I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

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.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning

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

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.