So she has to give up sports - Squash, horse riding she felt she was giving up a part of herselfĪs a trained doctor, she is very conscious of her reluctance to edication - "I ought to be able to handle whatever difficulties came my way without having to rely upon crutches such as Medication". She does talk of how Lithium threw off coordination. And eventually learns to accept lithium in her life, even creating rules of acceptance with a sense of humour. She explains at length the challenges of lithium - the effect of lithium in the early days, the lithium toxicity, but also missing the highs of mania, especially mildly mania phase - controlled by lithium, hating the ‘normal’, how her sister raged against her need for lithium. Kay Redfield Jamison, a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a leading expert on bipolar disorder writes a brilliantly vivid and honest memoir with very detailed descriptions of her phases, especially the mania phases. Warnings: This book discusses frankly the author’s own suicide attempt and though it is handled well, parents should know that it is a topic that occurs in a detail.The memoir 'An Unquiet Mind' is a must read if you want to insights into Bipolar Disorder from the perspective of a person living with it or Manic Depression as Kay Jamison prefers to call it. The book documents honestly some of the dangerous pitfalls of mania and depression and should be read by patients with a caregiver’s guidance but can provide hope and inspiration for anyone living with a mood disorder.Īudience: High School, Adults, Patients, Caregivers, Providers Jamison eventually became a successful professor at Johns Hopkins University while battling her moods and seeking treatment with medication, therapy and supports. This book charts her course from a young girl with unstable moods, to an adult diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Her moods were unlike other children and her experience of the world was at times confusing. Keywords: Bipolar, Psychosis, Depression, Maniaįrom the time she was a small child, Kay Jamison knew that she was different. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
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