Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind, (Hardcover)

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Mental was an extremely hard read for me as I have 2 brothers suffering from BiPolar disease. Some things I did learn in this book is why it took so long for one of my brother's to finally be diagnosed, because he never showed signs of manic tendencies or even a low depression, he just seemed a b...

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Author Jaime Lowe has had a love-hate relationship with lithium carbonate since she was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a teen. On the one hand, the little pink pills, when taken as prescribed, have moderated her mood swings, but on the other, her long-term use of the compound has left h...

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Part memoir, part history, Mental is as quirky as its author. Diagnosed as being on the bipolar spectrum during a severely manic episode, Lowe recounts her two episodes and what life is like in-between. She asks herself if she is the same person when she is manic; how many of her symptoms might b...