Still slogging through Kay's extended battle with lithium.
She mentions giving a talk at American Psychiatric Association on manic depression which means she must have been acknowledged as an expert by then but doesn't really mention at what point she made the choice to make her research interest match her personal diagnosis. Her diagnosis was certainly not known by her colleagues at that point.
Very surprised none of her manic episodes resulted in hospitalization--guess she was lucky to have such a close relationship with her psychiatrist.
A little annoyed about the tone in which she said she would be willing to forcefully undergo ECT or hospitalization considering she never experienced it.