Everyone who has, or who lives with someone who has, a mood or mental disorder has formed opinions on psych meds. We all process these opinions through our own lenses and filters, based on our personal experiences. To some of us they’re life-savers, to others, life-takers. I’m able to offer a unique [...]
Many won’t be familiar with this legislation, but on April 1, 2009 the SCHIP legislation goes into effect. Per Wikipedia:
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a United States federal government program that gives matching funds to states in order to provide health insurance to families with children. The program was designed to [...]
I can’t get enough sleep lately. I’ve taken naps each of the last 3 days for 3 to 4 hours each, yet I’m still exhausted. I haven’t slept that much for years. It’s not depression, I feel pretty good otherwise. I’m not looking forward to staying awake at work this week.
This has been a decent week. Work was good, home was good, there is no reason not to be in good shape. It wasn’t perfect, we had a blizzard Friday and my daughter’s band had to cancel their show. I had to move a lot of snow using the snowblower and a [...]
I’m up and afraid to go back to bed as I’ve had the worst dream in years. I’m sure there’s deep significance to it, but I can’t find any interpretation that makes any sense.
I was sitting in a bed (mine I think, but not my current bed) eating my own brains. I don’t [...]
Why do I subject myself to these support group meetings? My wife and I are taking my daughters to a support program geared towards kids. It’s a wonderful program, one that is gaining world-wide attention. And my daughters love it. They have adult groups while the kids are doing their [...]
For several months now I’ve been writing posts entitled “Deadly Bipolar Disorder”. They are meant to inform the average person about the severity of the disorder. But I’m starting to ask myself what this might be accomplishing? Scaring those that have the disorder and their families? Cause [...]
One constant among those who suffer from bipolar disorder is medication. Get a group of people with bipolar disorder together and that’s going to be the main source of conversation for them. There are a handful of brave souls out there living a life without medication, and my hat is off to them. [...]
