Monthly Archives: July 2010
When most of us were young we learned that life isn’t fair. Yes, that boy got a bigger slice of cake than you. Yes, that girl gets better grades than you even though she doesn’t study. Yes, that’s boy’s imaginary … Continue reading
OK, I admit it, I don’t like doctors. At all. In fact, one might suggest I downright hate them. I hate going to their appointments, I hate being in their waiting room and I hate talking to them.
I’ve been in treatment for over a decade now and in that time I’ve had more than my share of doctors. Some doctors have been awful, but some have been great and at the top of their field. And when … Continue reading
Recently, I’ve received a few messages from people beginning bipolar medication treatment and going through the terrors of medication auditions and, um, the displeasure of the side-effects of bipolar medication. In this video, I try to set expectations with regards … Continue reading
I mentioned what remission means for a mental illness in a clinical setting: reduction in specific, empirical symptoms by a given amount. In other words, you are given a depression “score” and remission means reducing that score by a given … Continue reading
As a seriously ill person, I can honestly say that I have given up. Many times. I have lain on my floor praying that someone would kill me. I have taken too many pills hoping that I would die. And … Continue reading
I can feel suicide flicking at the edges of my consciousness. This morning I woke up wanting to die. Before my eyelids fluttered and my logic circuits sparked I knew it was going to be a horrible day.
Words have power. I know this because I’m a writer and I’m perfectly capable of angering, saddening or frightening people with my words. If words were not powerful, bookshelves would be empty. And bipolar is a powerful word when used … Continue reading
Once you’re on a magical medication cocktail, see doctors regularly, have done years of talk therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), tried shock therapy (ECT), exercise, have social contacts, a support network, a support group, eat well, … Continue reading
by Natasha Tracy
Natasha Tracy
Bipolar Audios
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- About Natasha
- Achieving Remission
- Antipsychotics
- Being Crazy
- Bipolar Diagnosis
- Bipolar Treatment
- Bipolar Video
- Brain vs. Mind
- Coping
- Denial
- Depression
- Desire For Remission
- Doctors Giving Up
- Drug Information
- Fault
- Gratitude
- How Others See Bipolar
- Hypomania
- Impact of Bipolar
- Interview
- Loneliness
- Losing Friends
- Medication Safety
- Medication Side-Effects
- Myths
- Non-Medication Treatments
- Talking About Bipolar
- Talking to Doctors
- The Price of Publicly Being Bipolar
- Understanding Mental Illness
- Writing
