Isaiah Smith’s Reviews > Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness > Status Update

Susannah is back to work full time. She is sharing her experience and being contacted by many people who had the same experience. Most of those people were misdiagnosed.

Susannah is getting back to normal. She is well enough to be self-conscious , worrying about what people think of her. She is back to limited work as a reporter.

Susannah is getting better in her interactions with others, especially her parents. Her brain is undergoing a process called cortical remapping. Her dad cleaned up her old apartment and she will live with her mother.

Susannah was sent home with the treatments and weekly doctors visits. She is growing frustrated with not being able to do basic functions or having social skills.

Most of what I read today was a very informative style, giving the reader context to understand how the doctors and Susannah parents felt at the time.

Susannah had a brain biopsy, and the doctors found out that she has an autoimmune infection of her own immune system attacking her brain. They are getting closer to a diagnosis

I am very much in the story telling part of the book and do not have the full picture yet, however, I would say that the purpose of this book is to show that in your darkest hour, only the people who truly care about you will stick with you through it.

Suzannah had her first non-family visitors. She tried to appear normal for her friends, but was left drained. She got blood tests back, but they say there is nothing wrong with her.

My character is a reporter for the New York Times. She licked her job before her episodes of psychosis. I don't know yet if she will return to it at the end of the book.