What Bipolar Feels Like

By Kristi Weldon

This therapist- and psychiatric professional-recommended book is a real, gritty, sometimes ugly guide to bipolar disorder from inside the emotional whirlwind to what to do when you're diagnosed to how to manage the condition long term. The author has had bipolar I from her early teens but was only diagnosed at age 32. She has now been in therapy and on medication for over a decade and shares what she has learned from how to find the right psychiatrist to why she believes you need a separate therapist to how she manages her medications so she (mostly) doesn't miss any doses. She provides options for handling this not inexpensive condition. She shares the best strategies for avoiding hospitalization, something she has done for thirty years. She talks about her limited yet extensive personal experience with suicide not only from considering taking her own life but also from picking up the pieces after someone else's attempt. She addresses questions she has received from readers around the world and shares resources to find professional help. Most importantly, she teaches you how to run your life so the illness doesn't control you. Where appropriate, results from actual psychiatric studies are cited, and references are provided. Kristi is currently, though not always, "high-functioning".

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521089620
• ISBN13: 9781521089620
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.3"