Up High and Down Low: An Adoptive Mother's Journey Through Bipolar Illness

Kathleen King lives in New York. She is the mother of seven adopted children and three biological children. She has been a nurse for many years while at the same time raising her children and battling bipolar illness. She has been on a long journey as information and treatment options have been discovered and become available. She shares her story to provide knowledge and help to other mothers both adoptive and biological who may be struggling with bipolar illness and to closely related people who are puzzled about the best ways to assist the person in their family, including spouses, children, friends, coworkers, or acquaintances.