Dopamine Diary

By Kathy Yakal

On a Friday morning in February 1987, Lisa Lamsen decided to fly to Philadelphia from her home in North Carolina to ask a man to have dinner with her. Problem was, Lisa was supposed to have checked into a psychiatric hospital that day. She gets off the plane in Pittsburgh and returns to Greensboro, where she spends five weeks on a locked ward. Misdiagnosed and overmedicated, but clearly in need of some professional help, she stops taking her meds when she gets out and spends the next two years dealing with the impact of that decision. What led up to Lisa's breakdown? Did she simply get sick? Was she driven to insanity by two of her best friends? Was she unable to deal with the guilt she felt from leaving her husband? Or did the normal chemical changes that occur in the brain during physical attraction send Lisa's moods and thoughts and behavior spiraling out of control?Dopamine Diary explores the worlds of psychiatric institutions and drug/alcohol rehab facilities in the late 80s. It's also a story about work in the computer publishing industry, friendship, and the search for love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1983047384
• ISBN13: 9781983047381
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"