I cannot believe I wrote the last post I wrote in Feb 09. Reading my content shocks me. It reminds me how terrible mental illness is to experience. I never ever want to go back there. I am not like that anymore and never want to be that way again. It saddens me to see [...]
Archive for the ‘Depression’ Category
WOW looking back now at all my posts I cannot believe how far I have come!
Posted in Depression, Self Harm, Suicide, mental illness, tagged antipsychotics, geodon, overcoming depression, overcoming mental illness, overdose, Zeldox, Zeldox suicide on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Get Ready to be Amazed at Australia’s Mental Health System
Posted in Depression, bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged antipsychotics, anxiety, australias mental health system, bipolar disorder, CAT team, Depression, mental health system, psychiatrists, Zeldox on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while since i’ve written here but much has happened I can assure you of that.
You will notice I have charted my symptoms at the header of my blog. These are a month and a half’s worth of symptoms which have helped me immensely in the past few weeks.
It all started when I decided to [...]
Sharing With You
Posted in Depression, Self Harm, Suicide, bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged bipolar disorder, contributing factors to suicide, Depression, overdosing, suicidal thoughts, Suicide, suicide prevention, suicide warning signs on September 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
What a night i’ve had. I’m writing this post in the hope that no one in my family reads it. I’ve made the mistake of telling them my blog address and every now and then they go to it to check out what i’ve been writing. I’ve thought about closing my blog down due to [...]
Smile For Life
Posted in Depression, bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged emotion, happiness, sad demeanour, serious demeanour, smile, wellbeing on August 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I really hate it when people say I should smile more.
For those who don’t know me, I have a serious demeanour. I don’t remember always having this demeanour but certainly over the past few years I have come to notice it more and more. It could be a result of my bipolar disorder or it [...]
Do I Look Bipolar?
Posted in Depression, bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, looking normal, mental illness, strains of mental illness on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know it’s been a while since i’ve blogged on here. It’s been hard to get the motivation up and hard to think of new topics all the time to write about to keep readers interested.
One thing I worry about is whether I look bipolar to other people. I think I can tell when someone [...]
Nutrition Beats Mental Illness
Posted in Depression, bipolar disorder, fatigue, mental illness, tagged bipolar disorder, Chronic Fatigue, chronic nutritional deficiencies, Depression, depression and nutrition, diet changes, dietician, fatigue, food allergies, food deficiencies, Foods that Beat Depression, mental health, nutrition, nutrition counsellor, Schizophrenia, seratonin, vitamin supplments, vitamins on August 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I’ve decided to go and see an nutritionist. While googling “depression and nutrition” I came across these case histories that I wanted to share with you.
Liz started suffering from depression at the age of 14. By the time she was 17 she had become extremely anxious, fearful and depressed and was hearing voices. She was [...]
Foods That Fight Depression
Posted in Depression, fatigue, tagged Alexandra Massey, Foods that fight depression, Foods to Beat Depression, Foods to Boost Your Mood, Super Foods on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello Lisa
You don’t know what tremendous satisfaction it gives me to hear your story. Having changed my own food patterns for the better and knowing that, yes I really can, change the way I feel – to then write a book and read the results you are having makes it feel worth all the work.
Many [...]
Foods to Beat Depression/Fatigue
Posted in Depression, fatigue, tagged changing eating patterns, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, diet changes, dieting, emotional welbeing, fatigue, Foods that Beat Depression, Foods to Boost Your Mood, lethargy, Mood Boost, Mood Changes, Over, overcoming depression, overcoming fatigue, seratonin rich foods, stress, Super Foods, tiredness on August 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s been one week since i’ve changed my diet and I feel great. I have to admit I was skeptical at first when I bought the book Super Foods to Boost Your mood, Foods that Fight Depression for a measley $5.00AU but figured if there were foods out there that could change my mood then [...]
What is Normal?
Posted in Depression, bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged being normal, bipolar disorder, bipolar medication, medication, normalicy and bipolar disorder, personality traits, Zeldox on August 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Some people think that bipolar disorder doesn’t dictate who they are as a person. I often find this hard to believe because almost everything I do, think or say is affected by the illness.
I even regulate my personality through medication. The type of medication I take determines my personality traits. For instance, when I take Zeldox [...]
Helping a Depressed Person
Posted in Depression, bipolar disorder, tagged assisting recovery, bipolar disorder, Depression, Helping a depressed person, mental illness, recovering from a mental illness, supporting a depressed person, supporting bipolar disorder, supporting mental illness, understanding a depressed person, understanding depression, understanding mental illness on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I remember when I had a relapse of bipolar disorder about five months ago that I didn’t get a lot of support when I needed it most. My partner found it very difficult to cope with my endless sleeping and lack of enthusiasm towards life. I remember having to psych myself up for half an [...]
Hallucinations
Posted in Depression, Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged auditory hallucinations, bipolar disorder, bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, dellusions, hallucinations, hypomania, Schizophrenia on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hallucinations may occur in any of the senses: auditory (for example, hearing voices or music), gustatory (for example, unpleasant tastes), olfactory (for example, unpleasant smells), somatic (for example, a feeling of “electricity”), tactile (for example, a sensation of being touched, or “skin crawling” sensations), visual (for example, flashes of light, colors or images).
Delusions (fixed, false, irrational [...]
Why Do People Suicide
Posted in Depression, Self Harm, tagged alcohol, cannabis, cannabis and depression, cannabis and suicide, cannabis smoking, Depression, drug use and depression, drug use and suicide, drugs, Marijuana, marijuana and depression, marijuana and suicide, passive cannabis smoking, Suicide, Why do people suicide on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most of the time people who suicide are very sick with depression or one of the other types of depressive illnesses, which occur when the chemicals in a person’s brain get out of balance or become disrupted.
Healthy people do not suicide. A person who has depression does not think like a typical person who is [...]
I Can Do Anything
Posted in Depression, bipolar disorder, tagged bipolar disorder, black dog institute, delusions, delusions of grandeur, Depression, grandeur, grandiose ideas, hypomania, mania on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
People with delusions of grandeur may exhibit a drastically exaggerated sense of self-importance or may believe that they are a famous person or religious figure. They may believe they can do anything, believing they are vastly superior to those around them. They can have inflated self esteem and false beliefs in special abilities.
Delusions of grandeur can [...]
Depression & Fatigue
Posted in Depression, Mental Health News, tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, Depression, fatigue, overcoming fatigue on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With depression comes fatigue. Some antidepressants can reduce the amount of fatigue a depressed person feels. Very rarely am I energetic without a Berocca (vitamin B) and a can of Coke every day. Red Bull or other energy drinks also remove the fatigue by boosting the body’s caffeine intake.
A European study has found evidence that depression and [...]
Working Full Time with a Mental Illness
Posted in Depression, tagged coping strategies, Depression, mental illness, working full time on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Working full time with a mental illness is not easy.
Sometimes you feel like you don’t want to get up out of bed and go to work but you force yourself up and out into the new day.
If your mental illness is affecting your ability to do things such as concentrating or communicating effectively, you’re probably [...]
I Hate Mondays
Posted in Depression, tagged Bright Light Therapy, Depression, Mondays, SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Sundays, Winter on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Out of all the days of the week I especially hate Mondays.
I always feel like crap on a Monday. I’m sitting at work writing this. I am a Law Clerk and I should be working but instead I feel like blogging or doing something totally unrelated to work.
Sundays and Mondays are particularly depressing days for [...]
Don’t Take NO for an Answer
Posted in Depression, tagged Depression, doctor, drugs, psychiatrist on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re depressed and you don’t already have a Doctor or Psychiatrist you’re seeing, visit your local Doctor and get a referral. Speak to your Doctor about your depression.
If money is a problem and you can’t afford a private Psychiatrist call the local Crisis Assessment Team at your local hospital. They will be able to point [...]
The Benefits of Keeping a Diary
Posted in Depression, tagged diary, expressing feelings, journalling, writing on June 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My Psychologist always tells me that when I have a problem to “write it down”.
I have started a diary on and off over the last 12 months. Usually I get bored with the process once the depression lifts. What I have found of benefit is when I am feeling low or something is bothering me [...]
Overcoming Depression – a Great Resource
Posted in Depression, tagged bipolar, overcoming depression, treatment on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a great link to overcoming depression. Best of all it’s free! I found it very useful. I wrote down some of the statements the information suggests you repeat to yourself which helped me somewhat. Combat thoughts of helplessness by reading or by repeating, “I made myself depressed over that. I didn’t have to respond that way.”
Participating [...]
