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Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and More

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Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and more
This book was an excellent resource put together in an easy to read format for anyone who has Bipolar or any family and friends who want to learn more about the disease. It contains excellent website resources, easy to understand references on medications, and charts (that you can personalize or design using a spreadsheet like Excel) that chart your moods by triggers, for example. On these points alone I would highly recommend this book.

I try to make it a point to read all the books I can find about bipolar disorder. I was diagnosed 7 years ago as type 2. Its something you can never stop learning about. So when this book came out I checked it out at the library. I have since purchased it I like it so much. It offers everything anyone who was or knows someone who was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder could ever hope to know as of now. It has all the basics and then goes into more specifics. It offers great resources to continue your education on the subject and help make a life of living with bipolar disorder so much easier.

This book is amazing and should be required reading for all person who suffer from all types of bipolar disorders. Not only is it written by someone with Bipolar I, but it is filled with excellent charts for the patient to fill out and discover his/her triggers. It is only filled with hope and compassion.

This is a small book, but it contains alot of very good info. I keep it in my purse to read when I'm waiting in the car, or doctors office etc.

EASY READ. EXPLAINS BIPOLAR DISORDER WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM BEING BIPOLAR.DOES NOT HAVE A TEXTBOOK FEEL. HAS A SOFT PERSONABLE TOUCH WITHOUT BEING SOGGY. FULL OF GREAT INFO AND GREAT EXCERSISES.I BOUGHT IT FROM AMAZON, SO SHOULD YOU.

An excellent book on the practical aspects of day-to-day coping with bipolar disorder. This book is a good choice on first hearing of the diagnosis. The advice comes first hand as Dr. White herself learned to cope with bipolar disorder. It covers the fundamental issues of getting treatment, taking medication, identifying triggers, reducing stress, getting good sleep and more. I am particularly pleased to see education emphasized along with medication and psychotherapy as one of the "three strategies of treatment." We have come a long way since the dark ages of mental illness. Books like this help us to continue that progress.