Books, etc. - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

Spanophile · 12-18-2006, 02:18 PM

Does anyone get BP magazine? Is it good? Also can anyone recommend any books to read? Being new to this I'm like a sponge soaking up everything I can get!

intheclouds · 12-18-2006, 03:50 PM

thats a great q and ill add to it how about a handbook for the partner or loved one of a bp??

always smiling · 12-18-2006, 07:27 PM

I had a subscription to BP magazine. I did not renew it. You only get four issues for 20 dollars which I think is rather expensive for the fact that I didn't get too much information out of it. I think I've learned all I can about bipolar over the last few years that the magazine didn't do me any good.

always smiling · 12-18-2006, 07:30 PM

I forgot to add, Bipolar for Dummies is pretty good. I also think there is a book out there called Loving Someone with Bipolar. I read a few good ones from my library but I can't remember the names.

tsohl · 12-18-2006, 10:53 PM

I am not bipolar but my 25-year old son is bipolar I. He was diagnosed when he was about 20 and I have been reading ever since in an attempt to understand what he goes through. One book I like very much is "Surviving Manic Depression" by E. Fuller Torrey and Michael B. Knable. It is a good, basic manual for patients, families and loved ones that touches on just about every topic relating to the disorder...causes, symptoms, risk factors; treatments and a good description of various meds; info on drug and alcohol abuse, violence, suicide, etc. There is also a guide to other books, videos, websites, etc. On a different note is a book called "The Bipolar Advantage" by Tom Wooton. Unlike most books, this one is not written by a doctor, but by a guy who is bipolar and offers an interesting perspective. Also anything by Kay Redfield Jamison. When I was trying to understand bipolar in my son, he handed me a copy of "The Unquiet Mind," said read this and then you'll know how I feel.