From the “Two Bipolar Chicks”, Wendy K. Williamson and Honora Rose, comes this survival guide disguised as a low-key, how to manual. From their wellness vaults, they compiled three decades worth of tips for you. Filled with insightful anecdotes and personal viewpoints – which can differ – Wendy and Honora steer you through the swamps of bipolar disorder and teach you how to dodge the alligators.From advice on medication, to their own, personal journeys with acceptance, you’ll pick up tips on managing depression and mania. There is plenty of factual advice and information on treatments and tidbits for the novice, the pros and everyone in between. It could be an asset to anyone navigating the bipolar waters. Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder is the consummate bipolar mix of everything you’ll want - and need - inside. The most delicious part is it isn’t bogged down with scientific jargon, though they do explain what you need to know. You’ll hear more from the author you’ve grown to love and the co-author you soon will. It’s their personal insight that will make this a unique book. Divulging tidbits from manic sex and internet sites to how to not blow your life savings when in a manic episode, they blow the lid off telling it like it is. You wanted to know more and here it is! Wendy has also brought in her editor and partner Honora to double the fun. Wendy K. Williamson is the author of the best-selling, inspirational memoir I’m Not Crazy Just Bipolar. This is the book you wanted her to write next: more tips, more about wellness, more information. Voila! The Two Bipolar Chicks Guide To Wellness: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder was born. You’ll receive an education about treatments, including their own experience with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). You’ll learn the importance of medication management and that not all generics or doctors were created equal. They’ll tell you how crucial little details can be from pill trays to choosing your pharmacy to locking up the credit cards when manic. Wendy and Honora will tell you what has worked - and not worked - for them. This book is designed to fill in the gaps of the scientific ones and keep you entertained so you won’t fall asleep. Wendy K. Williamson has been positively reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly and National Alliance on Mental Illness’ The Advocate. She also currently blogs for BPHope.com. Together, Wendy and Honora run The Red Bank Writers Group.www.twobipolarchicks.comwww.wendykwilliamson.com "Wendy and Honora offer a realistic and compassionate glimpse into their lives, giving the reader survival rules, hope, and encouragement." - Muffy Walker, Founder & Chairman of International Bipolar Foundation "This book is an incredible resource and edgy self-help guide. It is a must-read because it will save lives." - Andy Behrman, best-selling author of Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania "These Chicks have come up with every rule to save your life as you know it. Listen to what they say." - Dr. Jay Carter,author of : The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bipolar Disorder "More than a decade after my own diagnosis, I find these clear-cut tips are relevant and exactly what every bipolar person needs." - Mrs. Bipolarity " Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder is a thorough, well researched, systematic and enjoyable resource for individuals and family members and friends trying to understand, live with, cope with, recover from, heal and thrive with the disease of bipolar illness." - Laura Madlyn Harrison, MA, LCADC, CLEM "The Two Bipolar Chicks Guide To Survival is outstanding in every way, and best of all it's not your run-of-the-mill, mediocre, and outdated bipolar self help book. Williamson and Rose provide creative, out-of-the-box thinking which makes for interesting and inspiring reading, and while the book's topic is serious, they write with humor when appropriate - that's a huge plus in my opinion." -Dyane Leshin-Harwood, B.A., C.P.T. Author of upcoming book, Birth of a New Brain-Healing From Postpartum Bipolar Disorder “Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder is an excellent survival guide for navigating the complexities of the mental health care system. It is a unique self-help book that approaches the management of bipolar illness with a very practical approach. I especially recommend this book for patients, families, as well as ‘bipolar chicks.’” -Robert C. Bransfield M.D. DLFAPA Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Past President, New Jersey Psychiatric Association “In the late 1980’s, Dr. Ronald R. Fieve gave us Moodswing (Bantam Press, NYC, 1989). His work is still considered seminal in pioneering the utilization of lithium to treat manic depression. In the 90’s, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison of John Hopkins blew the doors open when