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Compulsory Post
I am not inspired to write today but get uncomfortable about not updating my blog, so I will give a brief update on my brother drama. First, I began to feel much, much better two days into my period....
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Psychiatric Meds and Fat
(old post, just got indexed for first time..) Most of us who have been treated with psych meds gain weight, there are a lucky few who escape this side effect, and then many that gain a moderate amount...
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Check-in
I’ve been having a harder time coming up with stuff to write lately. I fear I’ve said my bit. But I’m always afraid my latest post will be my last. The thing is, right now, one of my closest, longest...
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The latest in my psychiatric drug withdrawal journey
It’s been a while since I checked in. I’ve been barely holding my head above water. The PMS passed. There is no doubt about that. I am no longer an angry, disgruntled bitch. However while it is clear...
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Still waiting to stabilize
Traveling any distance either within a time zone or out of one has become extremely difficult for me since about 6 months into my withdrawals and increasingly so. I don’t really know why, but I stop...
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Running out of steam—at least for now
My last personal update was tentatively optimistic. I don’t like posting when I feel like shit, but frankly, I feel like shit most of the time. I am chronically ill. That’s it. I said it. I have a...
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I’d like to bitch for a moment
I’m tired. I can’t drive except for very short distances and even that scares me—my freedom feels severely impeded. Sometimes my body feels like lead and I lay in bed for hours. Literally like lead and...
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Yes, gosh darn it, it is chronic fatigue!
Thank you to Marissa, author of “depression introspection” for pointing out this article on chronic fatigue from the New York Times, because yes, my previous post is all about what this article is...
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Iatrogenic illness caused by mitochondrial damage—psychiatric drugs major...
An interesting abstract to an article: Since the first mitochondrial dysfunction was described in the 1960s, the medicine has advanced in its understanding the role mitochondria play in health and...
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The latest dish on the journey beyond meds
So what’s happening in my journey lately? I’m finding it harder and harder to share as the issues become subtler and more personal simultaneously. I am trying to find the right person/people to help me...
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Inspirational words, good music and pretty images and a message from Gianna
For those of you on the west coast I’m posting this just after midnight on the east coast, so today is Sunday. My birthday is tomorrow. I have been pretty much crippled with pain and nausea the last...
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The 39 psychotropic drugs I’ve taken
It’s potentially dangerous to come off psychiatric drugs rapidly. For guidance in safer withdrawal methods see here. You think maybe something wasn’t quite right? This journey started the summer of...
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An open letter about debilitating chronic illness (mine caused by psych med...
I found this written by a woman name Ricky Buchanan. I’ve discovered by creeping around the CFS and Fibromyalgia boards online that my day to day lived reality is like theirs. I am agnostic about...
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This is what it’s like to be chronically ill: Ken Wilber shares his experience
This sort of illness tends to be an up and down sort of thing. It can be very difficult to deal with and unaffected people rarely understand. I lately had a serious setback and I've learned it's not...
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