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Fall Fail

I dislike this time of year. It’s not because summer is waning and, here in the Midwest at least, leaves are starting to fall from the trees. It’s not because summer hours at work are drawing to a close (not that I have much opportunity to use them anyway). It’s because I feel like such…

August 26, 2015
Hypocrite

I thought I could go off of my meds. I thought I was stronger than depression. But the black dog is back and he’s sitting on my chest, daring me to leave him off leash. I tried. I thought the exercise would be enough. But five weeks off my meds and his teeth are bared…

April 23, 2015
Patient Advocates and Strength in Numbers

I spent last weekend in the beautiful Hyatt Hotel in Jersey City, New Jersey, directly across the Hudson from Manhattan (check out that view!), at the HealtheVoices 2015. This conference, sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceutical and Everyday Health brought together more than 60 of the best bloggers and patient activists from across the country to network…

April 20, 2015
Support for Morgan

Many of you may have heard about an incident that happened in Wisconsin regarding two girls stabbing a third girl in the woods, due to a fear of a fictional character called “Slender Man”. What you may not know is that one of the children being prosecuted for this crime is Morgan Geyser, a 12-year…

March 16, 2015
A Long December

I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted. Winter is long and cold here in Chicago, and frankly, I am, as much as I hate to admit it, I am prone to seasonal depression which makes me pretty much hide out, eat, binge watch Netflix, and shun bearing my soul to, well, anyone. But…

March 6, 2015
Advocacy One Day, But Not The Next

On his blog today, Pete Earley posted a recap of a speech DJ Jaffe gave at the New York State NAMI conference earlier this year. DJ Jaffe and his mentor, Dr. Fuller Torrey, are two of the most outspoken advocates for AOT legislation in the country. I have blogged before about my feelings on what…

November 21, 2014
One Week

What a week. This week has been Mental Health Awareness Week, as I’m sure you know, and today is World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme is Living with Schizophrenia, something we know a lot about. This week was also the week Kelli Stapleton was sentenced to ten to twenty-two years in prison for her…

October 10, 2014
The Social Services Oxymoron

Why must I hand hold Tim’s case manager through everything? The man has been a licensed clinical social worker employed by our county health department for at least 6 years, yet he acts as if he has never had a single client before Tim. Two weeks ago I asked him about permanent supportive housing options…

October 3, 2014
The Devil You Know

We’re learning the hard way that the old adage is true. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. To be fair, it was a bit broken. Tim went on Clozaril a month before his 15th birthday and last fall we decided it was time to try and get him on to another atypical antipsychotic…

September 25, 2014
Anderson Cooper 360 – What It’s Like to Hear Voices

Anderson Cooper wore headphones for a day that had voices constantly bombarding him, to simulate what it is like to have auditory hallucinations. Watch his experiment, below:

June 10, 2014

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