- Taschenbuch: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: iUniverse (14. Juni 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0595094317
- ISBN-13: 978-0595094318
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,7 x 15,6 x 1,7 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 826.694 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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What did Moses, Van Gogh, Lewis Carroll, and Dostoyevsky have in common? Quite possibly temporal lobe epilepsy, according to this fascinating report by freelance writer LaPlante (The Atlantic, Yankee, etc.). Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of epilepsy among adults. Its seizures bring hallucinations, dreamy states, bizarre feelings, and involuntary actions resembling the symptoms of psychiatric disease, and the personalities of its sufferers are frequently marked by an intense interest in religion and morality, a compulsion to write or draw, altered sexuality, aggression, and hypersociability. LaPlante traces the history of the disorder from its early definition by a 19th- century English neurologist to present-day efforts to understand and treat it with drugs and/or surgery. She chronicles its effects on three pseudonymous patients: Charlie, a lawyer whose first seizure occurred when he was in his 50s; Jill, a personnel director in her 30s whose life has been drastically affected by the onset of TLE; and Gloria, a middle-aged woman who's suffered from TLE all her life and had been treated for a myriad of psychiatric disorders prior to the diagnosis of TLE at age 37. What makes TLE especially intriguing are the clues it offers to biological bases of creativity, spirituality, and--on a less positive note--violence. Moreover, because TLE crosses the boundaries between psychiatry and neurology, research on it holds promise for a better understanding of the physiological causes of mental illness. LaPlante's descriptions of the human brain are wonderfully concrete, her historical research is well presented, and her empathy for TLE's victims is clear. A well-done study. (Line drawings--not seen) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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From Library Journal
The many readers who were intrigued by Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat ( LJ 2/15/86) will welcome LaPlante's book. More common yet less familiar than the physical manifestations of grand mal epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a response to abnormal electrical activity in the parts of the brain controlling feeling and memory. In TLE seizures, a patient experiences uncontrollable, intense emotions, sensory hallucinations, and vivid memories. Unlike grand mal epilepsy, the intervals between seizures are often marked by a common pattern of personality changes, typically including compulsive writing or drawing and hyper-religiosity. LaPlante interweaves the stories of three contemporary sufferers with accounts of famous people who probably had the disease, including Vincent Van Gogh, Soren Kierkegaard, and Lewis Carroll. Does the development of anticonvulsant drugs preclude another Alice in Wonderland ? A thoughtful final chapter examines TLE's conjunction of personality and physiology and its impact on our concepts of personhood, creativity, and free will. Highly recommended for all libraries.
- Kathy Arsenault, Univ. of South Florida-St. Petersburg Lib.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Kathy Arsenault, Univ. of South Florida-St. Petersburg Lib.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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37 von 37 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
If you have TLE, read this book!
21. Juni 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I have had temporal lobe epilepsy for as long as I can remember. My seizures started when I was a baby. I have always had tonic clonic seizures, too, but not until I was an adult did I even learn that the other unusual experiences that I was having were complex partial and simple partial seizures. I was afraid to ask other people if they also had these strange experiences, but they didn't appear to.
After I was diagnosed with TLE I found other people with epilepsy to talk to online. For the first time ever, I knew that I was not the only person on earth who lived this way. Some of the feelings of isolation subsided. Then someone recommended Eve La Plante's book. I am so grateful. I think that a person who has TLE will have a different experience when they read this book than other people will. For me, and others who have written about it on forums related to epilepsy on the internet, it is a revelation. It is an affirmation. It offers some explanation. It has been a moving experience.
To read it and recognize some of the traits of Geschwind's syndrome in myself was a relief, in a way. People who don't have epilepsy seem to think that it only involves occasional convulsions, but the truth is that a person with epilepsy, and certainly TLE, is affected by it every minute of their lives. The research discussed in this book acknowledges and confirms that and offers an explanation. Yes, I am different, and this is why. Oddly, I am relieved.
So many books about epilepsy are written from the perspective of a doctor, a doctor lecturing the patient and their family. 'This is what you must do, this is what you must never do, you're just going to have to accept that you can't do that.' If you have read one, you've read them all, really. It comes across in a condescending way, and for those of us who were not diagnosed recently, they're not very helpful. Seized is different. It goes deeper. It's not intended to be a textbook or an introduction to life with epilepsy. It discusses more interesting things than 'Don't swim alone.' It provides insight into the connection between brain structure and personality. As a person with TLE, I found this book to be a fascinating, exhilerating read. I highly recommend it.
After I was diagnosed with TLE I found other people with epilepsy to talk to online. For the first time ever, I knew that I was not the only person on earth who lived this way. Some of the feelings of isolation subsided. Then someone recommended Eve La Plante's book. I am so grateful. I think that a person who has TLE will have a different experience when they read this book than other people will. For me, and others who have written about it on forums related to epilepsy on the internet, it is a revelation. It is an affirmation. It offers some explanation. It has been a moving experience.
To read it and recognize some of the traits of Geschwind's syndrome in myself was a relief, in a way. People who don't have epilepsy seem to think that it only involves occasional convulsions, but the truth is that a person with epilepsy, and certainly TLE, is affected by it every minute of their lives. The research discussed in this book acknowledges and confirms that and offers an explanation. Yes, I am different, and this is why. Oddly, I am relieved.
So many books about epilepsy are written from the perspective of a doctor, a doctor lecturing the patient and their family. 'This is what you must do, this is what you must never do, you're just going to have to accept that you can't do that.' If you have read one, you've read them all, really. It comes across in a condescending way, and for those of us who were not diagnosed recently, they're not very helpful. Seized is different. It goes deeper. It's not intended to be a textbook or an introduction to life with epilepsy. It discusses more interesting things than 'Don't swim alone.' It provides insight into the connection between brain structure and personality. As a person with TLE, I found this book to be a fascinating, exhilerating read. I highly recommend it.
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A magnificent work of literary journalism
28. Oktober 2000
Format:Taschenbuch
Seized, by Eve LaPlante, is a magnificent work of literary journalism in the style and spirit of Tracy Kidder and John McPhee. It deals with a common, but still not widely known form of epilepsy that affects as many as a million people in the United States. The author describes ordinary patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), medical pioneers who elucidated the disorder (these descriptions are quite fascinating), as well as a number of famous artists and writers, including Lewis Carroll, Vincent van Gogh, Edward Lear, Gustave Flaubert, and, of course, Fyodor Dostoevsky, who were diagnosed with TLE by medical experts. I suspect that the book would be important reading for anyone afflicted with epilepsy. Some of the ideas in it, for example, that epilepsy can affect personality, creativity, even religious feeling, are controversial, no doubt, and may be troubling to some. Ultimately though, the book is an entertaining, and at times brilliant, description of the mind-body problem.
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Powerful, Insightful. Explores the Origin of TLE
12. Juni 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
If you are looking to explore the origins and sometimes bizarre characteristics of temporal lobe epilepsy, this is the book for you. Eve LaPlante takes the reader through territory seldom delt with in other publications about temporal lobe epilepsy.
A historical perspective gives a somewhat detailed glimpse into the lives of notible figures such as Van Gogh, Dostoevsky, Tennyson, Lewis Carroll and other famous people thought to have suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy.
Symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy are discussed in detail with particular attention to hyperreligiosity and spiritual beliefs. In particular, out of body experiences and deja vu, which are common experiences in TLE, are given great attention and reinforce what sufferers already know to be true - these are episodes that occur with powerful and long-lasting consequences, both socially and morally. Hypergraphia, the tendency to produce a large amount of written or visually drawn material is covered in depth and is both entertaining and probing in it's analysis.
Clinically, the sufferer of TLE is often diagnosed as having a variety of psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, mood disorder and bipolar disorder due to the wide variety of symptoms as well as the often bizarre presentations. Contemporary patients are profiled as a complement to help the reader visualize some of the aspects of TLE's effect on the personality of it's sufferer.
There are some passages in the book that are a little repetitive, but in general, I found this to be an indespensible resource for anyone interested in learning more about TLE.
A historical perspective gives a somewhat detailed glimpse into the lives of notible figures such as Van Gogh, Dostoevsky, Tennyson, Lewis Carroll and other famous people thought to have suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy.
Symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy are discussed in detail with particular attention to hyperreligiosity and spiritual beliefs. In particular, out of body experiences and deja vu, which are common experiences in TLE, are given great attention and reinforce what sufferers already know to be true - these are episodes that occur with powerful and long-lasting consequences, both socially and morally. Hypergraphia, the tendency to produce a large amount of written or visually drawn material is covered in depth and is both entertaining and probing in it's analysis.
Clinically, the sufferer of TLE is often diagnosed as having a variety of psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, mood disorder and bipolar disorder due to the wide variety of symptoms as well as the often bizarre presentations. Contemporary patients are profiled as a complement to help the reader visualize some of the aspects of TLE's effect on the personality of it's sufferer.
There are some passages in the book that are a little repetitive, but in general, I found this to be an indespensible resource for anyone interested in learning more about TLE.
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