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 scream [...]
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More on Zeldox, Ziprasidone, Geodon After Effects – Anger
Posted in bipolar disorder, mental illness on September 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Zeldox/Geodon/Ziprasidone – After Effects
Posted in Self Harm, Suicide, bipolar disorder, mental illness, tagged after effects Zeldox, anti psychotics suicide, compulsive overdosing Zeldox, compulsive suicide Geodon, compulsive suicide Zeldox, Depression, geodon, Geodon memory loss, long term effects Zeldox, 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 are [...]
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 »
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 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 invading [...]
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 [...]
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 Mental [...]
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 family members [...]
