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  • The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide

  • What You and Your Family Need to Know
  • By: David J. Miklowitz
  • Narrated by: Kris Koscheski
  • Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (415 ratings)

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The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide

By: David J. Miklowitz
Narrated by: Kris Koscheski
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Publisher's summary

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".

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"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)

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Informative

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

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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.

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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

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Helped a lot to understand the disorder

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

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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

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Life saver

Focused handbook for anyone suffering from or watching someone suffer from the disorder therapeutic mindfulAnd truly liberating

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In for a long ride.

Very detailed and in depth book on this disorder. If you are facing it. You will get the facts here. No candy coating here.

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very helpful

loved tbis book it has been extremely helpful. an invaluable resource and will forever benifits me.

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SPOT ON AND STARTLING PRECISE

I have literally had to stop this audiobook four or five times just to grasp the whole idea that he's talking about has been happening to me!! he is spot on to almost identical trouble I have very informative and it keeps me from freaking out sometimes

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Super helpful

The book is very well structured. The most importan aspects of the bipolar disorder are discusses with a lot of examples that are easy to understand. I am diagnosed bipolar and I was able to relate so much to the book. It helped me recognize and describe my symptoms with more ease. There were a lot of tips on how to handle the highs and lows but also there was a lot of info for family members on how to cope with someone diagnosed bipolar.

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