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Any good books..

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about Bipolar that anyone has read or are they all a bunch of medical mumbo jumbo?
dobiedots
dobiedots
no, there are normal ones.
Like..Bipolar for Dummies, Bipolar Survival Guide and ..hmmm...I nknow there's lots more.
dobiedots
dobiedots
What? Am I the only one that reads?
Where the heck is everybody?
Still in their jammies?
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A really good one is "An Unquiet Mind" by Kay Redmond Jamison (I think that's her full name...I don't have the book infront of me) I read the book in like, two days!
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I read "Undoing Depression" was ok.
I'm reading, "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy"

They aren't specific to BiPolar though.
dobiedots
dobiedots
Cosmo's Guide to Dating?
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Overcomming Mood Swings by Jan Scott.
My therapsit recommended. I think it was good for depression. I din't think it covered hypomainia, manic bi-polar sufficiently.
Mostly as this is what I have trouble managing, and I wanted more advice on this.
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The unquiet mind was also good. It's more the story of a physcharist with bi-polar and her strugle with it. I think it was worth reading, as it shows that even a specialist in physcology also struggled with taking medication and some of the situations which we find ourselves in. The illness is indiscriminate of who you are and what you know.
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Try this: DETOUR My BiPolar Roadtrip in 4D
Author: Lizzie Simon



you can see about it here:http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=Detour+My+Bipolar+Roadtrip&z=y
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