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'RX': Cartoonist Rachel Lindsay's Tale Of Living With Bipolar Disorder

Cartoonist Rachel Lindsay's first book is "RX," a graphic memoir of her struggles with bipolar mania.
Courtesy Rachel Lindsay
Cartoonist Rachel Lindsay's first book is "RX," a graphic memoir of her struggles with bipolar mania.

Hearing the travails of someone's mental health struggles is not easy. But Vermont cartoonist Rachel Lindsay has taken a different approach to sharing her story of living with bipolar disorder. She has told it in a new graphic novel called RX.

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Courtesy Hachette Book Group

Lindsay, creator of the comic "Rachel Lives Here Now," shares her story of dealing with bipolar mania and of being placed in a psychiatric hospital against her will.

Broadcast live on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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