Here I am, here I go: I’m done with pharma, drugs, and psychiatry

I’m done with pharma, drugs, and psychiatry.

I no longer get health and mental health and psychiatry news delivered to me daily through google reader and email groups. I am much happier this way. Therefore I can no longer cover such topics in a timely fashion and don’t intend to except maybe rarely since it may on occasion still strike me as fresh. Most of it just feels old to me and indeed most of the “news” that I cover I’ve known about for years. Mainstream media has a tough time keeping up it seems and does a better job of misinforming than informing. It’s tiring and rather depressing.

The archives will remain up and I will keep posting on here as I’ve been doing for a bit but I do hope to break away from this blog altogether as it now feels like a weight holding me down that I’d like to let go of. I’m thinking about options. I may simply keep this blog going at a slower pace with an evolving and changing subject matter or start a new one that is a complete break from this one that simply reflects this new era of my life. I don’t know yet. In my life at home I’m still unable to do anything other than that which I must do to work on my rehab so I’m pulled back to this blog with some frequency that I might contribute to a broader sphere than myself and my household. This will, as I move forward, most likely also change.

As a resource for others Beyond Meds, I think, is still quite valuable and I still often share posts from the archives with people who are seeking answers to questions about the topics shared on this blog. I also still get mail regularly from people who tell me how helpful finding this blog was to them. I’m so grateful for all your comments and thank you.

I now have begun to concentrate mostly on solutions, healing and growing, and thus dwelling on the problem that psychiatry WAS in my life is just not helpful or particularly interesting anymore.  A very important part of my journey is now over. Hallelujah.