Download or read book Ballasted Wings: Why That Day? written by Susan Knox Kopta and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ballasted Wings: A Cautionary Bipolar Tale is a warning of what may happen when medications are not stabilized, life style changes are not accepted and self-care is not prioritized. This penetrating narrative takes us on co-existing mother daughter journeys. It is sure to pierce your heart. Alexis soared. She achieved, achieved, achieved then crashed on broken wings. Alexis was diagnosed just weeks before her 2006 college graduation: Bipolar I with rapid cycling. Alexis's diagnosis was before the dawning of social media. She and her mother had very little information, few resources and scarce support. Alexis seeks ballast but finds it not. Rather, she is confined, not once, but three times to inpatient psychiatric care. On medical leave from college, Alexis is disconnected from peers and mentors. In a medicated haze, her thinking clouded, she veers dangerously off track. Her situation, perilous. Thrust into Alexis's world, you feel her pain, disconnection, desire.