She received close monitoring from time to time, and everyone got concerned about her life (Jamison 4). Having attempted to commit suicide, her relationship with her family members changed drastically since people started looking at her as a danger to herself. Jamison points out that manic depression should be treated with both psychotherapy and medication. She also encountered mixed episodes restless merge of depression and mania that is extremely painful. She acted out of emotions without thinking of the repercussions.
All these symptoms are severe, and they almost led to a suicide attempt. Manic depression affected Jamison in many ways, both at home and the work place. Many people were not able to cope up with her, or if they did then they persevered a lot (Frederick & Jamison 22). Talking rapidly is also another symptom that affected Jamison relationship with friends, colleagues and even relatives. Through her memoir it is also clear that she was unable to concentrate, she experienced mental and physical sluggishness and this seriously affected her work negatively. She narrates her illness by pointing out various symptoms such as thoughts of committing suicide, feelings of guilt, making impaired judgments, sleeping for a short while but feeling always energetic.
Jamison experienced true mania in her early age while in high school during which she felt exhausted, frightened and preoccupied with death. This paper discusses her symptoms, treatment of the disease and her personal relationship with other people. Through this memoir, she came out openly declaring that she had suffered from manic depression. Jamison is a Professor at Johns Hopkins University teaching Psychiatry in the School of Medicine. An Unquiet Mind An Unquiet Mind is an illuminating, uncompromising and powerful story by Redfield Jamison about her harsh manic-depressive illness that she lived with for a period of more than 30 years.
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