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Category Archives: Medication
Crisis? What crisis?
I’ve thought about blogging so often in recent weeks, with several abortive attempts. I considered writing about the therapeutic benefits of having a companion animal – if you don’t follow me on social media, I now have a cat! She’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Hypomania, Medication, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Self-management, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning
Tagged Antidepressants, Bipolar, Bipolar affective disorder, Bipolar disorder, Clinical depression, Crisis, Crisis care, Crisis Team, Depressed thinking, Depression, Hypomania, Medication, Rapid cycling, Risk, Suicide, suicided
Scream if you want to go higher
It is often said that people with severe mental health problems exhibit poor compliance with drug regimens. I loathe that word, compliance. The only time I ever felt really annoyed at my CMHT consultant in London was when he said … Continue reading
On having a “carer”
By now I am a veteran at completing application/review forms for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP). ESA is for people who are too sick to work, while PIP is to cover extra expenses associated with … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Employment and benefits, GP, Medication, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Rapid cycling, Suicidal thought, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Anxiety, Benefits, Benzodiazepines, Bipolar, Carer, Community Psychiatric Nurse, Crisis Team, Depression, ESA, GPs, PIP, Suicidal thoughts
Christmas approaches
It’s been a long time since I posted. I just don’t feel the urge as much these days; I’ve become habituated to things like hospitalisation and crisis care, therapy and medication changes, so although these things continue to play a … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Christmas, Crisis care, Depression, Employment and benefits, exercise, Hospital, Hypomania, Inpatient care, Medication, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, psychology, Self-management, Therapy, Uncategorized
Tagged Antidepressants, Care and treatment planning, Care co-ordination, Care co-ordinator, Cats, Christmas, Crisis Team, Depression, Duloxetine, Employment, Festive season, Holiday season, Mood monitoring, Mood tracking, New Year, Psychological therapies, Therapy, Treatment planning, Work
So long, lithium
I can tell you pretty accurately when I started taking lithium, because I blogged about it (wow, I have been blogging for a long time). In fact, that post tells me that it’s very nearly seven years to the day. … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Medication, Mood disorder, Side effects, Uncategorized
Tagged Drugs, Lithium, Medication, Mood stabiliser, Mood stabilisers, Prescribing
Review: Ellen Forney’s Rock Steady
I started out by really, really wanting to like this book. I adored Ellen Forney’s graphic memoir, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me, which came out a whole six years ago. So I was excited when a friend told me that … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Book reviews, Books and reading, Medication, Mindfulness, Mood disorder, Self-management, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Advice, Bipolar, Bipolar affective disorder, Bipolar disorder, Book reviews, Books, Drugs, Ellen Forney, Marbles, Medication, Rock Steady, Self-awareness, Self-help, Self-management
I reached out, but no one grabbed on
Once again, social media is full of exhortations to talk about it, to talk about depression and suicide and mental health in general, with the core message being: reach out. Because even if you don’t feel like it, somebody out … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Depression, Family issues, GP, Hospital, Medication, Memoir, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, Parenting, Primary care, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged Asking for help, Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, CPN, Depression, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, GP, Health Visitor, Helpline, Motherhood, Overdose, Parenting, Postnatal depression, Postpartum depression, Seeking help
Some people find psychiatry helpful… and that’s OK
I grew up very close to a Victorian asylum. It began to close in the late 1980s, when I was in my teens, but even as a child I was aware that some of the people I saw wandering the … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychiatry, Diagnosis, History of mental health, Hospital, Inpatient care, Medication, Mental health, mental health debate, Mental health services, NHS services, Psychiatry, psychology, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Antipsychiatry, Asylum, Diagnosis, Mental health, Mental Health Act, mental health professionals, Mental health services, Psychiatric drugs, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric medication, Psychiatric ward, Psychiatrists, Psychiatry, Psychology
Troubles
So this week Prince Harry made a number of statements on mental health. I am really glad that he feels able to disclose a need for treatment around the death of his mother. It would be very sad to think of him … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychiatry, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Hospital, Medication, Mental health, mental health debate, Mood disorder, Parenting, Psychiatry, psychology, Stigma and discrimination, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged Critical psychiatry, Diagnostic labeling, Discrimination, Labelling theory, Mental health service user, Mental health stigma, Prince Harry, Psychiatry, Psychology, Stigma
Hurdles
I’m not sure what I am writing here, or why am writing here, other than because I feel awful. I just need to let it out, I suppose. In an ideal world I would have an on-going relationship with a therapist, … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Medication, Mental health, Mood disorder, Rapid cycling, Self-management, Suicidal thought, Uncategorized
Tagged Antipsychotic, Clinical depression, Department for Work and Pensions, Depressed thinking, Depression, Mixed mood, Mixed state, Stress, Travel, Work, Workplace
