Women who put on a few pounds after starting lithium sometimes say the cure is worse than the disease. The weight gain shoots them straight into depression.

I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill

I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.