Audio Book Review: Brain on Fire (my month of madness) by Susannah Cahalan
Release Date: November 13, 2012 Publisher: Highbridge Audio Format: Audio Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Narrator: Heather Henderson Genre: Medicine/autobiography Buy: Audible | Kindle | Paperback Synopsis: In 2009, Susannah Cahalan woke up in a strange hospital room strapped to a bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. Her medical records - from a month-long hospital stay of which she had no memory - reported psychosis, violence, and dangerous instability. Yet, only weeks earlier she had been a healthy, ambitious twenty-four-year-old, six months into her first serious relationship and a sparkling career as a cub reporter. Susannah's astonishing memoir chronicles the swift path of her illness and the lucky, last-minute intervention led by one of the few doctors capable of saving her life. Weeks ticked by and Susannah moved inexplicably from violence to catatonia. Over one million dollars worth of bloo...