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This book was interesting and informative and kept me interested and waiting for what would happen next on every page. Incredible for a book with a scientific basis. As someone with a neurological disease, Its great how she's sharing her story to help others.
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A gripping medical mystery which reads more like a thriller than a memoir. It's the perfect blend of mystery, science and introspection.
This is the journey of an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post who starts to experience manic episodes and other psychiatric symptoms, and her quest for an eventual diagnosis after MRIs, CT scans and blood results all come back negative.
When the book opens, Susannah is experiencing powerful mood swings and personality shifts, and she's no longer relat ...more
This is the journey of an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post who starts to experience manic episodes and other psychiatric symptoms, and her quest for an eventual diagnosis after MRIs, CT scans and blood results all come back negative.
When the book opens, Susannah is experiencing powerful mood swings and personality shifts, and she's no longer relat ...more
Wow. That was horrifying.
The author, an ordinary young woman embarking on a career in journalism and a serious relationship, suddenly starts having seizures and psychotic episodes. Doctors run all kinds of tests, but they all come up normal. They try to send her home, but her mother insists that something is wrong and she needs to be admitted to the hospital.
Her account, pieced together from hospital records and her family’s recollections (because she has no reliable memories of these events) ...more
The author, an ordinary young woman embarking on a career in journalism and a serious relationship, suddenly starts having seizures and psychotic episodes. Doctors run all kinds of tests, but they all come up normal. They try to send her home, but her mother insists that something is wrong and she needs to be admitted to the hospital.
Her account, pieced together from hospital records and her family’s recollections (because she has no reliable memories of these events) ...more
I read this for my book club and found it fascinating. The difficulty doctors had in diagnosing her and the misdiagnosis along the way were frightening. The information on how the brain stores memories made me question my most closely held memories. This was an interesting, and terrifying, look into an illness that I knew absolutely nothing about.
I read this in less than a day, which is not something I have done in awhile. Very easy to become engrossed in her story. It may be 3.5 stars. :)
Wow excellent read. A well written account of a devea
So sorry the author had to live through this nightmare. Grateful she shared her story.
Interesting from a medical stand point.
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