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Tag Archives: Posttraumatic stress disorder

So Mirtazapine
#medications / Mental Health & Wellbeing

So Mirtazapine

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Sarah • 11 Comments

“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 →

Paroxetine
#medications / Mental health / Mental Health & Wellbeing

Paroxetine

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Sarah • 4 Comments

(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 →

Some Thoughts On Medication
#medications / Mental Health & Wellbeing

Some Thoughts On Medication

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Sarah • 2 Comments

“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 →

Mental Illness Is Not…
Mental health / Mental Health & Wellbeing

Mental Illness Is Not…

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Sarah • Leave a comment

“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 health / Mental Health & Wellbeing

Coping

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Sarah • 2 Comments

So, I know in my last post I said that I would be writing a lot about sex in the following weeks, and then didn’t post anything for a month. Unfortunately in the last few weeks I’ve been sick, had a bereavement, been made redundant, worried about loved ones, and the world in general has … Continue reading →

Mental health / Mental Health & Wellbeing

More Like Remission Then Recovery?

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Sarah • 2 Comments

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 →

Mental health / Mental Health & Wellbeing

A Thing I Wrote To Have Written A Thing

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Sarah • 4 Comments

I’ve been saying that I was going to post something here for almost three months now, and then never quite getting round to sitting down and actually writing anything. So, I’ve decided, as I have an unexpected afternoon off, to just post a, well, post, so that I’ve finally done what I said I was … Continue reading →

Fighting Depression Is Like The Tortoise And The Hare
Mental health / Mental Health & Wellbeing

Fighting Depression Is Like The Tortoise And The Hare

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Sarah • 2 Comments

“We all have times when we go home at night and pull out our hair and feel misunderstood and lonely and like we’re falling. I think the brain is such that there is always going to be something missing.” ~ Jude Law Fighting depression is like the tortoise and the hare, where you’re the tortoise … Continue reading →

Writerly Reflections
Blogging & Online / Mental health / Mental Health & Wellbeing

Writerly Reflections

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Sarah • 3 Comments

(Getty Images/Momcilo Grujic) “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison WordPress have been asking us lately why we write and who we are writing for; what are the origin stories of our blogs? As I’ve debated with myself lately as … Continue reading →

Mental health / Mental Health & Wellbeing

Well Being

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Sarah • 4 Comments

“Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” ~ Isaac Watts WordPress tells me that today is my blogging anniversary. I created this site one year ago today. So what I logged in to say seems quite fitting. When I first decided to start writing about being crazy and then put what I … Continue reading →

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