How does sleep feature in managing our bipolar?
One week ago, at the NAMI National Convention in Chicago, I heard Jill Bolte Taylor, author of “My Stroke of Insight,” talk about how sleep figured mightily in her recovery. In 1996, at age 37, Dr Taylor suffered a debilitating stroke that left her unable to walk or talk or recall life. Her recovery took eight years.
Dr Taylor attributes a large part of her recovery to being allowed to sleep, which, she explained, went totally against protocol....
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