Neural Misfire: A True Story of Manic-Depression
Author Jeff D. Kazmierczak presents a brave and brutally honest novel based on his own true story.  He allows the reader to live the actions, dialogue, and thoughts of the bipolar protagonist from his illness onset to initial treatment.  Mr. Kazmierczak began writing "Neural Misfire: A True Story of Manic-Depression" a year after he was first treated, at age 20.  Although he had accepted his manic-depressive diagnosis, he was still shocked that his transformation had ever occurred.  The author felt compelled to document and make eternally real what otherwise might have been pushed aside or diluted.  At the tender age of 20, he captured countless timely details of his tumultuous experience.  Ten years later, he became consistently stable and was able to complete "Neural Misfire."It is rare to find an account of bipolar disorder in the form of a third-person novel, which serves as a popular format for today’s fiction.  "Neural Misfire’s" format allows for the separation of the protagonist’s thoughts from the rest of the dialogue and narrative.  His thoughts are presented in italics, so that the reader may peer into the inner workings of the protagonist’s diseased mind while simultaneously observing the surrounding storyline."Neural Misfire" shows in detail the extreme depressive and manic mood swings associated with bipolar disorder.  The protagonist moved from a confident straight-A high-school student, to an insecure college novice, to a deeply depressed young man, to a suicidal ghost of himself, and finally to a manic conquistador—all taking place over only nine months, which are depicted in time-stamped chapters.His adventures landed him in the college therapist office, the campus police station, a state psychiatric locked ward, jail and court, and a private psychiatric locked ward.  He was forced to undergo lithium injection and changed overnight from a manic teen to a docile youth.