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Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know (Living Well (Collins)) [Paperback]

John McManamy (Author)
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Living Well (Collins) October 17, 2006

Seven years ago, John McManamy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Through his successful Web site and newsletter, he has turned his struggles into a lifelong dedication to helping others battling depression and bipolar disorder reclaim their lives. In Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, he brilliantly blends the knowledge of leading expert authorities with the experiences of his fellow patients, as well as his own, and offers extensive information on:

  • Diagnosing the problem
  • Associated illnesses and symptoms
  • Treatments, lifestyle, and coping
  • The effects of depression and bipolar disorder on relationships and sex

With a compassionate and eloquent voice, McManamy describes his belief that depression is a wide spectrum that reaches from occasional bouts of depression to full-fledged bipolar disorder. The first book to help patients recognize this diversity of the disorder, Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder will help sufferers begin to reclaim their lives.


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“If you read only one book about bipolar disorder, make it this one...an instant classic.” (John Gartner, author of The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness And (A Lot) of Success In America )

“This book belongs in the hands of every person who has suffered from depression or bipolar disorder.” (Amy Weintraub, author of YOGA FOR DEPRESSIONS )

“Mental health advocates have a new Bible! Journalist John McManamy’s book offers readers sound advice about managing severe mental illnesses.” (Pete Earley, author of CRAZY: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness )

“I hope this book gets the attention and acclaim it deserves. In a crowded field, it stands out.” (Anne Sheffield, author of DEPRESSION FALLOUT. )

“I doubt there is a person in the world who knows these conditions better, inside and out, than John McManamy.” (S. Nassir Ghaemi MD, MPH, Director, Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, Emory University )

“Manamy brings together his outstanding reportorial skills, his great gift for language and his remarkable insights about his own disorder.” (Ellen Frank, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic )

“Anyone who has ever been diagnosed with a mood disorder, depression or bipolar disorder, really needs to read this book (Colleen Sullivan, Owner, Bipolar World; http://www.bipolarworld,net )

The reader takes a journey with a wise and compassionate guide who offers extremely clear information and--equally important--hope (Demitri F. Papolos, M.D. and Janice Papolos, authors of The Bipolar Child )

“[V]ery helpful for those affected by bipolar disorder and their families... I recommend the book enthusiastically.” (E. Fuller Torrey, MD, co-author of Surviving Manic Depression )

“The perfect book for those of us living with mood disorders...up to date, practical and helpful information.” (Sue Bergeson, President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance )

About the Author

John McManamy is the publisher of the award-winning McMan's Depression and Bipolar Weekly and the Web site McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; 1 edition (October 17, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060897422
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060897420
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Roads to recovery, October 30, 2006
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This review is from: Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know (Living Well (Collins)) (Paperback)
McManamy's book is easy to read, clear, well-written and packed with content. The author knows his audience. After years of depressions and other episodes, at age 49, he finally got the right diagnosis - bipolar disorder! His personal struggles taught him which roads lead to recovery. Now he shows us the way.

He addresses the benefits and the risks of the standard treatments for
depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder and he introduces new research,
as well as complementary and nutritional treatments which can
restore normal brain chemistry. Few books written for laymen mention the
practice guidelines of psychiatry. This one does - throughout.

McManamy doesn't just trust meds and more meds. He knows that powerful brain pills help but they also cause problems for some patients. If you are looking for information and hope to live well with your "perfect mental storms", you will love this book!

review by Robert Sealey, BSc, CA
author of Finding Care for Depression, Mental Episodes & Brain Disorders
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bipolar disorder from the well informed patient's point of view., January 12, 2007
This review is from: Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know (Living Well (Collins)) (Paperback)
John McManamy has an outstanding ability to describe his and other's experience of having bipolar disorder in all its complexity. He never tries to take the place of the patiet's psychiatrist. He refers his readers to other sources of excellent more detailed clinical information. He tells the human side of the story. He teaches patients how to be better informed consumer's of psychiatric care. He encourages patients to be active participants in their recovery.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Knowledge is Necessity" - McMan's Motto, November 4, 2006
This review is from: Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know (Living Well (Collins)) (Paperback)
As a bipolar patient and also a psychotherapist, I find this to be, hands down, the best guide to living with depression and bipolar disorder ever written. Every issue of concern is addressed within these consummately readable 406 pages, including a superb index and online resources.

Interviews with patients show the wide diversity of the illness, and allow the reader to know we're not alone. A famed psychiatrist is quoted admitting that in medical school he was told "The liver is the most complex organ in the body." Now the psychiatrist admits that "Ninety percent of what we know about the brain we've discovered in the last 10 years."

McMan gives us the necessary hope we need in this most demanding of illnesses, telling us of treatment options and the fact that scientists are constantly working on our behalf. "Partner with your psychiatrist" is a vital message, and he has a delightful laugh-aloud irreverence for many psychiatrists and the meds we're prescribed that make us fat!

As the mother of 2 children, I particularly enjoyed the chapter on "Should We Have Kids?" and John's own candor about himself as the father of a wonderful adult daughter. "Be fruitful and multiply," he says, "but think first."

Not only does this belong on the bookshelf of all folks with mood disorders - and their hopefully helpful family members - but we should also give it as gifts to our local libraries.
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