This is all over the web. At least in my web world. But if you haven't caught it atypical antipsychotics double the risk of cardiac arrest. I concur with Philip who reports on the study in the New England Journal of Medicine that revealed this here and says this in conclusion: I swear the atypicals... Continue Reading →
No fixing “chemical imbalance”….
This video is excerpted from a full length documentary entitled "The Truth about 'Schizophrenia': Loren Mosher & Bob Whitaker visit Zuzu's Place." Loren Mosher was the first Chief of Schizophrenia Studies at NIMH and the founder of Soteria House, the wonderful residential treatment center where drugs were not used for psychotic individuals and there was... Continue Reading →
Finding the Right Healers for My Withdrawal Journey
Update 2026: This post predates my learning more about the importance of slow, methodical withdrawal. I started withdrawing when the online scene was just learning what was possible! It's hard to believe how many voices are out there now. This was first posted in 2008. The internet was brand new , really and totally different than it is now, both. This site was where people went for withdrawal info. Here and a few forums and/or email groups that are mostly all gone now. Given that I didn't yet know how protracted my situation would be I was still looking for professionals to work with. I did find a few gems but ultimately learned that my journey would be one of learning to trust mself and listen to my body. Nature would be my primary guide. So what's happening in my journey lately?
Yes, recovery can be lasting and real
Part of the reason some people are so skeptical about real and complete recoveries is because a lot of people who achieve it move on. The don't hang around the mental health blogosphere and most of them don't go into working in mental health like I probably will. Most of them go off and live... Continue Reading →
“Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children”
So begins the first sentence in this NYTs article. Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children, and federal drug regulators must do more to warn doctors of their substantial risks, a panel of federal drug experts said Tuesday. More than 389,000 children and teenagers were treated last year with Risperdal, one... Continue Reading →
The first incarnation of my blog….
When I first started blogging I was on blogspot and it was set on private and I deleted the whole thing before I went public. It was basically just a diary. What I didn't remember was that I copied the whole thing into a word document. It dates from February 2004 to June of 2006.... Continue Reading →
The weight is dropping off
I always wondered what would happen once the neuroleptics (antipsychotics) were gone. Would my body, fat for so many years, just stay that way? I suspected yes. I somehow figured my body had simply learned to be fat. There are lots of studies on obesity that suggest the body wants to be the weight it... Continue Reading →
Short and sweet update
I'm off all the "emergency meds." It took 12 days---pretty damn awesome if you ask me! Strangely enough, or perhaps not, I slept totally shitty after the first couple of "knock-out" nights until I was completely off the Risperdal on Sunday night. Sunday night was the first restful deep sleep I had. Clearly Risperdal, while... Continue Reading →
Youth’s Drug of Choice? Prescription
From the LA Times: A new generation of drug users, by contrast (to the boomers), isn't waiting to reach middle age to add prescription drugs to its portfolio of abuse, the report says. Among teens and young adults 12 to 25, one-third of those who use illicit drugs say they recently have abused prescription drugs... Continue Reading →
Recap—how far have I come?
I started this blog on March 4th of 2007. This is after having the blogger domain bipolarblast for 3 years. For three years I kept it on private and wrote pure gibberish. Really. It was really bad. I had no direction and still bought into the psychiatric and pharma bullshit. I believed I was bipolar... Continue Reading →
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