Brain on Fire

My Month of Madness

Narrative non-fiction Biography & Memoir Health

Pages: 288
Published: 2012
Language: English

Synopsis

This memoir recounts a young journalist's terrifying descent into a mysterious illness that caused her to lose her memory and experience violent delusions. After being misdiagnosed by multiple doctors, she eventually receives a diagnosis of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. The book details her difficult recovery and her efforts to piece together the lost month of her life.

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