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Tag Archives: Paranoia
Me me me
Dullness warning: I am going to assume you’re at risk of boredom here, not just because I have already posted twice in a week, but also because this is going to one of those posts that’s using writing as therapy in attempt … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, Psychosis, Stress, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged Blogging, Crisis, Delusional ideas, Depression, Home Treatment Team, House move, Low mood, Paranoia, persecutory beliefs, Psychosis, Stress, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
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
When you’re strange
I feel strange. I don’t think I’ve been acting particularly oddly so it’s probably not noticeable to most people, but I’ve been having strange experiences that make me feel a stranger to myself. After the Great Banana Skin Episode I … Continue reading
Where the damage is done
So much has happened to me since I last wrote a personal post that I find it difficult to link this one to the one before. Filling you in by writing it down now will diminish how very terrible things … Continue reading
Back under Their spell
So here I am back dealing with Them. I’ve been almost entirely well now for five months and had honestly started to feel that I was completely in remission. A couple of months ago I reduced my dose of quetiapine … Continue reading
I was wrong
I’m not tremendously good at admitting when I’m wrong – indeed, my partner would be overwhelmed with amusement at the suggestion I do it at all. But I’m admitting it now: I was wrong, dead wrong, about being in recovery. … Continue reading
The dopamine delusion: why I think there’s more to it than brain chemistry
So, a few months ago I was sitting in my psychiatrist’s office, telling him about THEM. I was crying a bit, although not as much at the urgent GP appointment two days previously. That was before I’d put my antipsychotics … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health
Tagged Antipsychotics, Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Delusions, Dopamine, Hallucinations, Hearing voices, Paranoia, Psychosis, Psychotherapy
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