World Bipolar Day is observed each year on March 30, the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed as probably having bipolar disorder. A Lawyer shares painful lessons about his family's attempts to cope with a manic-depressive member. Tegretol, cigarettes, pregnancies and suicide: life with a bipolar mother. She was christened Ammi by a Malayalee nurse who cared for her during her first few days on this earth. The name stuck. Ammi was the apple of her father’s eye, at least until I came along as I like to tease her every now and then.
Ammi’s story began to take shape when she first met Baba. Even before she had met Baba in person, she made the fateful decision to marry him. In 1986, I arrived. In 1987, she swallowed 10 tablets of Valium. The scene was set for a lifelong battle with depression. 22 days The first Act took place in Bangalore’s Manasa Neuropsychiatric…
