Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive IllnessIn her revealing bestseller Call Me Anna, Patty Duke shared her long-kept secret: the talented, Oscar-winning actress who won our hearts on The Patty Duke Show was suffering from a serious-but-treatable-mental illness called manic depression. For nearly twenty years, until she was correctly diagnosed at age thirty-five, she careened between periods of extreme euphoria and debilitating depression, prone to delusions and panic attacks, temper tantrums, spending sprees, and suicide attempts. Now in A Brilliant Madness Patty Duke joins with medical reporter Gloria Hochman to shed light on this powerful, paradoxical, and destructive illness. From what it's like to live with manic-depressive disorder to the latest findings on its most effective treatments, this compassionate and eloquent book provides profound insight into the challenge of mental illness. And though Patty's story, which ends in a newfound happiness with her cherished family, it offers hope for all those who suffer from mood disorders and for the family, friends, and physicians who love and care for them. |
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... there for the whole party. Later, I began to see more of that. She would retreat into her room, sometimes for weeks. During those times, I'd call and John would say, “Anna's sick,” or “Anna's sleeping,” or “Anna's not feeling well ...
... there for the whole party. Later, I began to see more of that. She would retreat into her room, sometimes for weeks. During those times, I'd call and John would say, “Anna's sick,” or “Anna's sleeping,” or “Anna's not feeling well ...
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... there was a weekend in there—but by the time it came to what we call tape day (we rehearsed in the morning and taped the show before an audience twice), I could barely talk. So calls went out to find the best ear, nose, and throat ...
... there was a weekend in there—but by the time it came to what we call tape day (we rehearsed in the morning and taped the show before an audience twice), I could barely talk. So calls went out to find the best ear, nose, and throat ...
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... there's always a bit of panic that goes with a performer's not showing up. So I felt it was important to speak ... there was a stigma at that time to mental illness, and not just for someone in my profession. Mental illness scares people ...
... there's always a bit of panic that goes with a performer's not showing up. So I felt it was important to speak ... there was a stigma at that time to mental illness, and not just for someone in my profession. Mental illness scares people ...
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... there are psychological components to manic-depressive illness, they see it primarily as a medical condition, one that results from abnormal brain chemistry—a condition for which there is enormous hope because usually it can be treated ...
... there are psychological components to manic-depressive illness, they see it primarily as a medical condition, one that results from abnormal brain chemistry—a condition for which there is enormous hope because usually it can be treated ...
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... there was something very wrong with me, but I thought it was just that I was not a good person, that I didn't try hard enough. As with many people, the overt symptoms of my manic-depressive illness didn't show themselves until my late ...
... there was something very wrong with me, but I thought it was just that I was not a good person, that I didn't try hard enough. As with many people, the overt symptoms of my manic-depressive illness didn't show themselves until my late ...
Contents
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TWO The Many Faces | 31 |
Three Why Me? | 63 |
FOUR Who Gets ManicDepressive | 80 |
FIVE My Little Beige Pill | 117 |
SIX Treatments That Work | 140 |
SEVEN Acting It Out | 182 |
EIGHT The Creativity Connection | 203 |
NINE My Family and Friends | 230 |
TEN Families Suffer and Learn | 255 |
ELEVEN Life After Manic Depression | 281 |
and Their Families | 302 |
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