Plagued by auditory hallucinations and memory loss, doctors dismissed her condition with a diagnosis of partying too hard and stress.
Brain on Fire is an adaptation of an autobiographical book by Susannah Cahalan, a journalist who found herself suffering from nervous breakdowns and seizures with no apparent cause.
Brain on Fire hits Netflix this year.
But as her condition worsened, the stakes grew higher, and the race to find an answer became a matter of life and death.