stuff ever stop.. I guess not and I am a card carrying member... Denial
is my forte..
in this "vale of soul making" Keats called the world one gets into dry
places sometimes.maybe this post was a doomed attempt,for i have
within the knowledge to be "that self which truly is".Information can
help,or aid,individuals learning to be" with ",not "be",the
illness.most of my life the library has been a sanctuary,safer than a
church,a place where I lived.That was then.I don't regret seeking,and
I have found a thing or two in and out.Often I forget others don't
rely on words as much as I,which is fine,but don't forget that you
need the poet & you know it.Kindness gives this world ease and maybe
grace.
