A Primer on Depression and Bipolar Disorder

IV. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I have learned a great deal from my travels along the dark road of depression, and the kaleidoscopic road of mania; and I have learned yet more from my fellow travelers along those roads. I thank those who have shared their insights and experiences with me; from some of them I have learned just how brave, and how determined, people can be in the face of devouring illness.

On the medical side, I can say that I literally owe my life to Drs. Grace and Dubovsky; without their effective intervention I would surely have killed myself before the end of 1986. Likewise Dr. Kathleen Johnson guided my change from an ineffective tricyclic to an SSRI in 1997. I don't know who to thank for switching me from lithium to Depakote while I was in the rehabilitation hospital in 1997.

Finally, I owe deep thanks to my then wife, Barbara, who helped in every way anyone could have in the terrible year 1986. She kept me moving, fighting, trying; without her courage I would surely have perished. Likewise my deepest thanks to Rosemary Blanchard who stuck by me in my 1996-97 crisis, offering me loving support in that very chaotic time.

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