“I suffer from epileptic seizures. If I don’t sleep for 8 hours straight, the medications I take don’t work.”

Sharon StoneThe 65-year-old actress said she has a disability: she suffers from epileptic seizures caused by a side effect of the medications she takes. After she suffered a stroke that nearly killed her 20 years ago in 2001, she needs to sleep at least 8 hours straight for the stroke to respond well to medication. This caused her a lot of problems, so much so that Hollywood almost forgot her. Over the past two decades, Stone has starred in several films (such as Catwoman, Lovelace, Golden Boy) and TV series (including Low and Order, Better Things, The New Pope), but none of these roles lived up to star status. the glory of “Basic Instinct” or the Oscar nomination for “Casino”.

After the stroke, Stone not only lost her career: in 2004, because of Basic Instinct, she lost custody of her son. The iconic 1992 film scene in which he crossed his legs influenced the course of his divorce case from Ron Bronsteinleading judges to award custody of 22-year-old Roan, adopted in 2000, to her ex-husband.

Then, in 2023, another hard blow: the diva collapse Silicon Valley Bank, he lost half his money. “I lost sight of aspects that relate to my personality and my life.” The actress, as she told People magazine, still “hasn’t gotten back most of what she lost.” However, she realizes that she should be “proud” of herself, of her journey, because she “managed to survive” and because by finding the strength to tell her story publicly, she can “help others survive.”

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