Madness: A Bipolar LifeWhen Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted, she did not yet know the reason for her all-but-shattered young life. At age 24, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is. Here, in her trademark wry, self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. She takes us inside her own desperate attempts to control violently careening mood swings by self-starvation, substance abuse, numbing sex, and self-mutilation. How Hornbacher fights her way up from a madness that all but destroys her, and what it is like to live in a difficult and sometimes beautiful life and marriage, is at the heart of this brave memoir. Millions of people in America struggle with a variety of disorders that may mask their true diagnosis of bipolar; also, Hornbacher's portrait of her own bipolar as early as age four will change the current debate on whether bipolar exists in children.--From publisher description. |
Contents
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198119 | |
1985 23 | |
Michigan 1989 35 | |
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1992 44 | |
1996 | |
2001 149 | |
Fall 2001 155 | |
November 2002 | |
Fall 2003 | |
The Missing Years | |
April 2004 | |
July 2004 186 | |
January 2005 192 | |
April 1997 | |
July 1997 Nine A M | |
January 199882 | |
July 199888 | |
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Winter 1999 112 | |
August 2000 121 | |
Late August 2000 | |
Fall 2000 141 | |
April 2005 196 | |
July 2005 202 | |
August 2005 207 | |
Fall 2006 | |
Spring 2007 | |
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Epilogue | |
Bipolar Facts | |
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