‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’
My 20-year struggle with bipolar disorder. New York Times The manila folder is full of faded faxes. The top sheet contains a brief description of my first medically confirmed manic episode, more than 20 years ago, when I was admitted as a teenager to U.C.L.A.’s Neuropsychiatric Institute: “Increased psychomotor rate, decreased need for sleep (about…