Big Crowd at the Crazy House

One year after her graduation from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana; where she received her B.S. in Printing Management, Heather D. Brown found herself being led into the psychiatric ward clapping her hands and shouting, Show me the Money!!! She spent the night in the padded room and was quickly diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or manic-depression.That night; August 16, 1997, would mark thebeginning of her lifelong battle with extreme mood swingsthat ranged from psychotic manic episodes to soul-wrenching depression She was hospitalized almost adozen times in the following 11 years because of severe manic episodes.In 2001 she survived two suicide attempts, thesecond of which put her on a respirator for 2days, and coincidentally she regained consciousness onSeptember 11, 2001. She was so thankful to bealive after 9/11, that she felt it was her duty to shareher story in hopes of possibly helping prevent someof the millions of people who battle this illnessfrom making the same mistake she did. Peoplewith manic-depression are some of the world'smost creative and gifted people. She hopes to offerthem encouragement to never again think of givingup, and instead they should try to find a lucrativeopportunity for their creativity. If you, or someone youlove, or a friend or co-worker are suffering with bipolardisorder, this book offers you a backstage pass insidethe mind of a manic-depressive. The reader should beprepared to laugh out loud one moment, and possiblybe horrified and saddened by the manic, brutallyhonest and painful poetry in the next.In the end, if you are not overcome with emotion in the unbelievable power of the Human Spirit to pick itself up, dust itself off, clap its hands, and find its way back from nowhere, then you need to check your pulse or re-read this book!