Bipolar Puzzle Solution: A Mental Health Client's Perspective

In this book, the author says that the right medication is the key to relief from symptoms of bipolar illness. His statement is completely true. When others, like Elliot who wrote a review here, say that therapy is the key, THEY ARE WRONG! Elliot does not see that the illness is a biological one resulting in mood disturbances. If Elliot could rid himself of bipolar symptoms through therapy, he DID NOT HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER, but had symptoms from other origins. This bipolar book has the answers and they are backed up by countless people who have a bipolar disorder. I say to Elliot and all people ignorant of the truth, get your facts straight and quit giving your misguided, twisted advice or experience. Buy the book and avoid going down the desolate road that Elliot is on!

to many years of darkness,doctors,and lawyers ,peace officer and all i want is a little peace my mind is a merry-go -round.

From someone who lived with a spouse diagnosed with bipolar disorder, this is the best information that I have found to date on this subject. For the last four years, I have been searching for information that was easy to read and understand about the disorder. I have yet to read anything that not only helped me to understand the disease but to also give me some insight on how someone with the disorder feels and what they face on an almost daily basis. Thank you, Bryan & Dr Nelson, for taking the time to help us better understand and hopefully deal with the issues a bipolar/manic diagnosis can have on the person as well as their friends and family.

I am your typical father, who wants answers now. Two years ago, when our son came home from college three units shy of his degree, I started my assult with "Why can't you work?" "Look at your brothers, they're doing what I want." and "You're lazy." Yes, I said all those wrong things.This book has opened my eyes to what my son has been going through in the past three years. The book is extremely acrruate when it says mediaction is key.As stated in our support group, "How would you like to be trapped inside that body, and you can't get out?" I am convinced that he'll never be the exactly the same bright, educated, out-going, loving boy of the past. But, I can look forward to an adult who has gone through a lot, and is making great strides. Keep one thing in mind...medication, medication, medication is the only way to get better. Second best thing is to get some education via a support group and a book like this. This book was outstanding. It can save you a lot heartaches.

BIPOLAR PUZZLE SOLUTION is a book that patients and families both need to read. It is presented in question and answer format, and offers basic advice, therapy almost, on how to live with manic-depressive illness. It covers the everyday problems, such as how to deal with diet and food additives, exercise, drug use and abuse, that may affect one's moods. It also talks about what to do when feeling "down", how to handle possible daily mood fluctuations, how to be, make and keep friends, sexual difficulties due to medications and how to keep ignorant people and their thoughtless remarks about your "craziness" from getting you down. In short, this book has much advice for staying healthy, as a book about diabetes and well-being would have advice about that illness.What surprises me is that I'm the first to review this book, and I have not yet seen it on any of sites devoted to bipolar disorder. Perhaps there is too much space devoted to the "memoirs" of so-called celebrities, that people have forgotten that bipolar disorder is not a glamorous disease suffered only by beautiful, elegant, brilliant people. It is a harrowing disease that wrecks the lives of many smart people just trying to make a living and enjoy life. It has quotidian (everyday) implications such as mood fluctuations that subject their sufferers to a skewed vision of the world and the people in it, and diet, exercise and sleep problems that can throw a person into a serious episode.This book has a religious component; those who don't adhere can skip those questions and go onto the other things, because there is much of value here for everyone!I think this book should be in every public and medical library!