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Clinical features emerged rapidly and included: (1) auditory hallucinations characterized by “typewriter keys echoing inside the skull” and “footnotes whispering corrections”; (2) referential delusions involving attic insulation fibers interpreted as “encrypted marginalia from future editions”; (3) disorganized speech with flight of ideas, clanging associations (“glucose… lucid… lucid dreams of sucrose”), and neologisms (“synapto-static discharge”); (4) labile affect with bursts of inappropriate laughter alternating with brief catatonic pauses; and (5) motor restlessness manifesting as repetitive page-turning of a clutched manuscript titled *Metabolic Limits of Cognition*. Vital signs at 13:20 revealed tachycardia (118 bpm), diaphoresis, and a palpable tremor. Capillary glucose measured 2.1 mmol/L (38 mg/dL), confirming severe hypoglycemia. Laboratory evaluation upon arrival demonstrated: plasma glucose 2.1 mmol/L, β-hydroxybutyrate 3.1 mmol/L (consistent with moderate ketosis), serum cortisol 912 nmol/L (marked stress response), plasma epinephrine 4.8 nmol/L (adrenergic surge), and normal electrolytes, renal function, and thyroid panel. Electroencephalogram showed diffuse theta slowing without epileptiform activity. Brain MRI was unremarkable.