Publisher's Synopsis
Essential for anyone with any interest or connection to mental illness. 'The Doctor' was forced to write 'A Head Full of Dreams' under the veil of anonymity due to restrictive laws in his country which limit the public profile of doctors. 'The Doctor' was a successful medical practitioner with a busy practice, a loving family, and beautiful children when he had an unusual accident that caused a change in his brain. In 'A Head Full of Dreams' he tells his story of how he came to carry out an experiment on himself where he applied Laser Light to his head constantly for a week. He believes the exposure altered his brain so significantly that the resulting trauma brought about bipolar disorder. His life was decimated. His medical career was in tatters, his marriage broke down, he lost a fortune and faced a monumental struggle to maintain his sanity after being declared insane. But, through all this loss, he found the way to live a sane life. He rebuilt his life and family - and made a triumphant return to medicine. 'A Head Full of Dreams', by 'The Doctor', is both a Memoir and a book on living with mental illness. The Doctor was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of thirty-five, over twenty years ago. He was a successful doctor before his diagnosis and continues to be a successful doctor today. The wretchedness he encountered in mental hospitals and the impersonal treatment both he and his family had to endure, and the way he and his loved ones chose to manage this difficult illness is unforgettable reading.
