A Brilliant Madness

Living with Manic-Depressive Illness

Ranked #23 in Bipolar

"A groundbreaking guide for those who are manic depressive of who live with or love someone who is."-- "Publishers Weekly."In 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... more

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