Arts and Writing by Sherry

An Interview with author and painter, Sherry Joiner

Sherry and I met at a writer’s meeting many years ago. She told me she wanted to write a book about living with schizoaffective disorder. Years later I spoke at a bipolar disorder support group. I looked up and there she was. She said, “Guess what Julie! I wrote my book!”   We are now close friends. I asked her about the differences between schizo affective disorder and bipolar disorder in part one of our interview.

Sherry: I have the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia and the symptoms of bipolar disorder at the same time. I have extreme paranoia- hallucinations, grandeur delusions, thinking my dreams are real and a lack of concentration. With the bipolar, I have up and down mood swings, especially deep depression.