Still Here: A Bipolar Survival Manual

Millions of people are diagnosed with bipolar disorder every year. Most leave with a prescription, a pamphlet, and more questions than answers. Almost none of them are given a plan for how to actually live with it. Still Here is that plan. Adam Flesner combines a master’s degree in exercise and nutrition science, a decade of living with bipolar disorder, and multiple hospitalizations to write the book he needed when everything fell apart. This is not theory from a distance. It's a field-tested approach built from experience, failure, recovery, and rebuilding. Part memoir. Part evidence-based field guide. Part honest reflection on faith, suffering, and what actually helps. Inside you’ll learn: ∙ What bipolar disorder is doing in the brain and why that changes how you respond to it ∙ A sleep and circadian rhythm protocol built specifically for a bipolar nervous system ∙ Which supplements help, which do nothing, and which can quietly make things worse ∙ A relapse prevention system built from years of trial, error, and refinement ∙ How to think about faith when your brain doesn't cooperate — and why that tension doesn't mean you're broken ∙ Practical tools, scripts, and frameworks you can actually use when things start slipping This is not a book about "managing symptoms." It's about building a life with enough structure to contain the illness, enough clarity to face it, and enough purpose to keep going. This book is for: ∙ The person who just got diagnosed and feels like their identity has collapsed overnight ∙ The one who has been managing for years and still feels like they’re improvising ∙ The high-functioning achiever who looks fine on the outside and falls apart in private ∙ The family member trying to understand what they’re watching ∙ Anyone who has wondered if survival is the best it's ever going to get There is a way to live with this that is stable, meaningful, and honest. This book shows you how.