Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know (Living Well)

by John Mcmanamy

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Seven years ago, John McManamy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Through his successful Web site and newsletter, he has turned his struggles into a lifelong dedication to helping others battling depression and bipolar disorder reclaim their lives. In Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, he brilliantly blends the knowledge of leading expert authorities with the experiences of his fellow patients, as well as his own, and offers extensive information on:

Diagnosing the problem
Associated illnesses and symptoms
Treatments, lifestyle, and coping
The effects of depression and bipolar disorder on relationships and sex

With a compassionate and eloquent voice, McManamy describes his belief that depression is a wide spectrum that reaches from occasional bouts of depression to full-fledged bipolar disorder. The first book to help patients recognize this diversity of the disorder, Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder will help sufferers begin to reclaim their lives.

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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Informative, confronting, , 2008-07-01
This is an excellent book on bipolar disorder. I found this book had a lot of very well researched information which was presented in a clear manner. An in-depth look at the disorder, treatments, risk factors, symptoms and management. I would reccommend this for anyone living with or caring for someone with the illness. Does not provide plans or clear exercises on management - rather a comprehensive guide to the illness in all its forms.

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5 out of 5 stars

Superb and best on the subject, 2008-06-23
I have subscribed for years to John's newsletter and am so happy to have a summary of all his work in this book. Even though I am also a researcher in this area, I learned many new facts. Every clinician and patient would be enlightened by reading this book.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Understanding author, 2008-03-27
This is a very good book. The author suffers from the one of the illnesses he writes about. He KNOWS what he is talking about. Definitely worth buying.

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4 out of 5 stars

Very good book if you are trying to understand you're bipolar, 2007-12-26
When you read this book I suggest 2 things. #1) You use a highlighter and mark everything that helps you explain your bipolar to your loved ones. #2) and use stick-it notes to tag those pages to make then easy to find your highlights.

This book is very good at explaining the good, bad, and ugly of Bipolar. I like the sections on the meds and how they work.

Also read, An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

And get a subscription to BP Magazine http://www.bphope.com/ well worth it....

All the best in understanding this difficult condition.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Best book ever!, 2007-12-18
Wow! I've read all the books on this subject, and this is the best. John, bipolar himself, goes outside of the mere lists of symptoms and speaks to patients and those who deal with them--friends, families, providers. He includes comments from the many readers of his blog and newletter. He covers the science and meds issues in understandable ways but also gives the skinny on all the other things we need--talking therapies, thinking therapies, support groups, nutrition, spiritual practice, hope, and healing. Healing? Yes! We can reclaim our lives. We will not be "cured", but we can climb out of our black holes and live richly.

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