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PMS
I experience rather severe PMS. I suppose if I let a psychiatrist diagnose me I would even get the mouthful of a diagnosis, Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD.) Yup, a bona fide DSM IV psychiatric...
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The Power of Choice
So I’m just about on the tail end of my odyssey through PMS this month. I’ve been experimenting philosophically on ways to deal with it, as it seems impossible to get symptom free through diet and...
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Yes, I can still laugh
Oh my, it’s been three days since I’ve been inspired to write anything and I’m getting that “must write something” feeling. I hesitate to continue on with the misery I feel over my dying brother. The...
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The new psychiatrist
I’ve mentioned my new psychiatrist, the orthomolecular one. While I’m quite optimistic with what orthomolecular can do, having had email correspondence with many people who have used it successfully...
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PMS (PMDD??) for the last 16 days!!!
I’ve told you all on a few occasions now that in retrospect it seems I was diagnosed bipolar as a result of taking hallucinogenics while premenstrual. I get troubled when I’m premenstrual and the...
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Screwed up female hormones linked to physical and sexual abuse in childhood!!!
I got turned on to this article (reprinted below) via Stef at Life with PMDD. This is really shocking in my mind. I know that other mental distress has a close link to childhood and adolescent trauma,...
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Taking a break
My life has been difficult lately. It’s clear now that my problem has always been hormonal. This month I’ve already ovulated again. It seems like it’s only been a few days. (I ovulated 3 days early to...
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The tide changes (always)
I seem to have recovered from my too fast withdrawal from Risperdal. It took reinstating a small amount of the drug and an additional two months for recovery, but I’ve managed to come through it. Most...
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Undiagnosing myself
These archives now span close to five years. They are a record of a time in my life when I was learning and transforming at a rate unlike any other time in my life. I say this as a way of disclaimer....
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Arrival of the parental unit
Talk about bad timing. I got my period about two hours before my mom arrived. Granted, I knew I would be premenstrual and menstrual while she was here, what I didn’t expect is that this is the worst...
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Syringes, cubic centimeters and millimeters
I want to tell the following story with humor, but I’m really not a humorist. Just know the humor is not lost to me even though it was anything but funny when I was dealing with it. I’ve been on .45 mg...
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PMS (or any emotional distress) and coping skills…
I wrote this over a year ago. It’s good to revisit as I continue my struggle with PMS—having a hard time again this month and all I wrote in March of 2007 still holds true. Change comes slow sometimes....
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Gianna’s healing adventure
There’s been another shift in my well-being. It is often said that recovery is not linear and I’m proof of that. I’ve had a small downturn, but I don’t expect it to last and right now I already still...
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This is an all inclusive mental health blog
This blog is not for bipolar people only. Today I found out that someone who had been reading my blog didn’t feel comfortable commenting because she does not consider herself bipolar. She may have been...
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I’m sick
In so many ways it’s not even funny. This is going to be a rant. Because I fucking sick of being sick. I have loads and loads of faith that I will get better in time, I really do, but in the meantime I...
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Some good news, some disheartening news…
After a life of excruciating pain whenever I menstruated I have found an acupuncturist who has apparently healed me. After two weeks of acupuncture last month I had virtually no pain and didn’t even...
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Bottled Drinking Water Contaminated With Potent Estrogen—and this can effect...
I don’t eat soy because it has lots of estrogen. I also don’t eat conventional veggies in part because pesticides too contain xenoestrogens. I’ve also known for a long time that plastic bottles leach...
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