![]() ![]() ![]() She considers herself incredibly lucky, and wrote this book to raise awareness about people elsewhere who may be misdiagnosed. The rest of the book is a race against time as her family and the health care professionals around her try to solve her mysterious illness and ultimately save her life in the nick of time. ![]() With the young woman who wrote this book, you see her pass through various stages of psychosis-hallucinations, acting out, narcissisms-that baffle everyone around her until one day she has a seizure and is finally admitted to a hospital. In this rare disorder, people often pass through a range of bizarre psychiatric symptoms that lead to catatonia and then often death as the body becomes unable to regulate itself, as with the patient I cared for in ICU. Over the course of caring for her, her sister mentioned this book. Her complex and terrifying journey through this disease in ongoing. I took care of a patient with this tragic and intriguing disorder. ![]()
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