PRAISE FOR
TWO BIPOLAR CHICKS GUIDE TO SURVIVAL
I dont know any psychologists or M.D.s, including myself, who could have written this book by the Two Bipolar Chicks. I cant tell you how ecstatic I am. These Chicks have come up with every rule to save your life as you know it. Listen to what they say. The first thing I asked Wendy after I read the book is, Can I send this to my daughter right now!?
DR. JAY CARTER,
internationally best-selling author of five books,
including The Complete Idiots Guide to Bipolar Disorder
This is an incredible resource and edgy self-help guide about bipolar disorder which will soften the blow of the diagnosis, teach you how to cope and manage with the illness and help you navigate on a daily basis. This book is a must-read because it will save lives.
ANDY BEHRMAN,
author of Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania
Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder is a must read for consumers and caregivers alike. Their 66 straight forward tips cover the topics and issues most pertinent to coping and managing bipolar disorder. Wendy and Honora offer a realistic and compassionate glimpse into their lives, giving the reader survival rules, hope, and encouragement.
MUFFY WALKER MSN,
MBA founder & Chairman of International Bipolar Foundation,
a psychiatric nurse and mother to a son with bipolar.
Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder is an excellent survival guide for navigating the complexities of the mental health care system. It is a unique self-help book that approaches the management of bipolar illness with a very practical approach. I especially recommend this book for patients, families, as well as bipolar chicks.
ROBERT C. BRANSFIELD, M.D., DLFA PA
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry,
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School,
Past President, New Jersey Psychiatric Association
Two Bipolar Chicks straight forward approach to bipolar disorder is not only enlightening and refreshing, but encouraging! Compassionately, yet candidly, their knowledge and experience of bipolar disorder is clearly conveyed. Williamson and Roses no-nonsense guide expertly steers you through bipolar disorder from pill boxes, to manic sex, all the way to learning to find acceptance of the illness. More than a decade after my own diagnosis, I find these clear-cut tips are relevant and exactly what every bipolar person needs.
MRS. BIPOLARITY
In the late 1980s, Dr. Ronald R. Fieve gave us Moodswing (Bantam Press, NYC, 1989). His work is still considered seminal in pioneering the utilization of lithium to treat manic depression. In the 90s, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison of John Hopkins blew the doors open when she self-disclosed her Manic Depressive and removed the stigma for millions of Americans with the publication of An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Alfred Knopf, NYC, 1995). The first decade of the new millennium brought us more scholarly and self-help books on bipolar illness than the past fifty years. Now we have Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder: a thorough, well researched, systematic and enjoyable resource for individuals and family members and friends trying to understand, live with, cope with, recover from, heal and thrive with the disease of bipolar illness. Professionals of all disciplines will be thrilled to have their work as a resource.
LAURA MADLYN HARRISON, MA, LCADC, CLEM
Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder
WENDY K. WILLIAMSON and HONORA ROSE
SMASHWORDS EDITION
Copyright 2014 by Wendy K. Williamson and Honora Rose,
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Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder
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WENDY
For Parker, Katie, Seamus, Megan and Devin,
When Im not around, know that I am hunkered at my desk writing, wishing I could spend more time with you. If only I could have it both ways. You complete our family with style and spunk and I love you madly.
To my parents,
What you have done for me can never be measured or summed up in a few sentences. You have no idea what your love and support over the years has done in keeping me alive and feeling loved. Youve also taught me the value in hard work and perseverance which has come in handy. And mom, I owe you a special thanks for your willingness to read even the roughest of drafts with your cheerful attitude and red teachers pen. Youve always made a fantastic first editor.
HONORA
To my mom and dad,
You never gave up on me even when I gave up on myself. Many dark days you were there to assure me that everything would be okay. And you were always right. Your faith in me never wavered; you told me I could do anything I put my mind to. It is for that reason I am still heredoing well, happy, healthy and loving a life that a few years ago I could have only dreamt. Thank you for believing in me. I love you very much.
To John Henry and Eleanor,
The two brightest and happiest days of my life were the days each of you were born. You were, and always will be, shining stars in my heart and soul. John Henry, in you I see my fearlessness and determination. And Ellie, in you, my artistic free spirit. I wish for you to find what makes you happy. Life is too short for should haves or would haves. I love you both with all my heart. You are the best thing that ever happened to me and one day we will be together again.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We know this book wouldnt have seen the light of day without our dynamic, super cool agent, Corinda. She knows the dreams business and we are proud to be part of her world. A huge thank you goes out to Anthony and Michael at Post Hill Press who took a chance on a couple of bipolar chicks at the inception of their company. Thank you to our editor Emilia for your precision and flow, and to the entire staff at Post Hill Press who added time and care to our book.