Today she was enjoying a happy and normal life – after just one month everything changed, everyone thought she was mentally ill – the doctor’s smart test changed everyone’s opinions
It is normal to face excessive stress in these times when we have more and more tasks and a lot of information everywhere. There are people who cope brilliantly in front of a huge amount of intel, but there are people who feel weakened over time due to excessive mental effort that is then exercised on the body. The woman in the next article is an example. She was misunderstood and misdiagnosed, but after a relatively simple test by a very intelligent doctor, she managed to receive the right treatment on time. Make sure you reach the final part.
The woman named Susannah Cahalan had a normal life, a 24-years-old woman who was so happy with her boyfriend with whom she had been with for more than half a year, enjoying a job in full expansion and a life with a future full of joys and achievements, within the prestigious New York Post news company.
She says it all started very weird, at first she felt very tired with no reason, avoided going to work where she usually felt so good. She started smoking, isolating herself from people, started becoming paranoid which lead to a seizure. She explains how she went through all kinds of tests in order to find a diagnosis. Dr. Souhel Najjar took all the signs and analyzed all symptoms and after a review, he asked Susannah to draw a simple clock.
Susannah explains how she went through multiple procedures to find the right diagnosis for her condition, and upon hearing Dr. Souhel’s test, she was a bit skeptical. She drew the numbers only on one side of the watch, which made light into the case, she was thinking with only one side of her brain. The diagnose was clear, finally, after all the expensive analyzes and procedures, with this simple and free test. She had Anti-NMDA-Receptor AutoImmune Encephalitis, which long story short, means that the body immune system attacks the brain.
Susannah Cahalan continues saying about the recovering part, which was the most difficult. She had to rebuild from scratch her personality as everything was different. Susannah had to create a new purpose, goals, and concentrate on what really matters.
This part of her life changed her deeply, Susannah looks at videos and pictures which were made with her in her worst moments and she simply can’t believe how she reached that point in such a short amount of time. Her book named “Brain on fire – My month of madness” touched the hearts of many people.
It’s impressive that she was able to put down in words what she felt in that rough period with many question marks. Susannah proved to be very tough with her attitude and the way she managed to recover and to go over everything, overcoming her demons really deserve a round of applause. Let’s share her amazing story.