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Monday, July 21st, 2008I’ve been musing on how the adult child thing can rear its head in good times as well as bad– particularly the feeling inadequate thing. I had the extreme blessing of being able to go to BlogHer08 this weekend. All around, I met women whose blogs I’d admired from afar, and others whose [...]
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 [...]
Quick fix
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Migraines? Excedrin alone will sometimes work, but I’ve got other pills in my arsenal if I need them. Arthritis bugging me? Allergies? Same thing. There’s almost a pill for each everyday physical ill, or something that works in a matter of days. Non-medicinal remedies too– more water, less sugar, more walking, less gluten. The lag [...]
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