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Tag Archives: psychiatrist
Getting over the Anxiety of Meeting a New Psychiatrist
I was recently hospitalized and during that stay, my psychiatrist and I reached a mutual agreement that it would be better if I started seeing someone else as he wasn’t sure how to help me anymore. At discharge, I was … Continue reading
Guest Post: I, Borg
Interested yet? Long story short: I once had an implant the size of a pacemaker surgically implanted under my skin below my collar bone. The implant had a lead wire that was tunneled up through my neck and attached to … Continue reading
Posted in advocate, mental health advoctes, mental illness, Uncategorized
Tagged Borg Collective, Cyberonics, depression, epilepsy, FDA Approval, feel like a robot, mentalillness, pacemaker, price of surgery for pacemaker and vagus nerve stimulator, psychiatrist, robotics, University of Minnesota, vagus nerve, Vagus Nerve Stimulator
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Are Psychiatrists held to the same standards as other Doctors?
“Do no harm” is something that all doctors say when they become a doctor…. If a cardiologist prescribed a medicine that his/her patient was allergic to and the patient died, would the family be able to sue for malpractice win? most likely If … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, bipolar disorder, depression, heart attack, kidney disease, malpractice, medical malpractice, mental health advocate, mental illness, pharmaceutical companies, psychiatrist, psychiatry, schizophrenia, side effects, stroke, suicide, tardive dyskenisia
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I’ve Been Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Now what?
If you have recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it could be a relief because you finally know there is a reason why you have been going through the things you have been. You might have found out because you … Continue reading
Writings from the Mother of Bipolar Bandit Part 2: Trying to Figure out What was Wrong with my Daughter
My daughter asked me to write about my feelings when she first started having difficulty until she was diagnosed. This blog focuses on her struggles before she was hospitalized and she was diagnosed. Michelle was 13 -an A student, happy … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, mental illness, mother of child with depression, nurse, parent, psychiatrist
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My Story with Bipolar Disorder Divided Part 3: My First Full Blown Manic Episode
My Story Divided Part 3: My First Full Blown Manic Episode I actually don’t remember a lot about this episode and this is common with mania. Another thing that happens is that I get different manic episodes confused with other … Continue reading
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Tagged disoriented, extreme mania, full blown manic episode, mania, manic, psychiatric hospital, psychiatrist
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My Story with Bipolar Disorder Divided Part 2: Continuing to Live with Depression
My Story with Bipolar Disorder Divided (Part 2): Continuing to Live with Depression After realizing that I had to accept that I was one of those “crazy” people, I had to start dealing with it. Of course, during these times … Continue reading
