Postpartum Bipolar w/Psychosis – Jessica Ekhoff

11/04/2022 In Podcast Episodes By Paul Gilmartin

Postpartum Bipolar w/Psychosis – Jessica Ekhoff

Jessica Ekhoff is an attorney who, after giving birth to her first child, was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar. She talks about her psychosis which led to a stay at an inpatient facility and how she’s since stabilized and gotten back to her life.

 

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The pre-order page for Jessica’s book Super Sad Unicorn: A Memoir of Mania: https://jessica-ekhoff.presale.manuscripts.com/

Postpartum Support International: https://www.postpartum.net/

The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline: https://mchb.hrsa.gov/national-maternal-mental-health-hotline

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1 Comment

  • Dyane Harwood

    01/12/2023 at 10:46 pm Reply

    This is my 5-star Amazon review of Jessica’s book:

    Jessica Ekhoff’s memoir is an amazing, moving contribution to antenatal/perinatal literature. I’m a mom of two teenagers and an author. In 2007, I was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar disorder. After much trial and error with medications and lifestyle changes, I’ve been stable and thriving for many years.

    As a writer who had always found comfort in books, I searched for a book that touched upon my obscure mood disorder, but I found nothing. My postpartum bipolar memoir was published a decade after my diagnosis. It’s not easy to tell the world about the mental darkness you’ve endured as a mother. Jessica is incredibly brave to write about her suffering, and her book will help moms feel less alone.

    The book sheds much-needed light on postpartum bipolar, a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder that warrants as much research as postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Jessica doesn’t solely focus on her agony; she also reminds readers they can recover, there is hope, and that life will get better. This is a beautiful, profound aspect of “Super Sad Unicorn”, and this book will help many moms, family members and mental health professionals.

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