In July, I celebrate 16 years hospital-free. How is it that I managed to stay on the outside for so long? In a moment, I'll talk about what you can do to increase your chances, too.
Before I do, I have some exciting news: SchizophreniaConnection will post next week a two-part interview I conducted with Dr. Xavier... Read more
It is a testament to the strangeness of what
happened to me that I was doing something not many people could. But if you could, would you want to be doing
it?
On August 13, 1990 I started my
first full-time job as the administrative assistant to the director at an
insurance brokerage. Two months later my
boss... Read more
On September 25, 1987 I had a breakdown. The next
morning my mother drove me to the ER. I was
admitted to the inpatient unit a day later and given Stelazine, the drug that
worked—if imperfectly—until April 2007 when Dr. Altman instituted the
cross-titer to the Geodon.
This blog entry is about the in-between days... Read more
Conscious living as a recovery manifesto has guided
me through and made the difference between reacting to what happens to me, and
beating the schizophrenia at its own game.
As a daily devotion, conscious living is the act of
thinking things through instead of responding on autopilot. It can take the form of small changes,... Read more
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