I started to feel as if the city landscape had imperceptibly shifted around me.

this is from page 2 of an article talking about strange psychiatric, mindf*ck side effects people have experienced when taking the stop-smoking drug chantix:
The term suicidal ideation looks pretty dead on the page, and if you were ever to experience such a symptom, it’s unlikely you’d pick up on it right away: “Here comes that [...]

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if you must wear make up, apply it with the skill of a drunken two year old

the site i namechecked in my previous post has an even better page called “The Insane Guide to Living With Mental Illness: The Psychiatric Appointment.” i am so incredibly rolling on the floor laughing.
So! Here are some tips to coping with the psychiatric appointment. Enjoy!
1. Look Like Shit
Everybody knows that Mentalists don’t know how [...]

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great writeup about what it’s like to have a mixed episode

i’m going thru a mixed episode. AGAIN. keeerist, i thought this whole thing was over, that getting older was supposed to make it go away. (sigh). just googled and came across a very awesome web page on a site subtitled “the insane guide to living with mental illness,” and i absolutely [...]

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how to get emergency psychiatric medication in san francisco, if you have insurance

there may be various ways, but this is the way i went about it.
i called westside crisis, to see about an intake session. they told me that they couldn’t see me, as i am insured, and that i either needed to contact my doctor or regular psychiatrist. i told her that i [...]

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