![]() ![]() Riddled with physical and mental maladies, doctors had no clear answer as to what was happening to Cahalan. Her short-term memory was nearly nonexistent and the paranoia became unbearable. But she hits a speed bump when delusions, uncontrollable crying, and a series of dramatic seizures suddenly control her. She has a new serious relationship and a promising career as a journalist with the New York Post. This captivating, can’t-put-it-down memoir, “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness,” depicts Cahalan’s rapid deterioration due to the rare autoimmune disease, Anti-NMDA encephalitis.Ĭahalan is a young woman on the rise. ![]() Sounds like something out of a nightmare, right? This is how author Susannah Cahalan describes the beginning of month-long ordeal in which she spirals into madness. This was the start of the dark period of my illness as I began an existence in purgatory between the real world and a cloudy fictitious realm made up of hallucinations and paranoia.” “My arms suddenly whipped straight out in front of me like a mummy, as my eyes rolled back and my body stiffened. ![]()
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