{"id":71890,"date":"2020-05-10T01:26:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T05:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/71890"},"modified":"2020-05-10T01:26:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T05:26:21","slug":"birth-of-a-new-brain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/71890","title":{"rendered":"Birth of a New Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"When a new mother becomes manic overnight from a rare form of bipolar disorder, she stops at nothing to find the mental stability she needs to stay alive. After the birth of her baby triggers a manic maelstrom, Dyane Harwood struggles to survive the bewildering highs and crippling lows of her brain\u2019s turmoil. Birth of a New Brain vividly depicts her postpartum bipolar disorder, an unusual type of bipolar disorder and postpartum mood and anxiety disorder. During her childhood, Harwood grew up close to her father, a brilliant violinist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic who had bipolar disorder. She learned how bipolar disorder could ravage a family, but she never suspected that she\u2019d become mentally ill\u2014until her baby was born. Harwood wondered if mental health would always be out of her reach. From medications to electroconvulsive therapy, from \u201credwood forest baths\u201d to bibliotherapy, she explored both traditional and unconventional methods of recovery\u2014in-between harrowing psychiatric hospitalizations. Harwood reveals how she ultimately achieved a stable mood. She discovered that despite having a chronic mood disorder, a new, richer life is possible. Birth of a New Brain is the chronicle of one mother\u2019s perseverance, offering hope and grounded advice for those battling mental illness.<p>\r\n\t       \r\n\t       GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer(“AFE4DwAAQBAJ”, 500,400);\r\n\t       <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a new mother becomes manic overnight from a rare form of bipolar disorder, she stops at nothing to find the mental stability she needs to stay alive. After the birth of her baby triggers a manic maelstrom, Dyane Harwood struggles to survive the bewildering highs and crippling lows of her brain\u2019s turmoil. 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