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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what it’s like to have bipolar disorder

i wrote this when i was 28 years old:
Bipolar Disoder: cycles and mood swings and drugs, oh my
A viewpoint from a 28 year old grrl/artist/writer/trance-dancing/san-franciscanite
I created this page because I wanted a friend to understand exactly what it is I go through and how she could deal with me, So I wrote something up that [...]

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is it autism, is it bipolar, is it asperger’s: what the hell IS it?

i’m extremely confused as to whether it’s possible to have both asperger’s syndrome and bipolar disorder. am confused cuz i’m caught in the middle of it. if i could gain some sort of objective detachment, i would think that part of my confusion is that i know that some aspects of bipolar mimic [...]

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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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