Book description
An attractive, highly successful Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer, Terri Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder for the better part of her life—and concealing a pharmacy’s worth of prescription drugs meant to stabilize her moods and make her "normal." In explosive bursts of prose that mirror the devastating mania and…
Why read it?
1 author picked Manic as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book touched me because she is telling her story that is similar to mine.
Like me, she goes from having it all to losing it all due to her bipolar disorder. She was a high-powered lawyer until her manic episodes blew up her life. Page after page, she talks about her success and mania and her crushing crashes into deep, dark depression.
I love that she talks about the seductive power of mania and its devastating cost on relationships, career, and self-worth. I shared her experience of bipolar disorder, including shame, denial, and the eventual path toward diagnosis and…
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