An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and MadnessNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication. |
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... side effects . It took me far too long to realize that lost years and relationships cannot be recovered , that damage done to oneself and others cannot always be put right again , and that freedom from the control imposed by medication ...
... side effects . It took me far too long to realize that lost years and relationships cannot be recovered , that damage done to oneself and others cannot always be put right again , and that freedom from the control imposed by medication ...
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... side of the steel autopsy table , trying hard not to look at the dead child's small , naked body , but being incapable of not doing so . The smell in the room was vile and saturating , and for a long while only the sloshing of water and ...
... side of the steel autopsy table , trying hard not to look at the dead child's small , naked body , but being incapable of not doing so . The smell in the room was vile and saturating , and for a long while only the sloshing of water and ...
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... side of my mind , generated enough distance and structure to allow me to manage , deflect , reflect , and move on . When hen I was fifteen , I went with my fellow candy stripers on a group outing to St. Elizabeths , the federal ...
... side of my mind , generated enough distance and structure to allow me to manage , deflect , reflect , and move on . When hen I was fifteen , I went with my fellow candy stripers on a group outing to St. Elizabeths , the federal ...
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