Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke by Patty Duke

Author:Patty Duke [Duke, Patty]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Entertainment & Performing Arts
ISBN: 0553272055
Google: S2bojwF0uyAC
Amazon: B004G8P3KO
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1988-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

In September of 1965, I had a ruptured appendix and, simultaneously, a corpus luteum cyst on my right ovary. Since being diagnosed as a manic-depressive was still nearly two decades away, I had no idea that any kind of a drug, especially an anesthetic, is very dangerous to someone with that condition. So after the surgery I headed into the first major manic episode I can now identify, the first time I exhibited the kinds of off-the-wall behavior that were to plague me until I got a handle on what was wrong with me.

I didn’t eat, I didn’t sleep, I spent great sums of money, and even though I was still too physically uncomfortable to go running around town, I was on the phone constantly. Bill Schallert, my TV father, came to visit and thought I was behaving strangely. Then Bob Sweeney, the show’s producer, came out a few times and didn’t like what was going on either. So Bob invited me to come to recuperate at his and his wife Bev’s house. Actually, it was more than an invitation, it was “This is what we’re gonna do. Period.” And a good thing, too, because between their issuing the invitation and their arriving to pick me up, I lost it. Hallucinations, strange mental ramblings and rantings—really out-of-control behavior began.

I stayed with the Sweeneys for six weeks. They were very loving and fun, their house felt like a safe haven to me, and it was a really healthy environment in which to recover. Harry came out for a couple of visits after the surgery, and after the first one we became engaged. He came out again in November, and we got married.

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