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He started finishing Madeleine’s sentences. As if her mind was too slow. As if he couldn’t wait for her to gather her thoughts. He riffed on the things she said, going off on strange tangents, making puns. Whenever she told him he needed to get some sleep, he got angry and didn’t call her for days.
The lithium made him thirsty all the time, and sporadically nauseated. He developed a mild tremor in his right hand. During his weeks in the hospital, Leonard had gained almost fifteen pounds,
they believed they were living for art when they were really feeding their narcissism.
They played songs backwards to hear the hidden satanic messages.
This was a big conspiracy theory back in the 70s!
Of course, I didn’t know then what I know now about this terrible disease, or the strain it can put on children and families.
