Geoffrey Holder is a close friend to me.

He’s the voice of 7-Up—the man who came up with the catch phrase ‘The Un-Cola'.

After having my first manic episode and experienced psychosis for the first time, I called Geoffrey in desperation because I had a hunch he is a little off his rocker too.

I was frightened from all those imaginary voices in my head and didn’t know what to say to them, so I called the Tony Award winning costume designer for fashionable advice.

"Darling, where have you been?" He asked with a Caribbean accent when I called him after being released from the psychiatric ward.

"Oh Geoffrey, it’s horrible. I’ve been diagnosed with Schizophrenia." "Marvelous! How wonderful," he said.

I didn’t understand his remark.

"I must see you soon, love. Tell me what did you have on? I certainly hope you were wearing something fabulous," he said.

I didn’t laugh.

"Listen darling, don’t get yourself all worked up, you are now beginning to read from the Book of Life," said the Un-Cola man with his trademark laugh.