I knew that the manic was way less than the depression,
but I never thought of it in quite this way...
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How depressed? for how long?
I knew that the manic was way less than the depression,
but I never thought of it in quite this way...
Mental Health in Kashmir
In another recent study it was estimated that 86% of the total costs of bi-polar disorder (£2 billion in total) were attributable to lost productivity. In the United States costs of lost productivity attributable to mental illness were estimated to be $76 billion in 1990. Those with mental health disorders may drift into poverty and are at greater risk of becoming homeless....
...Kashmir lost calm long back. One of the nightmares we are living with is that our children are at increased risk of developing a substance related problems. When there was Opioids boom in whole subcontinent we were aloof as society except for few aberrations in tourist related areas and socially accepted charas takias. We had beliefs and values which would guard us against Opioids epidemic...
read the rest of this editorial on
World Mental Health Day in Kashmir here.
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the misuse of mental health terms
OCD, bipolar, schizophrenic
& the misuse of mental health terms
A 2007 study of the terms "schizophrenia" and "schizophrenic" in the UK national press found that 11%
of references were metaphorical, with broadsheet papers more likely to deploy such phrasing than tabloids.
By contrast, cancer was only used in this manner in 0.02% of cases.
read the rest over here at the Beeb
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Words to live by...
"Before you diagnose yourself
with depression or low self esteem,
first make sure that you are not,
in fact, just surrounded
by assholes."
~William Gibson
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speaking of Lobotomies...
Mentally Handicapped Danes
Lobotomized Until 1983
Between 1947 and 1983, around 4,500 patients -- some as young as six years old -- underwent the operation.
Mentally handicapped patients were routinely lobotomized by their doctors in Denmark between 1947 and 1983.
the true story is here...*
the Side Effects continue....
if i seem unusually focused on Side Effects these days,
this may help explain why.
here are the side effects from one of my meds...
this may help explain why.
here are the side effects from one of my meds...
there's the common ones...
and then there's the serious ones...
now, wake up every morning - or afternoon, as the case may be - and start working out what "reality" might be today....
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Men, women and depression
an interesting, if somewhat troubling infographic
on the different ways men and women deal
with depression these days...
looking for more useful information like this?
- check out http://bipolar-planet.blogspot.com/2011/09/men-women-and-depression.html
which is where i found this great infographic!
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Hey, it's the Bipolar Bear!
A brief summary of what may
be a minority opinion
on the Bipolar Bear.
If you are fond of it,
you may not
care to know...
be a minority opinion
on the Bipolar Bear.
If you are fond of it,
you may not
care to know...
and the beat goes on....
for more about the bipolar bear and i,
and then there's the bipolar bear and i, part 2, too.
for more about the bipolar bear and i,
and then there's the bipolar bear and i, part 2, too.
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the Side Effects
... was it a Parliaments album
or a Funkadelic album
where George Clinton says
"the side effects are what you get!" ?
or a Funkadelic album
where George Clinton says
"the side effects are what you get!" ?
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You know you're depressed when...
...you Stumble on to one of those Tumblery/Pin-up sites
and flipping through those sweet, loving, achey-breakey
cliches bugs you.
it bugs you so much you turn cheap and childish and mean,
like you usually are to yourself.
Yup.
and flipping through those sweet, loving, achey-breakey
cliches bugs you.
it bugs you so much you turn cheap and childish and mean,
like you usually are to yourself.
Yup.
Mea maxima culpa.
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Television and drugs
You don't have to be fluent
in McLuhan or even familiar
with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
to know somewhere in your heart
that television is now,
and has always been
the drug of the nation.
in McLuhan or even familiar
with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
to know somewhere in your heart
that television is now,
and has always been
the drug of the nation.
...whether you started
on this small screen,
or you're on this one
right now...
on this small screen,
or you're on this one
right now...
it's all TV baby,
and one way or another,
we all have issues with it.
and one way or another,
we all have issues with it.
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Medication - yes or no?
if only it was that simple...
but if you're like me and find that life with medication
is better than life without medication, it is really important
to study up one what you are putting in your body...
as these infographics make brutally clear.
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Check Your Meds
... so started exploring something that might turn into a project- a
comic strip called "Check Your Meds". we shall see what we shall see,
but if you see something you like, a comment or two would be appreciated
and encouraging.
stay tuned
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it's no secret that eating right can do
a lot for one's mental health,
and Mom was right - breakfast is
the most important meal of the day.
to inspire these good habits,
we present for your delectation
this recipe for Eggs
a la William Seward Burroughs II.
i haven't tried them yet,
but they read like the kind of thing
one could live on for long periods
if the need arose...
if life gives you Lemons
another flight of fictional fancy,
this time about a woman working
with her obsessive-compulsive disorder
to build a better life!
When she thought about it, which was rare, Jennifer knew temping sucked. The hours were bad and the pay was no incentive to excellence. The supervisors talked to her like she'd flunked Special Ed and the staff acted like demi-employment was contagious.
One day, ruminating on a sad tuna sal in the park, she had
a thought. It didn't matter what she did. She'd never thought it did in the grand existentialist scheme of things, but now she saw it was just as true of her day to day.
Once tasked by her supervisor du jour, it really didn't matter if she did it "right"... she just had to look busy. In the unlikely event that anyone ever noticed, she'd be long gone.
Suddenly, some of those sucking things about temp life seemed to her like creative opportunities. Her filing became very adventurous, informed by the I Ching and what she called 'practicing chance': never put two documents in the same folder; shred every tenth document and so on. Data entry was her opportunity to explore Chomsky, and as
a receptionist, she was often described as "fun" and "flirty".
No one knew much about Jennifer, like her obsessive compulsive relationship with computers. In fact, she was
a total dataholic and everywhere she temped, she took home terabytes of what would later be called "sensitive information"... but by then, Jen was long gone and living largely in the Caymans.
this time about a woman working
with her obsessive-compulsive disorder
to build a better life!
When she thought about it, which was rare, Jennifer knew temping sucked. The hours were bad and the pay was no incentive to excellence. The supervisors talked to her like she'd flunked Special Ed and the staff acted like demi-employment was contagious.
One day, ruminating on a sad tuna sal in the park, she had
a thought. It didn't matter what she did. She'd never thought it did in the grand existentialist scheme of things, but now she saw it was just as true of her day to day.
Once tasked by her supervisor du jour, it really didn't matter if she did it "right"... she just had to look busy. In the unlikely event that anyone ever noticed, she'd be long gone.
Suddenly, some of those sucking things about temp life seemed to her like creative opportunities. Her filing became very adventurous, informed by the I Ching and what she called 'practicing chance': never put two documents in the same folder; shred every tenth document and so on. Data entry was her opportunity to explore Chomsky, and as
a receptionist, she was often described as "fun" and "flirty".
No one knew much about Jennifer, like her obsessive compulsive relationship with computers. In fact, she was
a total dataholic and everywhere she temped, she took home terabytes of what would later be called "sensitive information"... but by then, Jen was long gone and living largely in the Caymans.
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