The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder (The Healthy Mind Guides) (Paperback)

by Stephanie Marohn (Author) "The often outrageous, flamboyant behavior associated with the manic pole of bipolar disorder has garnered both media attention and public fascination, but many people remain..." (more)
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Product Description
The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder,an innovative and inspiring book on natural medicine treatments for a healthy mind, is about healing bipolar, not merely enduring it. Within these pages, medical journalist Stephanie Marohn explores the key contributing factors and triggers for mood disorder and profiles a range of effective, nondrug-based approaches that can truly restore health. Treating the underlying imbalances, rather than suppressing the outer symptoms (as most drugs do), leads to lasting recovery. And only by considering the well-being of the mind and spirit as well as the body can comprehensive healing take place.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing; 1 edition (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571742913
• ISBN-13: 978-1571742919
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #96,776 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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79 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a godsend, February 2, 2007

By	hot lava (Woodinville, WA) - See all my reviews

this book has turned my life around. having been diagnosed with bipolar type II in 2002 (age 19), i've spent the past 5 years on various pharmaceuticals, magnificently tempering the depression and mood swings, and my personality. but did i feel i was living? no. i had a strict circadium rhythm from the meds (13 hrs. of sleep a night), and i was an emotional and physical zombie. my intellectual brain stopped functioning, and i had to drop out of college. i didn't regret being on meds, because they did help keep me pseudo-sane and definately alive, but i wanted more for myself. i found this book in a health food store, and figured i'd educate myself on alternatives, not believing anything but meds could truly 'work'. well. this isn't true. every person suffering from a mental disorder needs to know that there are options to getting better, and traditional methods of psychiatric pharmaceuticals are only one of those options. i really wish someone had told me that at the beginning of my diagnosis (and really, at my first onset of depression at age 8).
all the chapters in this book are informative and useful. specifically, chapter five reviews a theraputic clinic outside chicago called Pfeiffer Treatment Center. after reading the review, i applied and became a patient last year, and started their program with immediate sucess (relief within days). it turns out much of my mental instability was due to candidiasis, being toxic with the mineral copper with a deficiency of zinc, and too little of histamine (and thus overmethylation.) i am taking very bio-specific supplements 3x daily to balance the mineral and neuotransmitter issues, and i'm on a copper-free, yeast/sugar-free diet, and i am loosely following the blood type A diet (who ever said life was easy?) the results? mood swings are gone. irritablity is gone. depression is gone. i've a healthy range of moods and emotions, and experience many other *unrelated* benefits as well (effortless weight loss, ocd spectrum disorder gone, increased energy, focus and clarity, improved overall health). and i'm not on any meds. most psychiatrists i've seen would call this sacriledge, even dangerous. i call it a smart application of science. and its a start to a new life. not something i could have achieved with meds and talk therapy (and i've been doing t.t. for 20 very long years).
on another note, i have had incredible success treating/eliminating my food allergies and ADD with NAET, a technique covered in chapter 8.
Please consider that this book has radically altered at least one person's life for the better. i pray it will help others as it helped me.
ps. it is vital to read this book with an open mind.

69 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow!, July 10, 2003

By A Customer

this is a great book for anyone looking gor an alternative to perscription medication. so far i have used some supplements recommended by the book and it is working. she does a good job of explaining the chemical reasons why and how things such as gluten, sugar, and caffiene actually effect our brain chemistry.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder (The Healthy Mind Guides) , September 23, 2005

By	K. McKay (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have suffered for 13 years with Bipolar Disorder, and this book was very thorough and educational about the nutritional components of the disorder, as well as alternative therapy treatments. I would highly recommend this book to anyone suffering from bipolar disorder.