“Sylvie wishes the anti-depressants had been around when she was in her early twenties, not only to rescue her from the dark tunnels that came when her brother first got sick, but also to keep her from fucking all those assholes.” ~ Francesca Lia Block So, as I mentioned last week Mirtazapine was the second medication… Continue reading So Mirtazapine
(Image: Wikimedia) "If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach." ~ Irving Kirsch So, I said that I was… Continue reading Paroxetine
"It takes, on average, six attempts to find the antidepressant that works for you." ~ my social worker I haven't really mentioned mental health medication since I named this page after one and explained what it was and my experiences of it. And I'm not actually on that one any more. I do make a… Continue reading Some Thoughts On Medication
“It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them.” ~ Jennifer Niven Mental illness is not... > ...your… Continue reading Mental Illness Is Not…
(Image source: Getty Images) “I thought the doctor's diagnosis was the first step to mending her. I know now that a diagnosis is taken in like an orphaned dog. We brought it home, unsure how to care for it, to live with it. It raised its hackles, snarled, hid in the farthest corner of the… Continue reading My Advice To The Newly Diagnosed
"It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age." ~ Amanda Seyfried I'm nowhere near as anxious now as I was for the first, oo, maybe thirty years of my life; when I was walking around with a permanent knot of fear in my stomach… Continue reading 5 Lies My Anxiety Told Me
(Getty Images) “Bad enough to be ill, but to feel compelled to deny the very thing that, in its worst and most active state, defines you is agony indeed.” ~ Sally Brampton Some time earlier this year, I can't remember exactly when, around the time that Germanwings pilot deliberately crashed his plane, I decided that I… Continue reading Start A Conversation Today
"I don't panic unless I have to. Wastes energy." ~ Sandra Brown Sarah asked me to write a thing about staying calm under pressure. Apart from being her boyfriend and thus physically closest to her, why me? I'm an anaesthetic and critical care doctor. I have lost count of the number of cardiac arrests and… Continue reading How To Stay Calm Under Pressure by Raj AC
“But I knew it was pure masturbation, because down in my gut I wanted nothing more than a clean bed and a bright room and something solid to call my own at least until I got tired of it. There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and… Continue reading 6 Pillars of Mental Stability
Recovery noun: recovery; plural noun: recoveries a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength. Remission noun: remission a temporary diminution of the severity of disease or pain. ~ OED So, I mentioned the other day that I'm feeling better, and that unlike last time I told you I was better, when I was… Continue reading More Like Remission Then Recovery?
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 