Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness
What metaphors are used in Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness by Patty Duke?
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Lithium or Patty's Little Beige Pill becomes a metaphor for lack of emotion. Lithium is currently the best treatment for manic depressive illness, often calming the symptoms of the illness in seventy percent of patients. Unfortunately many patients complain about lack of feeling.