The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide

What You and Your Family Need to Know

By: David J. Miklowitz

Narrated by: Kris Koscheski

Getting an accurate diagnosis is the first step toward reclaiming your life from bipolar disorder. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life. You need current information and practical problem-solving advice you can count on. You've come to the right place. In The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, you will learn:

• How you can distinguish between early warning signs of bipolar mood swings and normal ups and downs
• What medications are available, and what their side effects are
• What you should do when you find yourself escalating into mania or descending into depression
• How you can tell your coworkers about your illness without endangering your career
• How you can provide constructive help and support to a loved one with bipolar disorder

Trusted authority Dr. David J. Miklowitz offers straight talk, true stories, and proven strategies that can help you achieve greater balance and free yourself from out-of-control moods. The updated second edition of this best-selling guide has the latest facts on medications and therapy, an expanded discussion of parenting issues for bipolar adults, and a new chapter, "For Women Only".

©2011 The Guilford Press (P)2013 Tantor

Critic reviews

"A practical, straightforward book that will be a great help to those who have bipolar illness, as well as their families. I could not recommend this book more highly." (Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., author of An Unquiet Mind)

Informative

This book is very informative and helps shed light on the condition. It is very helpful.

Take the time to listen. You won't regret it!

This book has helped my family truly understand mood disorders and the path to living successfully with them.

Great resource

This book offered me invaluable resources in granting me a deeper understanding of bipolar disorder. I would recommend this book to anyone struggling with bipolar disorder

Helped a lot to understand the disorder

Helped a lot to understand the disorder so I can help my son.
Thanks a lot.

Useful, tourough, practical

This book enriched my knowledge about bipolar disorder, helped me be aware of some aspects of my daily life, gave me tools as therapist