Functionally Ill
Subtitle: Adventures with Mental Health : Deeply myself
By: Laura-Marie
Series: Functionally ill : Adventures with mental health
Publisher: The author
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Sacramento, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Manic-depressive illness; Biography; Mental illness; Medically uninsured persons; Maladies mentales; Biographies; Personnes non assurées (Assurance-maladie)
Description: Laura-Marie, who also hears voices, is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She questions what society considers mental illness and recounts her nervousness during her appointment with a county psychiatrist, including anxiety about medications and unwanted side-effects of weight-gain or diabetes. She also reprints an entry about her support group from her blog http://dangerouscompassions.blogspot.com.
Notes: Cover title.
Table of contents: title: The first bipolar person I ever knew; title: Introduction; title: Problems with mental illness; title: The psychiatrist appointment; title: More about mania; title: Support group; title: Medication.