Doctors Missed My Brain Swelling and Sent Me to a Mental Health Facility for Schizophrenia Instead

Health Magazine 2019-10-21

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When Olivia Palermo, 19, first noticed a twitch in her finger, she blamed dehydration. But as her symptoms worsened, her doctors diagnosed her with anxiety and schizophrena, not the neurological disorder she actually had.
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