saviabella
« Previous EntriesBipolar Buddha
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Big Daddy Tazz, a comedian from Saskatchewan (Canada), does a set on mental illness and his bipolar disorder. (You can read his back story here.)
Since I couldn’t figure out how to embed the video, you can watch it here.
Enjoy!
Round two
Sunday, August 31st, 2008My post about my first appointment with my (psycho) psychiatrist made a couple of waves in the mental health blogging world. Phil from Furious Seasons did a huge post on it, and told me it was one of the “worst stories I’ve ever heard,” which, coming from a dude who blogs exclusively on mental health [...]
We’ve all heard it before
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Liz Spikol posted a very awesome video about depression advice over at her blog yesterday. It makes light of that oh-too-familiar advice that we get from well-meaning people who have no clue what it’s like to be depressed.
If only laughter really were the best medicine. For now, I’m sticking with my Celexa.
I’ve been told to “snap out of it”, to turn [...]
Psycho psychiatrist
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008At the end of September, when the antidepressant I was on made me go wonky, I asked my doctor to refer me to a psychiatrist.
And then I waited.
And waited.
And waited some more.
Because, while I usually have nothing but praises to sing about the Canadian health care system, when it comes to mental health care, if [...]

