 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
“Sometimes it's as if I'm living in a dream I can't wake from. Sometimes I'm so high I could almost touch the sky. ” Pamela Filip |
|
book |
|
Book info More Serotonin, Please! With Lots of Lithium and a Twist of Prozac on the Side. Lord! I'm Black and Bipolar! Coming soon! Pamela Allen Filip provides an intimate portrait of her life and a touching glimpse into the life of her mother, Sister Minnie Ella “Minzie” Allen, from whom Filip inherited her diseases. Because of the stigma still associated with mental illness, the author has had to fight for her chance to live a normal life. More than once, Minzie’s illness took her from the cotton fields to the Austin State Hospital in the ’60s. Her therapy often included electric shock treatments, even when she was pregnant with Filip. The author called her oldest sister “Mama” until their mother finally came home. Although Sister Minnie found her way back to sanity for a while, her demons plagued her once again during the last years of her life. Both mother and daughter went on compulsive cleaning binges during manic phases of their illnesses. Today, Filip fights her diseases with the help of her doctors and prescription medicines. |
|
