One of the tragedies of our illness is how it rips apart our families. Check out the various posts and questions and comments from readers on this site and you will find all the proof you need. From a family member's perspective, it's as if the mother ship abducted their precious loved one and substituted him or her with an alien impostor.... Read more
Everyone has an opinion on this, so l expect to see a full mailbag this week: What is your favorite food? Mine is peanut butter. Natural and crunchy. Never mind the bread, just give me a fork to stick in the jar. Your turn. Go for it ...
When it comes to your illness, you (patients and loved ones) are by far the the best experts. You have no further to look for proof than to the comments that began with a recent question of the week, Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis, followed up with another Question of the Week, How Long Did it Take?, and elaborated on in two shareposts based on some... Read more
This installment has no easy answers, much less right ones or wrong ones. It's all about what level of understanding you expect to receive from people close to you and those you face in the wider world.Question: How much allowance, if any, should those close to you make for your illness-related behavior? Should your colleagues at work and others... Read more
I go to the same conferences psychiatrists do. I read their journals. I read their books. The information I have received over the years has been invaluable. But the best source of information, by far, comes from you - patients and loved ones.Two weeks ago, as a Question of the Week, I asked:Were you misdiagnosed with depression or something else?... Read more
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