by Jaime Lowe
Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB), 186–87, 203
Oma (grandmother), 4, 149, 167, 168, 202, 245–46, 247, 248, 252
One Flew over Cuckoo’s Nest (movie), 37
“On Madness” (Aretaeus of Cappadocia), 34
On the Aetiology and Symptomatology of Chronic Diseases (Aretaeus of Cappadocia), 33
Opa (grandfather), 4, 73, 149, 201, 241, 242, 244, 245–46, 247, 248, 249, 252
orgasm treatment for hysteria, 120
Oxford University, 267
paintings, 40, 69, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 127, 129, 138, 160, 161, 164, 165, 167, 237, 264, 264–65
Palais de Justice, 246–47
Paramount Studios, 44, 56, 165
paranoia, 17, 33, 39, 52, 182
parents. See divorce, children; father (Stephen); Jeff (stepfather); Marilyn (stepmother); mother (LeeAn)
parity, 281, 282
Parker, Trey, 144
Passover cruise, 169–71, 171, 172
“Past and Future of Lithium Therapy,” 260
Peace Corps volunteer, 132–33, 143
Pendleton, Russ, 259, 269
personality, emotion, and brain, 52–54
Perugi, Guilio, 269
Petraeus, David (General), 242
phone habits, obsessive, 44–45
photo assistant, 107, 124, 126–27, 128
physical illness vs. mental illness, 279
Picasso, Pablo, 71
“Pill-ars,” 91
Pinel, Philippe, 118
placebo effect, 263, 272
Plath, Sylvia, 37, 143
Platman, Stanley, 230
Pop, Iggy, 87
Popovic, Dina, 259
possession-free living, 138, 139
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 121–22, 177, 228, 243, 245, 280
Prado, Javier, 8, 9–10, 11
prefrontal cortex (PFC), 28, 111
Princeton Review, 44
Prozac, 21, 178, 179
Prozac Nation (Wurtzel), 91
psychoanalysis, 42–43, 66, 74, 118, 227–28
psychogenic mental illness, 120
psychopharmacology, 90–91, 121, 229, 231, 238, 261, 263, 277, 278. See also lithium; specific other drugs
psychosomatic symptoms, 66, 242, 273
psychotropics, 226, 228, 278
publishing, 98, 102, 103, 105, 112, 127, 176, 181. See also journalism; music articles; writing
Pynchon, Thomas, 91
Radar, 179
Radar 2.0, 187
rapping, 143, 160, 163, 164, 166, 169, 187
rats, stroke, and lithium, 231
reality vs. bipolar, 31–32
reckoning, lithium, 259–63, 260, 266, 267–70
RedSpark Productions, 130
Respecto Montalban, 176, 179
restraints vs. seclusion, 29
Reyss-Brion, Roger, 226–27
Rhys, Jean, 92
Risperdal, 144, 158, 159, 160
Ritchie, Matthew, 124, 130
Rockefeller, Nelson, 230
Rockland State Hospital, 230
Rockwood Lithium, 222
Romans, 32, 33, 35, 252
Rome, 256–63, 266–70, 273
Roosevelt, Theodore, 71
Ruggiero, Trotula de, 119
sad clown, 178–79
Salar de Uyuni, 13–14, 208, 215, 216–18, 220
SAT, 44, 67, 72
Schiller, Friedrich, 241
Schindler, Walter, 238–39
schizophrenia, 29, 186, 228, 230, 261, 267, 280
Schlagermove parade, 200
Schloss, Emilie, 250
Schou, Mogens, 229
Schrauzer, Gerhard, 251
Schumann, Robert, 71
Schwartz, Dr.
episode 2, 109–10, 112, 113, 115, 124, 125, 127, 130, 132, 133, 134, 140, 142, 144, 154, 157, 158, 172, 173, 174, 178, 179–80, 203, 204
transition, 242, 273–74, 278, 279, 281, 283–84, 285
Seaman, Elizabeth Cochran, 52, 70
seclusion room at NPI, 27–28, 29, 39, 68
Secundus, Tiberius Claudius, 259
September 11 terrorist attacks, 177–78
Sepulchretum (Bonet), 36
Seroquel, 271
serotonin and lithium, 227
Setting the River on Fire (Jamison), 266–67
7-Up and lithium, 227
Severus, Septimus, 257
sexual assault, 20–21, 64–66, 67, 68, 87, 110, 115, 116–17, 121–22, 167. See also bipolar disorder; childhood
Sharif (hyperkinetic dude), 176
Shaw, George Bernard, 251–52
“Should We All Take a Bit of Lithium?” (Fels), 251
side effects of meds, 68, 90, 236–38, 239, 240, 242, 268, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 283–84. See also kidney damage from lithium
Siempelkamp, Alice, 102, 107
Silver Girl, 93, 103, 108, 111. See also superhero
Silver Peak Mine, Nevada, 220–21, 221–23
Simpson, O. J., 89
skateboarding, 92, 100, 111, 144–45
sleep patterns, 5, 9, 12, 17, 20, 42, 43, 67, 79, 151, 167, 173, 183, 186
Slovin and Allen, 179
smoking, 145, 150, 160, 162, 167
soaking in lithium waters, 217, 223–24, 226, 227, 232, 241–42, 243–45, 250, 251–54, 258, 259, 269, 283
SolarCity, 220
somatogenic mental illness, 120
Soranus, 226
Sorosky, Arthur, 70
South America, 219, 221, 222
South Sudan, 280
“SPAMCO” column, 92
Spin, 178
spirituality, bipolar as a form of, 124–25
Sports Illustrated, 181–82, 183, 184, 186, 187
S.S.R.I. antidepressants, 90, 263
sterilization (eugenics program), 52
Stevenson, Bryan, 247–48
Stolperstein (stepping stones), 248, 248
Stone, Matt, 144
Stuff, 112, 128, 147
suicide, 21–22, 37, 80, 170, 177, 199, 250–51, 266, 282
superhero, 13, 87, 93. See also Silver Girl
supernatural mental illness, 120
Sweetwater Park Hotel, 283
Sydenham, Thomas, 117–18
Talk, 175, 177, 179
talk therapy, 42–43, 66, 74, 118, 227–28
Tannenbaum, Irving (grandfather), 21–22, 62, 121
tapering meds, 110, 124, 128, 179, 233, 271, 274, 275–77, 283
Teenage Brain, The (Jensen and Nutt), 29
Tegretol, 238–39, 241, 278
Temple Isaiah, 40
Tesla, 220
Tesoriero, Gabe, 145
“Texas Tranquilizer, The” (Dawson), 251
thalidomide, 229
Theresienstadt ghetto, 250
Therma, Ikaria, 226
third element, 211–24, 232, 235. See also lithium
Time, 178
Tolstoy, Leo, 71
Tondo, Leonardo, 260
Touched with Fire (Jamison), 91
transition, 206–85
Treatment of Chronic Diseases, The (Aretaeus of Cappadocia), 33, 34
Truman, James, 105
Trump, Donald (President), 276, 280, 282
trust in medicine and trust in care, 263, 272
Tuma, Farris, 121–22
20/20 (TV show), 80
Tyson, Mike, 183, 184, 185
Tyson, Neil deGrasse, 212, 213
UC Berkeley, 42, 49, 50, 67, 84, 88–89, 93
UC Davis, 89, 90, 99, 107–8, 109
UCLA,
225–26. See also Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI)
unconscious, 118
United States Geological Survey, 84, 221, 222
Universal Music, 145
universe’s creation, 211–12, 232
University High, 18, 41–45, 66–67, 72–73, 75–76, 79, 89
University of Texas, 251
University of Zürich, 146
Unquiet Mind, An (Jamison), 91
Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), 176, 179
uric acid and lithium, 228, 234
Valentine’s Day, 149, 150, 152, 174, 210–11
valproate, valproic acid. See Depakote
van Gogh, Vincent, 263, 265–66
Vereen, Ben, 75, 158
vibrator invention, 120
Village Idiot, 104, 111, 132, 142
Village Voice, 112–13, 127, 128, 133, 152, 153, 179, 180, 186, 187
Viscott, David, 66, 67
Vourvoulias, Bill, 175
waitressing, 199–200
Waits, Tom, 42, 50, 60–61, 113–15
Walters, Barbara, 183
war, 5, 7, 11–13, 68, 79, 121, 142, 185, 242–43, 244, 250, 274, 280
Washington Post, 219
water cure (lithium), 217, 223–24, 226, 227, 232, 241–42, 243, 244, 245, 251–54, 258, 259, 269, 283
weed, 3–5, 6, 7, 44
Weill Cornell Medical College, 225
West Los Angeles, 20, 21, 56, 66
“white gold.” See lithium
Windows on the World restaurant, 152
Wise Blood (O’Connor), 76–77
Wohlleben, Peter, 199
womb and hysteria, 34–35
Women’s Sports and Fitness, 102
Women’s World Cup, 200, 244
Woolf, Virginia, 71
World Trade Center, 99, 152, 153, 155, 177–78
World War I, 249
World War II, 44, 243, 244
wrestling, 214–15, 215–16
writing, 43, 67, 71, 76–77, 79–80, 81–82, 85, 91, 92, 98, 106, 109, 124, 127, 128, 132, 133, 144, 146, 173, 179–80, 181, 182, 186, 200, 201, 203, 239–40, 256, 262, 267, 275–76. See also journalism; music articles; publishing
Wurtzel, Elizabeth, 91
Wu-Tang Clan, 187, 203, 238–39
Yale University, 10, 109, 228
“Yellow Wallpaper” (Gilman), 37, 117, 226
yoga, 129, 134, 272–73
Zen Buddhism, 188–89, 190, 272
Ziskind, Eugene, 230
Zoloft, 174, 177, 178
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jaime Lowe is a writer living in Brooklyn. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine and her work has appeared in New York magazine, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Maxim, Gawker, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and on ESPN.com. Lowe is the author of Digging for Dirt: The Life and Death of ODB, a biography of Ol’ Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan.
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