Actress Lisa Nicole Carson recently sat down for an interview with People, where she opened up about her battle with Bipolar Disorder. The magazine quotes her as follows:
"From the time I stepped away from show business [in 2001] until now, I've been on a long very complicated and challenging journey. I didn't know if I was going to make it out. I don't really have an option to be silent about my illness, although I wanted to be for many years. But since I had a public breakdown, it's something I felt I had to address. When you lose your mind it's as traumatic as it sounds. It's not anything you can imagine happening to you."
On her breakdown in 2000:
"I remember glass breaking, yelling, screaming and terror. Sheer terror...The cast [of Ally McBeal] was very concerned. They put together a video for me, wishing me well. I busted my butt and worked hard for a year. And then in 2001, I got the call, 'We're not renewing your contract.' I cried for a week. Something very weird happened to me and everybody had a reaction, and it was more weird to me than anyone."
Of her last breakdown in 2004:
"It was the closest everything came to collapsing for me. That's what marked the beginning of the end of the disease for me. I decided that whatever was going on in my life, had to take second place. I had to take my medication and fight this with everything I am. I've been stable and haven't had a breakdown in 10 years."
On her decision to finally speak out:
"It's a risk for me to be open. I never wanted to breathe a world about what happened to me. But I've had a change of heart. It's rare for someone who has something as severe as I I've had to come out the other side, but I'd like to let people know that you can. You can get to the other side."
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