The information and opinions I have previously posted on the antipsychotic Zeldox (Ziprasidone) (also called Geodon) have been the most popular posts on my blog by far therefore I’ve decided to publish a link to all three posts so searchers can view the maximum amount of information and comments from other users of this drug to aid their research. It is [...]
Archive for the ‘mental illness’ Category
Zeldox/Geodon (Ziprasidone) – Users’ Experiences
Posted in Addiction, Anxiety, Medication, mental illness, Thoughts, Zeldox Ziprasidone Geodon, tagged acute anxiety, Antipsychotic, choking geodon, choking zeldox, choking ziprasidone, Food and Drug Administration, gagging sensation anxiety, geodon, geodon addiction, hand tremor, head tremor, leg tremor, long term antipsychotic use, lump in throat, Mental disorder, mental health, Pharmaceutical drug, side effects antipsychotics, side effects Geodon, side effects Zeldox, tardive diskinesia, Zeldox, zeldox addiction, Zeldox Anxiety, zeldox tremor, ziprasidone, ziprasidone hydrochloride on May 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Dear John – Dysfunctional Childhood?
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, mental illness, Thoughts, tagged 12 Step Program, AA, Abusive Childhood, addiction, adult children, adult children of alcoholics, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, Anxiety disorder, childhood depression, depression and alcoholism, dysfunctional childhood, dysfunctional thinking, Health, Major depressive disorder, mental health, mental illness on December 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I received an email yesterday and thought I’d share it with you together with my reply: “Dear X, My name is X. I am almost certain now that I was born with a mental illness. I was diagnosed when I was thirty-five I am now forty-one. I realised something was wrong when I was sixteen,and so began my personal war,I have [...]
Stay Away from Mentally Ill?
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, mental illness, Relationships, Schizophrenia, Self Help/Support Groups, Thoughts, tagged agressive friends, agressive mentally ill, anxiety, bipolar disorder, Borderline personality disorder, depressed person, destructive mental illness, detaching from mentally ill, Disorders, Health, helping mentally ill, how to help mentally ill, major depressive illness, manipulative friends, manipulative mentally ill, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, mentally ill friend, Support group on October 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I recently responded to a request for experience strength and hope in dealing with toxic families who have mental illnesses and possible personality disorders. This is what I said: “I have a fair bit of experience with mental illness as it runs in my family of origin (depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia) plus I have [...]
My First Codependency Meeting
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Anxiety, Codependency, Depression, mental illness, Thoughts, tagged 12 Step Program, agoraphobia, alcoholic home life, anxiety, CODA, codependency, codependent behaviour, Depression, Disorders, Health, Major depressive disorder, mental health, self love, unselfish behaviour on September 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Went to my very first codependency 12 Step meeting yesterday. I was very surprised about how much I related to people’s shares and the readings and how much of my behaviour was codependent behaviour. Who would have thought that the need to come bearing gifts when I visited people was codependent behaviour. Apparently the reasoning behind always needing [...]
Sex & Love Addiction Help
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Books, Codependency, Depression, Medication, mental illness, SAnon, Self Harm, Self Help/Support Groups, Thoughts, tagged Amazon.com, American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Love Addiction, love addiction help, love addiction suicide, love addicts, love avoidants, love fantasies, Obsessive–compulsive disorder, Patrick Carnes, romance fantasies, SA, SAnon, sex addict, sex addiction suicide, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Sexual addiction, sexual fantasies, sexual thoughts, Sexuality, SLAA, Substance dependence, Twelve-step program, unwanted fantasies on September 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As I suffer from generalised anxiety disorder and various OCD symptoms such as the need to have things orderly, clean and perfect, I was wondering whether love and sex addiction is classed a form of OCD. Some experts believe that sexual addiction is literally an addiction, directly analogous to alcohol and drug addictions. Other experts believe [...]
Kleptomania – a Compulsion to Steal
Posted in 12 Step, Anxiety, Medication, mental illness, Thoughts, tagged bipolar disorder, childhood theft, Disorders, Health, Kleptomania, mental health, OCD shoplifting, OCD stealing, OCD theft, Retail, Salvation Army, Shoplifting, shoplifting anxiety, stealing anxiety, stealing compulsion, stealing mental illness, Theft, theft anxiety, thieving compulsion, zeldox affer effects, zeldox and anxiety, zeldox compulsion, zeldox obsessive, zeldox OCD, zeldox shoplifting, zeldox side effects on September 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Kleptomania is classified as ”an irresistable urge to steal” but people with this disorder are compelled to steal but not limited to, items of insignificant value. Insignificant value meaning pens, paperclips, note pads, paper etc. Kleptomania is distinguished from shoplifting or ordinary theft, as shoplifters and thieves generally steal for monetary value, or associated gains and usually display intent [...]
Matthew Newton – Mentally Ill or Drug Addict?
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Mental Health News, mental illness, Self Help/Support Groups, Thoughts, tagged AA, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, Australia, Bert Newton, brooke satchwell, domestic violence, drug use, Electroconvulsive Therapy, family violence, Health, Ice, Ice pipe, marijuana and mental illness, marijuana psychosis, Matthew Newton, mental health, narcotics, Narcotics Anonymous, Patti Newton, rachael taylor, scizophrenia, violence women, X Factor on September 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It never ceases to amaze me about the things journalists come up with in the tabloids let alone the lengths families go to to save their reputation and that of their loved one who has acted inappropriately. Matthew Newton, son of Bert Newton – Australian icon. Latest article if you are not familiar with the [...]
Suicidal Ideations, PMT & Antipsychotics
Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression, Medication, mental illness, Self Harm, Suicide, Thoughts, tagged benzodiazepine overdose, benzodiazepines, benzos, irregular periods & suicide, Jenny Birdsey, natural progesterone, natural progesterone cream, NPAN, overdose, PMS, PMT, progesterone deficiency, Self Harm, suicidal ideations, Suicide, suicide and PMT, valium overdose on September 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What’s the point of writing a Blog if I can’t talk about the “hard stuff”? Should I gloss my posts over so they don’t trigger people? Yes, maybe a little but there’s no point in hiding the truth from the world because the world won’t understand where it went wrong if people like me fudge [...]
Eliminating Brain Fog from Medications
Posted in Depression, fatigue, Food, Medication, mental illness, Thoughts, tagged anti depressant side effects, brain fog, clouded mind, depression and brain fog, depression and focus, focus issues, inability to concentrate, lack of concentration, lack of focus, low concentration, medication foginess, medication side effects on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One major problem I’ve found when dealing with many people who try their best to hold down employment is their in ability to concentrate/focus on what is required. I know with me, I used to read line after line after line until I got the information to actually sink into my brain. This kind of [...]
Phone Phobia
Posted in Addiction, Anxiety, mental illness, Self Help/Support Groups, Thoughts, tagged agoraphobia, communication anxiety, communication phobia, email anxiety, email phobia, facing fears, fear, phobia, phone anxiety, phone phobia, technology phobia on August 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The more I talk to people the more I see that “phone phobia” is a real issue with mental illness sufferers. It’s probably more on the anxiety end of the scale. I am definately phone phobic. I never answer my house phone unless I have pre-arranged a time for someone to ring. The mobile phone [...]
Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D)
Posted in Depression, mental illness, Thoughts, tagged depression and SAD, depression and weather, Depression and winter, Mental Illness and weather, mental illness and winter, SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, winter blues on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ever lived your days waiting for the sun to come out or hoping that tomorrow the sun will shine so you can have a GOOD day? I have and I am doing so this Winter. I’m calling this a mild case of SAD. If the sun ain’t out then I’m hibernating! My mood drops, my [...]
The Illness or the Medication?
Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression, Medication, mental illness, Thoughts, tagged bipolar disorder, dont feel sick, Efexor, illness or medication, medication, mental illness, symptoms, Zeldox on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The trouble with mental illness and medications is it’s so difficult to figure out whether what you are going through is because of your illness or your medication/s! I call it the chicken or the egg scenario. For instance, am I numb from post traumatic stress disorder OR from too much Efexor? Am I tired because [...]
Posted in POLLS, tagged bipolar disorder, Depression, geodon, Medication Poll, mental illness poll, Zeldox, ziprasidone hydrochloride on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Try to consider whether the medication/s you take hamper your wellbeing or prevent you from living a normal life given their side effects. Are the medication side effects apparent in everything you do or do you rarely notice you are taking them? Do they help your mental illness?
More on Zeldox, Ziprasidone, Geodon After Effects – Anger
Posted in Addiction, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Medication, mental illness, Thoughts, Zeldox Ziprasidone Geodon, tagged after effects Zeldox, anger, compulsive suicide Geodon, compulsive suicide Zeldox, geodon, Geodon memory loss, God, long term effects Zeldox, medication and anger, mental health, mental illness anger, side effects Geodon, side effects Zeldox, suicidal thoughts Zeldox, Zeldox, Zeldox Agoraphobia, Zeldox Anxiety, Zeldox memory loss, Zeldox suicide, ziprasidone, ziprasidone hydrochloride on September 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I forgot to mention in my post below about coming off Zeldox and experiencing anger. The anger started pretty much as soon as the drug was out of my system. I must say I had never experienced this type of anger before in my life. I would virtually “explode” if someone upset me, I would [...]
Zeldox/Geodon/Ziprasidone – After Effects
Posted in Addiction, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Medication, mental illness, Self Harm, Suicide, Thoughts, Zeldox Ziprasidone Geodon, tagged after effects Zeldox, agoraphobia, Antipsychotic, antipsychotic suicide, anxiety, Anxiety disorder, compulsive overdosing Zeldox, compulsive suicide Geodon, compulsive suicide Zeldox, Depression, Drug, Drug overdose, geodon, Geodon memory loss, long term effects Zeldox, Obsessive–compulsive disorder, side effects Geodon, side effects Zeldox, suicidal idealations Zeldox, suicidal thoughts Zeldox, Suicide, Zeldox, Zeldox Agoraphobia, Zeldox Anxiety, Zeldox memory loss, Zeldox suicide, ziprasidone, ziprasidone hydrochloride on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is absolutely ZILCH information on the net about what people experience AFTER they have finished taking Zeldox. Of course studies indicate that long term use of this drug can cause tardive diskinesia (long term tremor) and heart issues but apart from that I have found nothing else or no other articles on what consumers [...]
WOW looking back now at all my posts I cannot believe how far I have come!
Posted in Depression, mental illness, Self Harm, Suicide, Zeldox Ziprasidone Geodon, tagged antipsychotics, geodon, overcoming depression, overcoming mental illness, overdose, Zeldox, Zeldox suicide on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Get Ready to be Amazed at Australia’s Mental Health System
Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression, mental illness, tagged antipsychotics, anxiety, australias mental health system, bipolar disorder, CAT team, Depression, mental health system, psychiatrists, Zeldox on February 10, 2009 | 1 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 [...]
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
Posted in bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged bipolar chart, bipolar disorder, bipolar symptoms, mental health plan, mood chart, psychiatrists, psychologists, symptoms chart, symptoms of bipolar disorder on October 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am seeing a psychiatrist through the public system. He continually tells me I am well now after 15 months. I get so perplexed by his reasonings I decided to write down my moods every day for a month and show him what I go through each day. I refuse to believe I am “well [...]
Sharing With You
Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression, mental illness, Self Harm, Suicide, 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 bipolar disorder, Depression, 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 [...]
Do I Look Bipolar?
Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression, mental illness, tagged anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, looking normal, mental illness, strains of mental illness on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Nutrition Beats Mental Illness
Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression, 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 [...]
What is Normal?
Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression, mental illness, tagged being normal, bipolar disorder, bipolar medication, medication, normalicy and bipolar disorder, personality traits, Zeldox on August 2, 2008 | 4 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 [...]
OCD (Obsesive Compulsive Disorder)
Posted in bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged bipolar disorder, Depression, invading personal space, Obsessive Comuplsive Disorder, OCD on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My parents came to my house for lunch yesterday. I was looking forward to seeing them as it had been a few months since we last got together. Having listened to a podcast earlier on in the week by Captain Joe of Bipolar Nation on bipolar disorder and how visitors can disrupt your illness and home life by [...]
Hallucinations
Posted in bipolar disorder, Depression, mental illness, Schizophrenia, tagged auditory hallucinations, bipolar disorder, bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, dellusions, hallucinations, hypomania, Schizophrenia on July 22, 2008 | 1 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, [...]
Mental Illness in the Workplace
Posted in mental illness, tagged bipolar disorder, Depression, Mental Illness in the Workplace, Suicide, working full time with a mental illness on July 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Management read my blog. I was the highest internet user during business hours so they tracked what I was doing and came across my blog. Apart from me feeling totally violated, they were very supportive. I have had two bad experiences with telling employers about my illness (see my post Working Full Time with a [...]
Lonliness & Mental Illness
Posted in mental illness, tagged bipolar disorder, combatting lonliness, frienship, lonliness, lonliness and mental illness, mental illness, stigma on June 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I wanted to write a post about the lack of friendship in the life of a person with a mental illness however there doesn’t seem to be a great deal of information out there on this topic. Social stigma plays a great role in lonliness and mental illness. In the case of families, even when [...]
Zeldox – A Worker’s Anti-Psychotic
Posted in Addiction, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Medication, mental illness, Thoughts, Zeldox Ziprasidone Geodon, tagged anti-psychotic, bipolar disorder, drugs, geodon, Schizophrenia, wonder drug, Zeldox, ziprasidone, ziprasidone hydrochloride on June 26, 2008 | 70 Comments »
I wanted to tell you about a new drug i’m taking called “Zeldox”. It is an anti-psychotic and it’s medical name is ziprasidone hydrochloride. It is predominately used for treatment of Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder. After much experimentation with finding the right combination of drugs for me I was introduced to “the wonder drug” from [...]
