Manic depression—a term I prefer because it more accurately describes my experience—is a mental illness that shuttles between the exuberant highs of hypomania and the crushing lows of depression. But eventually a dark depression steals in, consuming joy, leaving me feeling apathetic, limp, hopeless. Over the years, as detailed in my book, "Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression," undiagnosed manic depression caused me to drop out of college twice, lose friendships, endanger my jobs, and endlessly worry family and friends. Proteins, greens, vegetables, fruits, and complex fiber-rich carbohydrates play nicely with manic depression. Click here to find out more about David's book “Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression.”

Source: Fox News May 31, 2017 11:03 UTC