Liam Gildea

If you are living with bipolar illness or have a family member with the illness it’s my hope that this book is of some help. I was in and out of a psychiatric day care centre for 6 years and have picked up invaluable information from the healthcare professionals. I try to relay this knowledge at all opportunities in this book. I hope you learn from my mistakes and appreciate the importance of getting professional help that’ll lead to a proper diagnosis. I hope you can get beyond stigma, accept your illness, and move forward to being the best you.

In this book I will take you through the past 20 years, living with mental illness. I will recount stories of paralyzing lows to frenzied highs that mark a condition called Bipolar illness. I will be reflecting on the devastation of these episodes leading to troubles with authorities, online dating addiction and culminating in suicide ideation.