An Unquiet Mind (Audible Audio Edition) Kay Redfield Jamison Random House Audio Books
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The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years and her determined journey through the realm of available treatments.
An Unquiet Mind (Audible Audio Edition) Kay Redfield Jamison Random House Audio Books
I've read several books on bipolar disorder and this is one of the best. Jamison writes beautifully and from an interesting perspective as both a clinician/researcher and a person with bipolar disorder. To be clear, this book does not offer suggestions on how to manage the disorder or detailed descriptions of the symptoms. I would recommend reading other books for that information and then read this one. Jamison does explain some of the terminology but it's mostly focused on her personal experiences. For example, lithium works very well for Jamison and she repeatedly talks about how important it is in managing her bipolar. But not everyone with bipolar disorder responds well to lithium and Jamison doesn't really talk about other options. That's okay for a memoir like this; I just wouldn't recommend starting here. Its more important to know what to expect first and then dive into excellent memoirs like this one. As the wife of a person newly diagnosed with bipolar, I found Jamison's story both reassuring (she is functioning really well now) and terrifying (it took her a long time to accept the diagnosis and longer to accept taking meds consistently). A very good read.Product details
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An Unquiet Mind (Audible Audio Edition) Kay Redfield Jamison Random House Audio Books Reviews
Excellent book that helps you delve inside the mind of a person with bipolar disease. I originally found this book through doing a college report in a psychology class and I've handed out this book dozens of times since when I come across someone dealing with bipolar disease either personally or through friends and family. The book taught me empathy and compassion for what others are going through.
The author gives you the most incredible and authentic perspective of this mental illness. She gives you both the patient's perspective because she has it and she gives you the clinical perspective in ways the average person can understand. She takes you on her personal journey sharing the way a bipolar mind thinks including her outright denial of the disease in her own mind for decades. She explains how she was diagnosing people with the disease while denying the existence of it in her mind.
Once she accepts the diagnosis she takes you right with her as she explains what the medications do the mind and why people don't want to take them. She also explains the professional risk of coming forward with this information. This book is a fast easy read and you come out with a new appreciation of people in general.
I chose to read this book because of the number of people in my life who have this type of challenge. It met my expectations and helped me to develop greater understanding and empathy for others who have this condition.
I loved this book. Interesting and informative, but so much more.
Kay Jamison has a fascinating life, and her description of her academic and personal life and how all of it has been affected by her illness has been a pleasure to read. This is a very brave and personal memoir and no doubt has and will benefit many sufferers of bipolar disease and those who love them.
I liked the perspective from a life long researcher of the illness combined with self experience. I would have liked slightly more details of the episodes (thoughts, feelings, experiences etc.) I am trying desperately to understand what my child experiences. Ive read enough to be terrified for him but I want a more detailed description. I re amend this book to anyone seeking to further understand as I want how it feels to go through this, how to explain it to those around you and why they need to know. It is so important for those around that are caring for someone with this illness to know what to look for and what to do when they see things that need to be taken care of!! Empathy I believe is easier for people to feel when they have a basic understanding of an issue. I will continue my search for more information, I believe there is always something new to learn, something new to try! There is no cure, but there is hope for a fulfilling life with happiness!
I had to read this book for one of my college classes. It's about 200 pages, and I read it from start to finish in a couple hours. So it goes to show that it was interesting and entertaining enough to keep me from putting it down, even though I had two more weeks to finish the book. Some parts of it seem oddly written, almost silly, almost less like a professional novel and more like you're listening to someone casually talk. However, it was intriguing and truly a window into the mind of someone facing mental illness. A completely different perspective than learning about mental illnesses in a textbook style manner.
Incredibly heartbreaking but hope-filled memoir about manic depressive illness. I now feel as if I can face my illness head on and face it without fear, with knowledge stored in my mind from this book. Compassion and expertise combined with personal experience makes this one of the best books I have read about this illness I share with the author.
Poetic and lyrical, this book was hard to put down. Jamison description of her own bipolar disease should be read by anyone who is in close contact with a person with BPD. (as well a any one who wants to read a good book.) I learned so much from this account even though I am an 'old' retired nurse who spent 3 months of my nursing education at a student at a state mental hospital shortly before the deinstitutionalization movement occurred, casting mentally ill people on the streets without a support network. I thought I knew what BPD was all about, but this book opened my eyes to the difficulty a person with BPD has with drug effects and loss of energy and creativeness that is present in the hypomanic stages.
I've read several books on bipolar disorder and this is one of the best. Jamison writes beautifully and from an interesting perspective as both a clinician/researcher and a person with bipolar disorder. To be clear, this book does not offer suggestions on how to manage the disorder or detailed descriptions of the symptoms. I would recommend reading other books for that information and then read this one. Jamison does explain some of the terminology but it's mostly focused on her personal experiences. For example, lithium works very well for Jamison and she repeatedly talks about how important it is in managing her bipolar. But not everyone with bipolar disorder responds well to lithium and Jamison doesn't really talk about other options. That's okay for a memoir like this; I just wouldn't recommend starting here. Its more important to know what to expect first and then dive into excellent memoirs like this one. As the wife of a person newly diagnosed with bipolar, I found Jamison's story both reassuring (she is functioning really well now) and terrifying (it took her a long time to accept the diagnosis and longer to accept taking meds consistently). A very good read.
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