I still have highs and lows, just like a... by Patty Duke

actress Television Control screenwriter advocate

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.

- Patty Duke

Other quotes by Patty Duke

Death

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.

- Patty Duke

Childhood

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks.

- Patty Duke

Crime Business Being

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill.

- Patty Duke

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

- Patty Duke

Life People

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.

- Patty Duke

Help

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.

- Patty Duke

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