Author:
Hornbacher, Marya, 1974-
Imprint:Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Description299 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:Prologue: The Cut: November 5, 1994 -- The Goatman: 1978 -- What They Know: 1979 -- Depression: 1981 -- Prayer: 1983 -- Food: 1984 -- The Booze under the Stove: 1985 -- Meltdown: 1988 -- Escapes: Michigan, 1989 -- Minneapolis: 1990 -- California: 1990 -- Minneapolis: 1991 -- Washington, D.C.: 1992 -- 1993 -- 1994 -- Full Onset: 1995 -- The New Life: 1996 -- The Diagnosis: April 1997 -- The Break: July 1997, Nine A.M. -- Unit 47: Same Day -- Tour: January 1998 -- Hypomania: July 1998 -- Jeremy: Later That Summer -- Therapy: 1999 -- Losing It: Winter 1999 -- Crazy Sean: June 2000 -- Oregon: August 2000 -- Day Treatment: Late August 2000 -- Attic, Basement: Fall 2000 -- Valentine's Day: 2001 -- Coming to Life: Summer 2001 -- Jeff: Fall 2001 -- The Good Life: Summer 2002 -- The Magazine: November 2002 -- Fall 2003 -- The Missing Years -- Hospitalization #1: January 2004 -- Hospitalization #2: April 2004 -- Hospitalization #3: July 2004 -- Hospitalization #4: October 2004 -- Hospitalization #5: January 2005 -- Hospitalization #6: April 2005 -- Hospitalization #7: July 2005 -- Release: August 2005 -- Fall 2006 -- Winter 2006 -- Spring 2007 -- Summer 2007 -- Epilogue -- Bipolar Facts -- My Bipolar Facts -- Useful Websites -- Useful Contacts -- Research Resources -- Bibliography.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-298).
Note:When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted, she did not yet know the reason for her all-but-shattered young life. At age 24, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is. Here, in her trademark wry, self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. She takes us inside her own desperate attempts to control violently careening mood swings by self-starvation, substance abuse, numbing sex, and self-mutilation. How Hornbacher fights her way up from a madness that all but destroys her, and what it is like to live in a difficult and sometimes beautiful life and marriage, is at the heart of this brave memoir. Millions of people in America struggle with a variety of disorders that may mask their true diagnosis of bipolar; also, Hornbacher's portrait of her own bipolar as early as age four will change the current debate on whether bipolar exists in children.--From publisher description.
