A FORMER manic depressive has published an e-book to give an insight into her psychotic state of mind and to show sufferers there is a light at the end of the tunnel.Lesley Watson, of Jackmans Place in Letchworth GC, first became ill with the birth of her first child in 1989. She also became ill after having her second child and in 1992 was diagnosed with manic depression.The 39-year-old mother-of-four said: "My book, Through the Eyes of a Manic, is the vivid memory of the psychotic state of mind I experienced after the birth of my first child."I try to explain how it actually feels to be manic. My mind had taken me into a wild dimension and a frightening and frustrating place. I wouldn't respond to any medication and I didn't sleep for three and a half weeks."I was that ill that I was dribbling and shuffling my feet.
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