A healing of manic depression

Martha Niggeman is a Christian Science practitioner in Kentfield, California. In addition to her work as a practitioner, she has been a Christian Science lecturer. An account of Martha's healing of what is now called bipolar disorder was first published in the Sentinel in the January 22, 1990, issue. Recently, Martha spoke further with the Sentinel about that experience and what she learned from it.

YEARS AGO, I struggled daily with medically diagnosed manic depression. This type of severe depression was, and still is, considered incurable.

The doctor told me that I would never be free from the condition, nor from reliance on daily medication that was supposed to help me stay on an even keel mentally. He said that if I didn't take the medications he was prescribing, he would take no responsibility for my life because in a manic episode, with deep depression, the impulse to commit suicide is extremely strong. Even with that daily medication, there were times when my condition was so severe that I was hospitalized for long periods.

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