Category: medication
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Why Everyone Is Different with Different Psych Meds
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There is no cookie-cutter formula for what psych meds will do for you. You can’t ask other people what meds work for them and expect the same results for yourself. Generally, each person’s response to the dosage (amount) and kind of medication varies to different degrees. When you want to…
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Things I Would Have Done Differently In the Psych Ward
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Behind Closed Doors I remember the days in that maddening season of life that I felt like a prisoner inside a prison, inside a prison. Not only was I locked within my own manic-psychotic mind, I was locked behind the doors of the psych ward. Adding insult to injury, the…
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What to Expect from Psych Meds
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This Med or That? I notice people posting in forums wanting feedback from others on the effectiveness of certain psychiatric medications. However, it should be well known that with psych meds, the effects and success of the dosages vary significantly from person to person. It’s by no means “one size…
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The Element of Recovery & Tips To Keep Bipolar In Remission
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Recovery, Not Relapse! There’s a phrase that really bothers me that I was taught in training for my community support caseworker job. The saying goes, “Recovery is the exception, not the expectation.” Uh, really? That sounds like we’re just setting someone up to fail who therefore believes they’re going to…
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Anosognosia: The Ghost Symptom & Why Bipolars Don’t Take Their Meds
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Here’s a term you ought to know. Anosognosia. It’s present in those with paralysis, but also those with mental illness. It’s also the number one reason people with mood disorders don’t take their medication and why they lack the perception to recognize their mental illness. Ano-what? According to the Treatment Advocacy…
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Fresh Thought Friday: Joy and Peace and Bipolar Medicine
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Dear Katie, Do you ever struggle with feeling joy and peace? I have. I think some of it may be the medication I’m on but I believe some could be the bipolar illness. I was just wondering how others experience numbing of emotions, etc. -Peace Seeker Dear Peace…
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Author Sasha Kildare “My Relationship With Lithium” Guest Post
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I’m happy to have my fellow mental health advocate and friend Sasha Kildare posting today. Before reading her post I didn’t know too much about Lithium as I have never taken it. Her piece is both insightful and informative. My relationship with lithium I call lithium my insurance. I used…
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The Bipolar Zombie Effect
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It wasn’t until about my tenth year of being on my medications that my psychiatrist defined one of the side effects of the medications I’m on. It took me some time to realize I wasn’t feeling the full extent of my emotions. I told my doctor I couldn’t really feel any emotions when I acted…
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Why Did I Go Off My Medication?
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In this PsychCentral.com Show podcast with fellow bipolar blogger and mental health advocate Gabe Howard and his co-host, Vincent M. Wales, I read a letter to the televangelist who inspired me to go off my medication and we discuss how to respond to that person’s misguidance. In this episode of…