Foreword by:

Dr Megan Munro, Consultant Psychiatrist

Birkenhead 2008

Kevin and I acknowledge we have not always seen eye to eye about his care and treatment. That is not particularly unusual between psychiatrist and their patients with Bipolar Affective Disorder. I was therefore a little surprised when he asked me to write a forward to this book. That is not to say Kevin and I have major differences of opinion, but he sees me as part of the body of “professional opinion” which necessarily views Bipolar Disorder differently from those who have had personal experience of it.

Kevin has been through a series of ups and downs in his life since I have known him and not just the mood swings of phases in his illness, but major social and life changes. It must have taken a great deal of effort and emotion to commit his experience to paper. There is no doubt it would have been distressing at times to recall the contents of his psychotic episodes.

Many sufferers from Bipolar Disorder have little memory of their thoughts or actions during acute episodes of their illness, either they are depressed or hypomanic. Kevin describes his thoughts and experiences with unusual clarity allowing us to follow, if not understand, the workings of a manic mind.

Following the adversities over the last few years Kevin now seems to have found a lifestyle which is much less stressful. He seems much happier with his lot and his Bipolar Disorder has been more stable. Perhaps he and I have reached a satisfactory compromise regarding treatment.

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