Woman Overboard: A Splash of Insight Into Sleep Deprivation and Psychosis

by Sharon Sheltzer

Overview

The reader accompanies the author through a few months of psychotic interludes in her otherwise grounded and privileged life, and experiences it through her eyes. She is an accomplished architect, sailor, wife and mother who recently became impacted by Multiple Sclerosis symptoms. This mental anguish begins while on a sailing vacation in the British Virgin Islands and follows her home to the Central Valley and Central Coast in California. Relationships with friends, family, clients and primarily her husband are affected and examined. The reader experiences suspense as one surprising episode follows the other, sandwiched between postcard-like images of sailing harbors, white pelicans and salt-box homes with green lawns and flower beds.
This memoir is about both her experiences and the research to discover the cause of her unprecedented behavior. How could this happen after 60 years of stable mental health? Two potential causes are examined- Multiple Sclerosis or sleep deprivation-and a conclusion is drawn. At times this is a suspenseful story and it also offers the author’s insight into problems with mental health evaluation, misdiagnosis and stigma. Her research about the effects of extended sleep deprivation are startling.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164777647
Publisher:	Sharon Sheltzer
Publication date:	01/30/2021
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	296 KB

About the Author

Sharon Sheltzer is the author of a memoir titled Woman Overboard- A Splash of Insight into Sleep Deprivation and Psychosis. However improbable it might seem, it was a natural progression to move from her career as an architect to an author. Both pursuits employ creative communication. As an avid reader, and with the utmost respect for the writing craft, she set down her drafting pencils and picked up her laptop and dictionary.

She has received inspiration and advice from attending the Central Coast Writer’s Conferences, memoir classes and writer’s groups. Her interests in green architecture, climate change, politics, kayaking, sailing and homeless persons are sure to find their way into her next novel.