Lost Marbles: Insights into My Life with Depression & Bipolar;

Understanding what it’s truly like to live with bipolar disorder or depression is almost impossible if you haven’t experienced it; and yet, that’s what Lost Marbles: Insights into My Life with Depression and Bipolar does – it shows the unvarnished reality of living with a serious mental illness to help the mentally ill and those who love them understand the inner workings and how to fight these complex disorders.Lost Marbles straddles the line between self-help and memoir detailing real-life experiences that drive tips that work when life includes a mental illness. Improve your life or the life of a person you love with informative and experienced new takes on:

• Thinking like a person with bipolar or depression
• What the elevated mood of bipolar disorder feels like
• Medication issues, including detailed information on choosing (or not choosing) a specific medication
• The realities of suicide and suicide attempts
• How to live better with a serious mental illness
• How dealing with mental illness encourages a form of wisdom

Called a book that will “certainly save lives,” whether you have a mental illness or you love someone who does, Lost Marbles will help you fathom the seemingly-impossible world of bipolar or depressive disorder and arm you with the tools to improve quality of life.