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I was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar I disorder in 2007 after my second daughter was born. I wrote about these experiences in my 2017 memoir Birth of a New Brain—Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder endorsed by Kay Redfield Jamison and numerous mental health luminaries. I wouldn’t hesitate to get ECT again if I needed it.)
I was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar I disorder in 2007 after my second daughter was born. I wrote about these experiences in my 2017 memoir Birth of a New Brain—Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder endorsed by Kay Redfield Jamison and numerous mental health luminaries. I wouldn’t hesitate to get ECT again if I needed it.)
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