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Category Archives: Mixed mood
Hospital at home
Trigger warning: suicidal thoughts and planning A depressing side effect of being a seasoned blogger with a fluctuating condition is that the archive makes it very clear that I go around and around, having better times, then having groundhog day … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, GP, Hospital, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Rapid cycling, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged Absconding, Care in the Community, Crisis, Crisis care, Crisis Resolution Team, Crisis Team, Home Treatment Team, Hospital care, Mixed mood, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric ward, Rapid cycling, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
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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
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The pam fam: the demonisation of benzodiazepines
“Diazepam.” A single word tweet. Regular readers or Twitter followers will know what that meant: I had hit an intolerable level of anxiety which I was managing with a prescribed benzodiazepine. One which I am not only authorised but encouraged … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, CBT, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Depression, Hypomania, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Pillshaming, Primary care, Psychiatry, Rapid cycling, Self-management, Social media, Stigma and discrimination, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Benzodiazepines, Benzos, Bipolar, Bipolar affective disorder, Bipolar disorder, Crisis, Diazepam, GPs, Lorazepam, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Mixed state, Prescribing, Prescribing practice, Primary care, Social media, Temazepam, Twitter, Xanax
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Revolving door
TW: references to suicide methods I remember the first time I was in hospital I was sitting on the floor chatting with my friend Phil, when he spotted somebody he recalled from a previous admission. “There’s Paul!” he said, looking … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Community Psychiatric Nurse, CPN, Crisis, Crisis care, Crisis Resolution Team, Crisis Team, Hospital bed, Hospital care, Inpatient, Inpatient care, Inpatient treatment, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Suicidal, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicidality, Suicide, Suicide planning, Suicide risk
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Bed/crisis
In past times when I have been very ill a bed has been found at my local unit – and quickly. I think one was sourced within the day the first time around, and the following day at the start of my … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Hospital, Hypomania, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Politics and current affairs, Psychiatry, Rapid cycling, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Bed crisis, Crisis care, Crisis services, Crisis Team, Distraction techniques, Home Treatment Team, Hospital bed, Hospital care, Inpatient bed, Inpatient treatment, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Mixed state, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric ward, Rapid cycling
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A life in the day of bipolar mixed mood
It would be so nice if being hypomanic and depressed at the same time meant that they cancelled each other out, if the high would make peace with the low so you could find a place in the middle. Instead they antagonise each other, taking it in … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Bipolar, Christmas, Depression, Family issues, Hypomania, Mania, Mental health, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, Psychosis, Rapid cycling, Self-management, Social media, Uncategorized
Tagged Anxiety, Benzodiazepines, Bipolar, Bipolar affective disorder, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Elation, Hypomania, Hypomanic, Irritability, Irritable hypomania, Mental health, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Mixed state, Panic
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Mixed mood
I can’t think of a snappier title for this blog, because mixed mood is where I am at and my brain feels scrambled. For four weeks now my functioning has been disturbed, my mood fluctuating but not actually euthymic (normal) at any … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Depression, Hypomania, Medication, Mental health, Mixed mood, Psychiatry, Rapid cycling, Self-management, Uncategorized
Tagged Depression, DSM-V, Hypomania, Medication, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Mixed state, Paranoia
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