Posted by ST on February 7, 2002, at 21:05:49
In reply to Suggestions for books, posted by jane d on February 7, 2002, at 16:11:19
I've been wanting to read
Electroboy-A Memoir of Mania by Andy Behrman.Supposedly he was a successful art dealer in NY whose spending sprees and jet setting turned in to art fraud and eventually jail time.
From a web site about the book:
"Electroboy is Andy's chronicle of his battle with manic depression or bipolar disorder - - the euphoric highs and desperate lows. He was misdiagnosed by more than eight doctors and even when he was finally diagnosed with this chronic illness, he was unsuccessful on any regimen of medication. With no hope of his condition stabilizing, he turned to the last resort: electroshock therapy also known as electroconvulsive therapy and commonly referred to as ECT."
Or how about Darkness Visible by William Styron.
If we are going to read something about depression or manic-depression, personally, I like books that chronicle a persons life who has the disease.
Sarah
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