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Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life

af Melody Moezzi

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"With candor and humor, a manic-depressive Iranian-American Muslim woman chronicles her experiences with both clinical and cultural bipolarity. Melody Moezzi was born to Persian parents at the height of the Islamic Revolution and raised amid a vibrant, loving, and gossipy Iranian diaspora in the American heartland. When at eighteen, she began battling a severe physical illness, her community stepped up, filling her hospital rooms with roses, lilies, and hyacinths. But when she attempted suicide and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, there were no flowers. Despite several stays in psychiatric hospitals, bombarded with tranquilizers, mood-stabilizers, and antipsychotics, she was encouraged to keep her illness a secret-by both her family and an increasingly callous and indifferent medical establishment. Refusing to be ashamed, Moezzi became an outspoken advocate, determined to fight the stigma surrounding mental illness and reclaim her life along the way. Both an irreverent memoir and a rousing call to action, Haldol and Hyacinths is the moving story of a woman who refused to become torn across cultural and social lines. Moezzi reports from the front lines of the no-man's land between sickness and sanity, and the Midwest and the Middle East. A powerful, funny, and poignant narrative told through a unique and fascinating cultural lens, Haldol and Hyacinths is a tribute to the healing power of hope, humor, and acceptance"-- "Iranian-American activist Melody Moezzi speaks out on behalf of the mentally ill with a bracingly funny and poignant tale of her own suicide attempt, bipolar disorder diagnosis, and reclamation of her life"--… (mere)
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A good choice if you're interested in personal accounts about mental illness. Ms. Moezzi has a delightful, dry sense of humor. ( )
  Martha_Thayer | Jan 13, 2022 |
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
Interesting and easy to engage, but I agree with other reviewers. As a mental health professional, the depiction or perspective of the mental health system was disheartening. Overall a good read. ( )
  ARexroth | Apr 10, 2014 |
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
I had mixed feelings about this book. I liked how the author compared her family's reaction to her physical illness vs. her mental illness. And she does a strong job helping one truly picture her life as a Persian American. But the crude language throughout the book proved a strong distraction for me, and took away from the reading experience. I can't recommend this. ( )
  zwervers | Oct 9, 2013 |
I am whole-heartedly in agreement with several other reviewers; I wanted to like this book. I was excited for this book, and for the opportunity to review it.

Instead, I found myself in a terrible predicament. I had moments where I saw pieces of Moezzi in friends and students living with Bipolar and thought, "Wow! She really nailed it!" But, more often than not, I saw a woman on a soapbox, bellowing her agenda. Too often this book was a vehicle for Moezzi to rail at those who she perceived to have been against her, treated her in an inhumane manner, or were merely too stupid to "get her". While yes, grandiosity is a hallmark of manic episodes, Moezzi's entire book read like a manic episode. Her disdain for the professionals trying to help her (you can only work with what you are told and can observe) was sad. It cheapened my opinion of her and her words. ( )
  Debra_Armbruster | Sep 21, 2013 |
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I am with the two previous reviewers who had mixed feelings about this book.... I thoroughly enjoyed it as a memoir. Melody Moezzi tells a great story, using dry humor & sarcasm that perfectly fits her unique situation. I was entertained and kept interested, I laughed and frowned as I made my way through her story. As a student of psychology, however, her attitude toward her condition and the entire mental health system was a bit troubling. She seems quick to blame almost anything and everything for not recognizing her condition or failing to properly treat it, while admitting that bipolar disorder is difficult to diagnose, and its irrational nature often causes an individual to resist treatment. Overall, I feel that this was an excellent glimpse into the life and mind of an extraordinary young woman with an unfortunate mental disorder, but it should be taken as just that, and not as an accurate depiction of the mental health system or by any means as some sort of advice to those who may be struggling with similar issues. ( )
  elya33 | Aug 19, 2013 |
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"With candor and humor, a manic-depressive Iranian-American Muslim woman chronicles her experiences with both clinical and cultural bipolarity. Melody Moezzi was born to Persian parents at the height of the Islamic Revolution and raised amid a vibrant, loving, and gossipy Iranian diaspora in the American heartland. When at eighteen, she began battling a severe physical illness, her community stepped up, filling her hospital rooms with roses, lilies, and hyacinths. But when she attempted suicide and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, there were no flowers. Despite several stays in psychiatric hospitals, bombarded with tranquilizers, mood-stabilizers, and antipsychotics, she was encouraged to keep her illness a secret-by both her family and an increasingly callous and indifferent medical establishment. Refusing to be ashamed, Moezzi became an outspoken advocate, determined to fight the stigma surrounding mental illness and reclaim her life along the way. Both an irreverent memoir and a rousing call to action, Haldol and Hyacinths is the moving story of a woman who refused to become torn across cultural and social lines. Moezzi reports from the front lines of the no-man's land between sickness and sanity, and the Midwest and the Middle East. A powerful, funny, and poignant narrative told through a unique and fascinating cultural lens, Haldol and Hyacinths is a tribute to the healing power of hope, humor, and acceptance"-- "Iranian-American activist Melody Moezzi speaks out on behalf of the mentally ill with a bracingly funny and poignant tale of her own suicide attempt, bipolar disorder diagnosis, and reclamation of her life"--

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