Just Like My Father | An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Vividly illustrative | An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness | Kay Redfield Jamison

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	• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Kay Redfield Jamison Vintage, 1996 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 330 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Unveiling the Mask of Bipolar Disorder

Redfield Jamison gifted the world with her memoir about bipolar which targets the disorder from two angles: the professional and the personal. Story is always profound and powerful, and I greatly appreciated her commitment to honesty of what it means to live with bipolar. She truly combined the best of two worlds - the world of truth and the facts about bipolar, juxtaposed against her own story.

Possibly the most eye-opening part of the book is her struggle with lithium, and she covers the pros and cons, and wonderfully illustrates the lifesaving effects of the drug. Although she explains the many side effects and the disadvantages of the drug, she also reveals how many times it has saved her life...for better or worse.

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Just Like My Father

When I read "An Unquiet Mind" I saw my father, a house painter and furniture maker sharing the same experience as Dr. Jamison. Now there are so many things I finally understand. My father was put on Lithium by the Veteran's Administration. The VA had no communication with us. Thank you for this enlightening text.

Vividly illustrative

"An Unquiet Mind" was one of the first books I read when my teens were diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Reading Jamison's words not only enabled me to understand my childrens' inner processes, but also helped me to parent them more compassionately.

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not what I expected

I am bipolar and this book was recommended by my doctor. I was hoping for a book that shared thoughts and experiences similar to what I have been through; instead I feel that she focused too much on her relationships and how people responded to her illness rather than her actual experiences with it. She is an academic and I felt that she was writing to other academics rather than the average person. Her language choice sometimes made the book cumbersome and boring and I never felt the connection with her as a person that I had been looking for. While I appreciate her honesty and willingness to share something so personal, and there were bits here and there that I could relate to, I did not really enjoy reading this book as much as I thought I would.

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