Courtesy of the Boston Globe. I would skip the coffee mentioned in Stage 1---the whole idea is to nap to be more alert---why mess with a substance that isn't healthy for you and can disturb sleep later on in the day, like at bedtime? In any case those of us on psych meds with psych... Continue Reading →
Motherhood lost
This post is inspired by Coco who is being an awesome mother right now. You can read her post and my comments to her for more background information on what led me to write this post. I love reading mommy blogs. I actually read quite a few blogs penned by mothers both in and out... Continue Reading →
Meditation and neuroplasticity
Continuing with what is becoming a series on brain neuroplasticity and what it means for those of us who have been told we can never recover. I suggest that proclamation is hogwash! Taken from the Dalai Lama's website for educational purposes: 20 Jan 2007 (Sharon Begley, Wall Street Journal) Dalai Lama helps scientists show the... Continue Reading →
My father
My father had a stroke yesterday morning. I didn't find out until today. I got home from having another good productive day, exhausted. I walked in and told my husband I needed to lay down. He came to me and sat down and said, "I know you're tired but I have to talk to you."... Continue Reading →
Shelby’s recovery story
I met Shelby in one of my many email groups. Shelby agreed to share her story on my blog. It is a story of a trauma which led to legitimate suffering leading to psychiatric diagnosis and the spiral downhill once on the drugs that happens to too many people. Thank god Shelby finally escaped and... Continue Reading →
The science and art of meditation
Jon Kabat-Zinn, the wonderful scientist, who has made meditation and mindfulness household terms gives a lecture here on this youtube video that takes place at Google. In it he covers lots of scientific studies of the healing nature of meditation. There is no mysterious religious dogma here---what he presents has been studied clinically. A couple... Continue Reading →
My computer died yesterday and my recovery continues
The screen went completely black and upon looking into what the problem might be it turns out to be a $700 dollar fix. Which means I need a new computer. The especially irritating part of it is that this computer is just three months past it's one year warranty. It's basically a brand new computer,... Continue Reading →
Weekend break
Awesome dog!
The possible perils of Benzodiazepine use
Updated 9/09 This is another post from very early on in the life of my blog (day three to be precise.) I've amended it quite a bit as I've learned much more and my circumstances have changed significantly, so it's up to date: I have suffered ill effects from all the classes of psych drugs;... Continue Reading →
The second installment: Depersonalisation and Derealisation
Part one of this discussion here. The below was first posted the first week I started my blog so most people have not read it. I decided to repost as I said in yesterday's "part one" post I've been experiencing some derealization in the night. Now the original piece part two: I've been having an... Continue Reading →
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