Sugar And Salt - A Brief Compilation Of The Bipolar-Effected Individuals
The above mentioned book is about a woman in her mid thirties who had coped up with Manic-depression which is more commonly known as bipolar depression in spite of the ups and downs which she had to face in a totally unique way from other normal individuals.
She knew of the existence of this illness in her only when she was thirty two years old.
The book gives a very vivid and detailed explanation how she had to exist in a family threatened with such an illness and how she managed to work with the unrecognized ailment.
She has also talked about all the failed relationships in her life because of this problem, how she manages to live with it, and how she finds ways to come out of it after finally agreeing that she has problems.
The book talks about her tiresome journey after she accepts her bizarre ailment and looks for the right treatment and at a point of time she is even misguided that she is a psychotic.
For nearly five years, she was committed in finding the necessary knowledge and the different ways to deal with the problem she has been suffering from till she realizes the only way to get rid of it by entering a psychological correction centre.
She gives a vivid description about how she used to live in a ward which was locked all the time except when the physician came for the daily check and how elated she was when her physician actually found a medication which her ailment responded to.
That medication was the first ray of hope and eased her anxiety and made her come out of the traumatic experience gradually.
As the process of medication she goes on she finally reaches a stage where she can come out of the mental hospital and live like any other normal individual.
Jane now had to start a new life and had to stand on her own feet again.
She now got the job she always dreamt about and even her private life was great without anyone knowing the secrets of her past.
But, unfortunately, after a decade of treatment, she develops an allergy towards the medication which gave her a new lease of life and has to start off with the whole process again.
There comes a stage where she loses her dream job and falls into deep depression yet again.
The book brings out the beautifully describes the life of a woman who goes through depression, retrieves back and goes into depression and again and comes out of successfully yet again.
After reading the book, you will be all equipped to face such a problem in your life, in case you have it and how you can come out of it successfully and what kind of therapy and medication will help you come out of it.
The author of the book, Jane Thompson has been a teacher, a paralegal, a social worker and not to forget, a writer.
She has also been writing a political encyclopaedia for a publisher for a long time now and is a medical writer for a training corporation.
Only after going through all these experiences, she learnt to bring out her views and opinions more accurately.
These experiences proved very useful when the author decided to write her own story in the form of a book titled Sugar and Salt: My life with Bipolar Disorder.
Her knowledge as a medical writer and that she gathered about mental issues also helped her in making the book more useful and helpful for the readers.
The author has written nearly twenty short stories before coming up with this book.
At present, Jane Thompson is the author of Mosby's Clinical Nursing, a reference material in clinical nursing which is to be included in the educational program materials of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
She is also the sub-author of The Best Erotic romance: secrets volume fifteen and also editor of Top Chefs of the Triangle presented by the American Express.
She knew of the existence of this illness in her only when she was thirty two years old.
The book gives a very vivid and detailed explanation how she had to exist in a family threatened with such an illness and how she managed to work with the unrecognized ailment.
She has also talked about all the failed relationships in her life because of this problem, how she manages to live with it, and how she finds ways to come out of it after finally agreeing that she has problems.
The book talks about her tiresome journey after she accepts her bizarre ailment and looks for the right treatment and at a point of time she is even misguided that she is a psychotic.
For nearly five years, she was committed in finding the necessary knowledge and the different ways to deal with the problem she has been suffering from till she realizes the only way to get rid of it by entering a psychological correction centre.
She gives a vivid description about how she used to live in a ward which was locked all the time except when the physician came for the daily check and how elated she was when her physician actually found a medication which her ailment responded to.
That medication was the first ray of hope and eased her anxiety and made her come out of the traumatic experience gradually.
As the process of medication she goes on she finally reaches a stage where she can come out of the mental hospital and live like any other normal individual.
Jane now had to start a new life and had to stand on her own feet again.
She now got the job she always dreamt about and even her private life was great without anyone knowing the secrets of her past.
But, unfortunately, after a decade of treatment, she develops an allergy towards the medication which gave her a new lease of life and has to start off with the whole process again.
There comes a stage where she loses her dream job and falls into deep depression yet again.
The book brings out the beautifully describes the life of a woman who goes through depression, retrieves back and goes into depression and again and comes out of successfully yet again.
After reading the book, you will be all equipped to face such a problem in your life, in case you have it and how you can come out of it successfully and what kind of therapy and medication will help you come out of it.
The author of the book, Jane Thompson has been a teacher, a paralegal, a social worker and not to forget, a writer.
She has also been writing a political encyclopaedia for a publisher for a long time now and is a medical writer for a training corporation.
Only after going through all these experiences, she learnt to bring out her views and opinions more accurately.
These experiences proved very useful when the author decided to write her own story in the form of a book titled Sugar and Salt: My life with Bipolar Disorder.
Her knowledge as a medical writer and that she gathered about mental issues also helped her in making the book more useful and helpful for the readers.
The author has written nearly twenty short stories before coming up with this book.
At present, Jane Thompson is the author of Mosby's Clinical Nursing, a reference material in clinical nursing which is to be included in the educational program materials of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
She is also the sub-author of The Best Erotic romance: secrets volume fifteen and also editor of Top Chefs of the Triangle presented by the American Express.