"Brain on Fire" told the story of Susannah Cahalan, a young, talented reporter for the New York Post. At some point, she began feeling strangely ill. Initially, all she had was a cough and some headaches, but as her condition worsened, symptoms like hearing high-pitched ringing, hallucinating, and having seizures also occurred. Susannah visited doctor after doctor for answers, but most of them waved it off as something either minor or untreatable. Her condition reached a debilitating state, and soon enough, she was hospitalized. It was only out of luck that a doctor came to her with the answers she needed.

Without spoiling too much for those who still want to watch the movie, I want to share some of the biggest things that "Brain on Fire" wanted us to realize. I'm not yet working as a healthcare provider, but as someone passionate about becoming a nurse, I really hope we can start a public discussion on these three very important points.

So, what more can we do for our patients? Have we exhausted every option? How can we make healthcare more accessible to the public? Should prescription drugs and medications be used as go-to methods for treatment? As simple as these questions seem, the solutions for them will come with time. Rarely anything is easy when it concerns another person's life and well-being, but at least putting these questions out there will better ease us into starting a discussion. Hopefully, as the discussion grows, change will grow closer and closer to finally happening.