If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient
Patty DukeWomen 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.
Patty DukeThe mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up.
Patty DukeOne of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.
Patty Duke