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Prescriptions of Zoloft, Nortriptyline, and Lithium, Tablets of Clonipan, Valium, and Ativan, Omega-3 pills that are shipped right to me, These are a few of my favorite things. St. Therese medals and Serenity Prayer bracelets, A personal shield made with permanent markers, Brown paper bags for those panic attacks, These are a few of my…

I need no introduction than to just let you visit, critique, and offer your judgement of our competition. Be kind, please. Those smileys take a lot of time to cut out. 🙂

For all of you readers who are curious to know what Barack Obama’s stance is on mental health parity, I did some digging and found this letter he wrote (okay someone from his office) to mental health blogger, Alicia Sparks. I stole the following letter from her site, which you can get to by clicking…

I have long wanted to write about depression and the stigma felt in the African-American community. In both my inpatient and outpatient treatments, black women and men talked about the need to keep their mood disorder private. Newsweek magazine recently covered the suicide of 19-year-old Abraham Biggs as a chat room watched him via his…

In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.: I have a dream that one day I won’t hold my breath every time I tell a person that I suffer from bipolar disorder, that I won’t feel shameful in confessing my mental illness. I have a dream that people won’t feel the need to applaud me for…

Golly, I never thought my singing video, “The 12 (Bipolar) Days of Christmas” would have competition. But apparently, it’s the “American Idol” of bipolar bloggers! I thought this video was a pretty funny response to mine. But just you wait, I’ll be back with an even better one!

On Fridays I will address a question related to depression and find the answer from an expert. If you have a question you want answered, please ask it on the combox of this post, and I’ll try my best to do some research and feature it in an upcoming Friday post. On the combox of…

Quite a few readers commented on the stories I posted Wednesday on Borderline Personality Disorder. John McManamy has a very informative, accessible article that you may want to check out if you or a loved one is diagnosed with BPD. His article, “Borderline Personality Disorder” can be found by clicking here. He writes: My initial…

With the exception of Monday’s piece, I have been avoiding the topic of the economy for months because I didn’t want to add to the panic so many of us feel, which, in turn, contributes to the crisis: because we stop buying ice-cream cones for our kids, which causes the local ice-cream shop to have…

Jennifer Kushell, the President and Co-founder of Your Success Network and author of “Secrets of the Young & Successful: How to Get Everything You Want Without Waiting a Lifetime” has compiled 10 tips for the tens of thousands of people who have lost their jobs. I’ll give you the first three and then you can…
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