Mad Like Me: Travels in Bipolar Country

Mad Like Me: Travels in Bipolar Country

<p>Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live with <font color="orange"><strong>bipolar disorder</strong></font>? Ever agonized about whether your own or a loved one’s <font color="orange"><strong>mood swings</strong></font> are normal or not? This is the book for you! <font color="blue"><em>Mad Like Me: Travels in Bipolar Country</em></font> takes you on a wild, no-holds-barred gallop through one health professional’s battles with bipolar disorder. In 2008, Dr. Hammond was struck with bipolar at age 51. Just imagine: almost overnight, she flipped from being a researcher and public health consultant to a <font color="orange"><strong>locked-ward patient</strong></font>. She shares everything she learned along the way about how to reclaim your own <font color="orange"><strong>mental health</strong></font> and maintain <font color="orange"><strong>stability</strong></font>, and does so in an <font color="orange"><strong>accessible</strong></font>, <font color="orange"><strong>readable</strong></font>, often <font color="orange"><strong>humorous</strong></font> way.</p> <br> <p>Her <font color="orange"><strong>fearless honesty</strong></font> in vividly retelling events helps to <font color="orange"><strong>demystify</strong></font> this much-misunderstood mental illness, and to <font color="orange"><strong>humanize</strong></font> the people it affects. The book is proof that <font color="orange"><strong>hope</strong></font> and <font color="orange"><strong>recovery</strong></font> are possible, and a poignant salute to her family who stood by her throughout their shared saga. This is an <font color="orange"><strong>essential resource</strong></font> for <font color="orange"><strong>patients</strong></font> working towards recovery, for <font color="orange"><strong>families</strong></font> who need insight into what it is truly like to have bipolar disorder, and for <font color="orange"><strong>therapists</strong></font>, <font color="orange"><strong>nurses</strong></font>, and <font color="orange"><strong>psychiatrists</strong></font>. Readers and reviewers have raved, calling it “mesmerizing,” “captivating,” “riveting,” “compelling,” “elucidating,” “enlightening,” “inspiring,” “remarkable,” “deeply personal,” “stunningly sincere,” “a must-read,” “beautifully written; powerfully honest,” and “a bullseye.” For videos, photos and media links about the author, her family and the book, please visit merrylhammond.com.</p> <br> <p>If you enjoyed Kay Jamison’s classic 1996 memoir <font color="blue"><em>An Unquiet Mind</em></font> or Marya Hornbacher’s 2009 triumph <font color="blue"><em>Madness: A Bipolar Life</em></font>, you’re going to <font color="orange"><strong>devour</strong></font> this latest bipolar memoir! Dr. Hammond says her mission is now to <font color="orange"><strong>fight the stigma</strong></font> against all forms of mental illness, in all age groups. She hopes that you’ll join that undertaking once you’ve read her book.</p>