What I told researchers trying to find a cure for my rare disease

What I told researchers trying to find a cure for my rare disease By Seth Rotberg When I was about 12, I started noticing that something was wrong with my mom. She wobbled from poor balance, often tripping and falling over, as if she were drunk. She had severe mood swings; one minute she was fine and the next, she was angry, frustrated, or depressed. Multiple physicians’ visits resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and major depression, but our family knew there was something else going on. Lacking an adequate diagnosis, my mother was becoming a [...]