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 →
A profound teaching of healing in a deceptively simple package
So, what really happens when I embrace all these symptoms rather than fix (mask) them through psychiatric “treatments”? Hmmmm…. well, I very rarely have any of these symptoms anymore, and when I do, they don’t last nearly as long. To be honest, I can’t remember details of their recurrences anymore because they don’t stand out like they used to. They are no longer “bad” or “horrible” in my mind or my experience, so why make a note of them? It’s like having a rainy day. Who cares? It just happens. Anyway, my goal was never to make the symptoms go away. It just happened.
Prolactin, bone loss, prolactinomas, and common medications
This is a post from Urocyon’s wonderful blog. She posted it there yesterday and I asked if I could mirror it here. It’s an amazing collection of links on prolactin side-effects of many drugs. Urocyon’s Meanderings is a blog well worth visiting any time as well. I took a keen interest in this as my… Continue Reading →
Psych related news for the day…(updated)
UPDATE The Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America — By BRUCE E. LEVINE Brilliant review of Robert Whitaker’s book Borderline Gifted, ADHD, or Both (and, Well, Something about Dandelions) | Every Day Life — Are we treating our gifted, creative kids like dandelions? When they pop-up in our lawns (classrooms) with their bright faces and tenacious will to fulfill… Continue Reading →
Friday news and blogs
Reading for today: Creativity linked to mental health — By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia. Seems to me this is indicative of the likely fact that… Continue Reading →
Containing opposites (love and aggression) and the loss of creativity in America: Monday news and blogs
Recovery from “schizophrenia” and other “psychotic disorders” Containing opposites, spirits, and “schizophrenia” I need to remind everyone that blogs on “schizophrenia” should not be ignored by people who think it does not apply to them. This post too, is potentially meaningful to anyone regardless of diagnosis. “Schizophrenia” can be seen as revolving around having difficulty… Continue Reading →
Two very kind honors in one day…
Both Rossa Forbes and Kris Ulland posted little notes of appreciation to me today. Please check out both of their very inspirational and insightful blogs. Holistic Recovery of Schizophrenia, Rossa Forbes Borderline Families, Kris Ulland Both are mothers of adult children who have been labeled with psychiatric diagnosis. Both mothers have come to realize that psychiatric… Continue Reading →
Comments about Lamictal withdrawal from Furious Seasons
This remains one of the most comprehensive collections of comments about personal experience with coming off lamictal.
Psychiatry Residents don’t volunteer information for informed consent
We can easily assume that psychiatrists in general have the same habits as the residents talked about in the article below as many of our lived experiences suggest. When we are young, desperate and naive, how many of us think to ask the pertinent questions? And then when we are thoroughly brainwashed to believe meds are the only way, how many of us really want to know the risks? If we have no alternatives, as we are led to believe, doesn’t it feel safer to just not know? These “passive” doctors are taking the easy way out to our great expense. …
To hell and back: Thor Nystrom’s story of psych drug treatment as a teenager
I was directed to an amazing story of a courageous young man through Furious Seasons. I’ve since corresponded with Thor and he has given me permission to post the piece here in its entirety. It is a story of endurance and recovery that validates the intention behind this blog. I am happy to add it… Continue Reading →
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