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A review by kattiepants
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
4.0
This book literally changed my life. This is about Susannah Cahalan and her descent into madness. She talks about all of her symptoms, and recounts her episodes. A lot of the information she got from family and friends because her memory is mostly gone from that time. It also talks about how doctors don't always have the answer, and if you know something is wrong with you, you just need to find the right doctor, someone who is going to take the time to actually find out what is going on without dismissing it.
This book changed my life, because I didn't know there were different types of seizures. I just knew about grand mal seizures, and after reading this book, I realized that I might be having complex partial seizures. A few months after finishing this book I was diagnosed with epilepsy and am being treated. This would not have happened without this book, because all of the doctors I saw said I had chronic fatigue syndrome, or just ignored my symptoms and told me I was depressed.
This book changed my life, because I didn't know there were different types of seizures. I just knew about grand mal seizures, and after reading this book, I realized that I might be having complex partial seizures. A few months after finishing this book I was diagnosed with epilepsy and am being treated. This would not have happened without this book, because all of the doctors I saw said I had chronic fatigue syndrome, or just ignored my symptoms and told me I was depressed.