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insaneinmembrane

My fight is back!

I was diagnosed with bipolar a few years ago. Rapid cycler with more depression than mania. I stopped taking my meds a year and a half ago and have been fine up until now. I am going into a depression rapidly and the despair I feel is so overwhelming. I have been thinking of checking myself in somewhere for help, but that would hurt my... Read more Chevron

posted 12/05/2010, comments (0)|

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Concerned Mom

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21 Year old son wont get diagnosed-affraid he's suicidal!

We've always struggled with our sons hearing loss and Auditory Processing Disorder. He'd been in "special education classes" all of his life. Knowing we would need to really help him for his future, we always focused on his physical health. Hoping he would "catch up". Just a couple of months ago, he went off the deep... Read more Chevron

posted 11/29/2010, comments (6)|

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Don Fraser

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Traveling

Well, I'm on the road again, this time I'm visiting my brother in Calgary-Alberta. I'm enjoying the break. The Island kind of gets me down sometimes. I think my medication needs some kind of fine-tuning. I'm lethargic and I don't feel motivated at home to follow through with my plans, which is... Read more Chevron

posted 11/13/2010, comment (1)|

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Have a 16 year old son with schizophrenia who is med resistant

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Zyprexa's out, now onto the sixth medication!

We met with my son's psychiatrist today and he agreed to take my son off Zyprexa, since we were going to do that anyway down the road; we also increased the Seroquil; he's on a low dose (200 mg) and this will be upped to 300 mg and eventually we'll get to 600 mg/day. My son really wanted off Zyprexa; it had almost become... Read more Chevron

posted 10/15/2010, comments (12)|

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Christina Bruni

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Question of the Month: The Makeover Issue

My first SharePost of October will talk about Mental Illness Awareness Week and the second one will be about SZ treatment. In keeping with this theme our question today is: What Would You Change? Do you think psychiatry gets it right or do we still have a long way to go?

posted 10/02/2010, comments (21)|

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