“Bipolar II”

“Bipolar II”

Photo credit: Bipolar II Disorder: Recognition, Understanding, and Treatment, by Ed. Swartz, Holly A.Paperback The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. We drive back to Massachusetts from Florida...
Phoenix Rising

Phoenix Rising

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. Jim Head was the anti-professor—young, cool, charismatic and infamous on campus. In 1981, when I took his course “Earth, Moon and Mars” (we called it,...
Uncontrollable Depression: Death Was at my Door

Uncontrollable Depression: Death Was at my Door

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Bruised to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. It sounds melodramatic, but here’s the truth: Death was at my door hour by hour. I was in the throws of an uncontrollable depression, unable to get out of...
Bipolar II and the Money Drain—Beware Snake Oil.

Bipolar II and the Money Drain—Beware Snake Oil.

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum: I share it in response to the complicated question of can Bipolar II disorder be treated? Though no one has found a cure, Bipolar II can be successfully...