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Title: Electroboy : A Memoir of Mania by ANDY BEHRMAN ISBN: 0-8129-6708-9 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 11 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.35 (40 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: FRIGHTENINGLY RAW, HONEST AND ACCURATE
Comment: I also suffer from bipolar disorder, as does Andy Behrman, the author of "Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania." Never have I read a more brutally honest account, albeit raw, of this illness that ravages millions of Americans (including both my brother and sister). I've read accounts of mental illness by Kay Refield Jamison and Elizabeth Wurtzel, but I've just never been this moved and frightening reminded of the intricacies of my illness.
Although Behrman's account seems to highlight an extreme case of manic depression, I really felt like I was taken along for the roller coaster ride of my own life. I became caught up in the frenzy of his mania - - the shopping sprees, the promiscuity and the psychosis.
Although "Electroboy" is technically a memoir, fellow sufferers of the illness (or any other mental illness) will learn quite a bit from this account (as will mental health professionals). It's a must read - - highly informative, captivating and entertaining.
Rating: 5
Summary: AT THE MERCY OF HIS IMPULSES
Comment: I've read a lot of books on manic depression but Electroboy is probably the first account which really put me on to the rollercoaster ride of somebody suffering with bipolar disorder. I've battled with this illness for more than 7 years and felt like the author was recounting some of my experiences exactly as they happened--from having sex with strangers to abusing drugs and alcohol and staying awake for hours and hours. Behrman's pace is so rapid that sometimes you feel like he is going faster than you can possibly keep up with. But then he comes crashing down. I'd recommend the book for family and friends of both manic depressives and those who suffer from other mental illnesses, as well as those who are considering electroshock therapy.
Rating: 4
Summary: Can be enjoyed from either an insider's or outsider's view
Comment: I enjoyed this book from an outsider's point of view (I don't have BP) and I felt like it was a tremendously revealing look into the mind of a manic-depressive. Probably the life Jack Kerouac would have led, had he been young in the 1990's and been born into a well off family. The author teeters on the brink of self destruction throughout most of the book but always seems to eek it out, along the lines of Catch Me if You Can. If you have no sympathy for the burden of mental illness, then this is definitely not the book for you but if you'd like incite into this world, you'll love it.
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Title: An Unquiet Mind by Kay R. Jamison ISBN: 0679763309 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Manic By Midnight by Faye Joy Shannon, Faye Shannon ISBN: 1588518388 Publisher: Publishamerica Pub. Date: 27 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know by David J. Miklowitz, David J. Miklowitz ISBN: 1572305258 Publisher: Guilford Publications Pub. Date: 24 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: A Brilliant Madness: Living With Manic-Depressive Illness by Patty Duke ISBN: 0553560727 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: TOUCHED WITH FIRE: Manic Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament by Kay Redfield Jamison ISBN: 068483183X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 18 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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