In The Dark: Lithium Mania

EssayDocumentary FictionMemoir
Written By Lucia Scazzocchio

Alice Boyd + Laura Grace Simpkins  (UK 2021)

5 min

Laura was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed lithium. Here she recounts the beginning of a troubled new relationship with a mysterious drug.


Co-Produced by Laura Grace Simpkins & Alice Boyd
Written and narrated by Laura Grace Simpkins
Music and Sound by Alice Boyd

Commissioned by the Wellcome Collection

Selected as part of a new producers listening event be In The Dark

Lucia Scazzocchio
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