Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
USATODAY.com - Mind drugs may hinder recovery
USATODAY.com - Mind drugs may hinder recovery: "Most Americans are unaware that the World Health Organization (WHO) has repeatedly found that long-term schizophrenia outcomes are much worse in the USA and other 'developed' countries than in poor ones such as India and Nigeria, where relatively few patients are on anti-psychotic medications. In 'undeveloped' countries, nearly two-thirds of schizophrenia patients are doing fairly well five years after initial diagnosis; about 40% have basically recovered. But in the USA and other developed countries, most patients become chronically ill. The outcome differences are so marked that WHO concluded that living in a developed country is a 'strong predictor' that a patient never will fully recover"
Monday, March 2, 2009
AvoidantSanctuary : Post Message
AvoidantSanctuary : Post Message: "Another newbie bites the bullet"
First of all I'm almost sixty, so let's face it, I'm not going to be undergoing any big life changing experiences here. I am what I am. I have the same problems today that I had forty years ago whatever they are. I'm locked inside my head in a way that's not going to end. It's depressing to say that, but in a way it is also liberating.
Sure I can work on new things, things that might make a real difference in my life. I can try to come out from behind that curtain that seems to have been given to me at birth. I can fight the good fight. It seems like it is all that I have done my entire life. As a disabled vietnam veteran I know a little about redefining victory.
Maybe I've come to a point in my life where I can deal with some of the things that haven't been the most blantant but might have been feeding the conflicts that seem to rule me. I should add that I am also manic depressive. Fighting depression and mania and their concomitant problems are priority number one. How the whole thing fits together is really beyond me. I don't know if I'd believe anybody if they did have an explanation.
One thing I do know is that I always bite off more than I can chew. I get grandiose in an instant. My mind has a mind of its own. There's nothing I can't fantasize about. No matter where this leads me I'll have wanted to go further. It has been my experience that I see things the clearest the first time I look at them. After that it is all about dealing with reality. I know I haven't said a lot here. It's the first cut that is the deepest, though. Thanks for listening.
First of all I'm almost sixty, so let's face it, I'm not going to be undergoing any big life changing experiences here. I am what I am. I have the same problems today that I had forty years ago whatever they are. I'm locked inside my head in a way that's not going to end. It's depressing to say that, but in a way it is also liberating.
Sure I can work on new things, things that might make a real difference in my life. I can try to come out from behind that curtain that seems to have been given to me at birth. I can fight the good fight. It seems like it is all that I have done my entire life. As a disabled vietnam veteran I know a little about redefining victory.
Maybe I've come to a point in my life where I can deal with some of the things that haven't been the most blantant but might have been feeding the conflicts that seem to rule me. I should add that I am also manic depressive. Fighting depression and mania and their concomitant problems are priority number one. How the whole thing fits together is really beyond me. I don't know if I'd believe anybody if they did have an explanation.
One thing I do know is that I always bite off more than I can chew. I get grandiose in an instant. My mind has a mind of its own. There's nothing I can't fantasize about. No matter where this leads me I'll have wanted to go further. It has been my experience that I see things the clearest the first time I look at them. After that it is all about dealing with reality. I know I haven't said a lot here. It's the first cut that is the deepest, though. Thanks for listening.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
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