Bring On Lemons

Tara Meissner stops by to chat as part of her WOW! Women on Writing Book Blog Tour. Tara shares her thoughts on "Bipolar and Living Well" and offers readers an opportunity to win a copy of her memoir through a giveaway. Don't miss your chance to hear from Tara and take home a copy of Stress Fracture: a Memoir of Psychosis . Living Well with Bipolar Disorder by Tara Meissner People have asked me to write about my daily struggles for living with bipolar disorder. Really, honestly, there are not daily struggles. Even before I was on an effective treatment program, there were not daily struggles. I think that is part of what is misunderstood about bipolar disorder. Yes there are high moods, mania, and low moods, depression. However, there is a lot of time spent in a normal mood, not elevated or depressed. I think that is why it is easy to deny the disease exists at all. For me, living well, means doing what I can to avoid break-through symptoms of the disorder. I kn...