And then she did very well for many years on lithium, and then eventually, she was taken off her lithium to see how she would do without it, and she had another psychosis, and then plunged into the worst depression that I had ever seen in which she sat in her parents' apartment, more or less catatonic, essentially without moving, day after day after day.
E ela ficou muito bem por anos, tomando lítio, e depois, parou de tomá-lo, para ver como ficaria sem ele, e teve outro surto, e se afundou na maior depressão que eu já vira. Ela ficava no apartamento dos pais, meio catatônica, imóvel, dia após dia.