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This was a fascinating story.
A perfectly normal woman very rapidly descends into madness, experiencing zombie-like seizures, psychosis, paranoia, and losing her ability to communicate, amongst other symptoms.
It seemingly comes from nowhere and it is questionable whether this 20-something young woman will ever return to the intelligent Post reporter she was before the crazy consumed her.
The book is told by the girl who went through this and it is insane. I cannot even imagine what it would be l ...more
A perfectly normal woman very rapidly descends into madness, experiencing zombie-like seizures, psychosis, paranoia, and losing her ability to communicate, amongst other symptoms.
It seemingly comes from nowhere and it is questionable whether this 20-something young woman will ever return to the intelligent Post reporter she was before the crazy consumed her.
The book is told by the girl who went through this and it is insane. I cannot even imagine what it would be l ...more

read 4/28/15
Fascinating story about Cahalan's month with a mysterious illness that caused her brain to go haywire. Good reporting of her life during that time and how it affected those around her. ...more
Fascinating story about Cahalan's month with a mysterious illness that caused her brain to go haywire. Good reporting of her life during that time and how it affected those around her. ...more

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