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Find me at Mad Covid!
Hi! I know it looks like I’m not really writing anything at the moment, but I promise I have been blogging from time to time. It’s just that I’m contributing to a project called Mad Covid at the moment. Set … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar, Covid, Mad Covid, Mental health, Twitter
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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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Semantics
Is your understanding of the word depression the same as mine? And how can we ever know? Continue reading
An office #TwistmasParty
Here’s your invitation… Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Employment and benefits, Mental health, Uncategorized
Tagged Bipolar disorder, Christmas, Employment, Mental health, Mental health disability, Mental illness, Social media, Socialising, Twitter, Work, Workplace
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Discharge
TW: suicidal thoughts I was tempted to call this post “home”, but I’m not, I haven’t even set off yet. I’ve been seen by two nurses from Home Treatment Team (one of whom I know quite well) and officially taken … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, exercise, Hospital, Hypomania, Inpatient care, Medication, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Rapid cycling, Social media, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Antipsychotics, Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Crisis care, Home Treatment Team, Hospital care, Hypomania, Inpatient treatment, Inpatient unit, Mental health, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatry, Psychotropic medication, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Twitter
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Changing woman
As the seasons change it’s hard not to notice the dark nights and wet and windy weather. I feel like I’m changing too. Until very recently I felt trapped within cycles that felt as closed and inevitable as the shifts … Continue reading
Posted in exercise, Mental health, Mental health services, Mindfulness, Mood disorder, Recovery, Self-management
Tagged Bipolar, Meditation, Mental health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Self-mangement, Twitter, Yoga
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#badmummy
There is a social media conceit that all of us with children are terrible mothers. I have lost count of all the times I have seen friends publically describe their mothering as poor, often accompanied by use of the hashtag … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health
Tagged Antenatal depression, Bipolar, Childbirth, Clinical depression, Depression, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Health Visitor, Hypomania, Major depression, Mental illness, Mentall illness and motherhood, Motherhood, Postnatal depression, Postpartum depression, Twitter
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#AsylumNO, the response: what do you think?
Dear Charlotte Firstly, can I thank you for the time that you’ve taken in contacting us either via twitter, guest services or the press office. We haven’t been ignoring you but as the Divisional Director here at Thorpe Park, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Asylum, Attitudes towards mental illness, Discrimination, Fright Nights, Halloween, Mental health, Stigma, Tesco, Thorpe Park, Twitter
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#AsylumNO – a message from the 1:4 people with a mental health condition
UPDATE – email to Nick Varney, CEO Merlin Entertainment Dear Nick It’s never my habit to go “straight to the top” – I believe in taking comments and complaints up through the chain of command. But having been either … Continue reading
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