dr. kay jamison. i am pleased to have all of them here at this table. we should begin talking about you and how all of this led to this film. >> when you get diagnosed, you go experiencing what you are certain is some kind of divine illumination. sometime you are thrown into a hospital, pumped full of drugs. you come down 60 pounds overweight, completely disoriented. they tell you no, that was nothing divine. you just have triggered a lifelong genetic illness, which will swing you from psychotic highs to suicidal lows. and you will probably fall into the 1 in 4 suicide statistic unless you take the medications. which makes you feel no emotion. if you can imagine not feeling missing feeling sad, it's the only thing worse than pain. -- it's hard for people to comprehend. of buildingtime your identity to be told that , you are a defect of humanity and to know you are not going to be the person you used to be and will at best be able to get by. it's life shattering. the only labels you have to choose from are some form of a disorder -- manic depression, bip

dr. jamison: it is complicated.eresting is that some of those people probably had just depression alone. charlie: not bipolar, just depression alone. dr. jamison: one of the ongoing controversies in sick i treat is what is psychiatry is about the relationship a very recurrent depression to bipolar. it turns out they are pretty closely tied. one is temperament. there is a certain boldness, a certain high-energy capacity for some people with bipolar. if you look at the studies, what is striking is the rapidity of thought. when people begin to get manic, their thinking speeds up. they have more and more associations and more unusual associations. if you speed somebody up that is not already creative, you are just going to get someone who is speeded up. but if you have somebody creative and give them this high-energy state, they are very determined to do something. going after the highest goals and aspirations. that often goes along with the temperament as well. the capacity to feel. if you ask writers what the contribu

dr. jamison: there are absolutely consequent is.ld lose your credibility as a physician if you said otherwise. these are drugs that affect the brain. therefore they affect energy and sleep and mood, all the things that make us human. the illness is very destructive to the brain. series, from your brain when you take scans of people with one manic episode versus many episodes. it is a progressive illness. nobody is going to be creative 10 years down the pike if they are unstable in 4 point restraints in a hospital or dead. charlie: what do you say to those that resist because it will somehow depress their creativity? dr. jamison: i say that is a completely legitimate question. i would be concerned, too. the studies that we have indicated that people are more productive and creative after they've been taking medication. we know that people can be kept at a much lower level of medication. psychotherapy is very useful in conjunction. at all thatevidence you will be able to survive bipolar illness you aren't being treated. charlie: luke

dr. kay jamison whose book inspired the film. i'm pleased to have all of them here at this table.i think we should begin talking about you, you know, and how alv of this led to this. >> when you get diagnosed, you go from experiencing what you're certain is some kind of divine illumination. and then sometime in it you're thrown into a hospital, you're pumped full of drugs come down 60 pounds overweight and completely disoriented and they tell you no there was nothing divine, nothing illuminating, just have triggered a life long genetic illness which will swing you from sigh chaotic highs to suicidal lows and you'll become a suicidistic unless you take the medication which makes you feel no emotions. if you realize missing feeling sad it's the only thing worse than pain. so it's very lard to comprehend. you're kind of after a lifetime of building your identity withi1 your place in humanity. to suddenly be told you are defective humanity. and to know you're not going to be the person you used to be. and that you will at best be able to get by. it's life shattering. and the only labe

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