Mental Note LLC,
Sharon A. Lewis, Ph.D.

I wrote this book while experiencing a few life-style modifications, which resulted in me sleeping on my floor for 9-months.  I was totally out of my league and over my head dealing with lawyers, bills, sickness, and living on my own again. I  forgot my self. I had to relearn to put God first and me second. Putting me second was so hard and took so long because most of my life, I put everyone before me. But God! He had me studying the Bible more than I ever had in my life. This book is composed of 12 chapters with 2 concentrating on the Book of Job.  Writing this book allowed me to get my mind clear. I got my groove back even while sleeping on the floor. I am not a preacher. This book contains the sermons I wrote for me to make it through an impossible situation. Enjoy!

In this book, I identify seven attributes that are like stair steps leading to destruction for anyone who suffers with bipolar disorder but remains untreated. The 7 attributes include: depression, hypomania, complete mania, financial ruin, sexual promiscuity, introduction to the penal system or extended unemployment and religiousity.  I have 5 personalities give their perspectives on the 7 attributes. Very Interesting. 

Has anyone or in this case, a group of people ever colluded to steal something so valuable to you that you couldn't speak. You couldn't talk because what they stole would embarrass you,  shame you, and expose every secret that you were stupid enough to put in print.  In this book, these guys had to commit a federal crime to steal it?  In the Bible, God says "Vengeance is mine." I also heard a saying, "Don't mess with the man that buys ink by the barrel. She was too mad to wait on God so she took matters into her hands. Everybody has a boss, and unfortunately, people forget that when they plot to commit a federal crime. You decide who needed to seek psychiatric assistance. Some people got paranoid, schizoid, narcissistic, neurotic, psychotic, and mean-spirited, while all the time wearing Armani suits, and stilettos. Enjoy

This book is about a Divorce that was anything and everything but plain and simple. Now mind you, since neither of them wanted to continue the marriage, which was doomed from day one, it baffles one's brain as to why the heck they played like this divorce was heart wrenching. This mess had nothing to do with a Heart. The husband and wife are both professionals and may even be considered a Power Couple. During the 8-months that it took for them to dissolve their 23-year marriage, they realized that they never learned to love each other; talk to each other; share with each other; respect each other; or laugh with each other except at the governor's mansion and in front of friends and family. I wrote this book with NO limits. I wrote inside the lines, outside the lines, across the lines, sideways, upside down, and twisted.  Enjoy!

I wrote this book starting my second year of graduate school after my Manic Depression (Bipolar Disorder Mania) diagnosis. This is the first book that I wrote. I was overwhelmed with the rigors of grad school, commuting, raising children, being a wife, teaching, research, and walking on water. This book has a wonderful ending in that I defended my dissertation and received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Chemistry. This happened after my major professor told me that I would get my degree over his dead body. Enjoy!

These are fun books. They contain letters, columns that I wrote for the National Alliance on Mental Illness North Oklahoma City/Edmond, OK chapter, and my experiences as an associate professor at a university. Enjoy!