October 19, 2007 – 8:00 am
I knew something wasn’t right because all I did was cry day and night. I was engaged to be married, had a house, a job and reliable transportation. Money wasn’t an issue; I had enough to more than get by. So why then, was I crying continuously?
I made an appointment at mental health to see [...]
October 18, 2007 – 8:00 am
I was raised with a very domineering mother. She taught me that looks were more important than brains. When I was 23, my illness began. I barricaded myself in my bedroom. I couldn’t stand the color green. My husband called a doctor. He knew there was something very wrong. the diagnosis was mental illness. For [...]
October 17, 2007 – 8:00 am
When I was 30 years old, I had a severe nervous breakdown. Afterwards, during our medication reviews my doctors would say, “Quit thinking those crazy thoughts,” or “If you can cope with your emotions, you can control your emotions.” I stayed with that doctor for 27 years with no counseling, just medication reviews and reading [...]
October 16, 2007 – 8:00 am
I was born with mental illness. At the age of nine and a half I had a seizure. My parents took me to the doctor. He told them I have epilepsy. When growing up and going to school I was picked on and called “stupid” and “retarded.” I used to go home to my room [...]
October 15, 2007 – 8:00 am
When I was fifty years old, my job was a high pressured, stressful position, causing me to have “stress” related seizures, resulting in me losing my job and my home.
I became very depressed and did not want to do anything, such as socializing with family or friends. I went into an “Internal Shell,” blocking anything [...]
October 14, 2007 – 8:00 am
Living with bipolar disorder (also called Manic Depression) is difficult. Sit back while I tell you what a wild ride it is and tell you the symptoms in both children and adults. I have had the symptoms of bipolar disorder since I was a child, but was just diagnosed as an adult.
The biggest problem I [...]
October 13, 2007 – 8:00 am
In 1995 I found myself not being able to sleep most nights. I lost interest in life at home and things I enjoyed. I had to force myself to play with my two-year-old son and desperately waiting for him to take his nap. I began to have suicidal thoughts daily; this hadn’t been a problem [...]
October 12, 2007 – 8:00 am
Even as far back as the 70’s, it was apparent I was much different from the other kids my age. Not trusting authority, my view on the world was well tempered by messages from the counter culture of the time. Not feeling close to my family or anyone else for that matter, I spent a [...]
October 11, 2007 – 8:00 am
When you think of an ideal childhood setting, what comes to mind? For me, lots of room to run, lots of siblings to double as friends, loving parents, good values and strong faith. That was my childhood. I did not recognize until I was much older that my childhood also came with a misconception of [...]
October 10, 2007 – 8:00 am
It was 1979. I was in a private college. I was heavily into drugs – cocaine, hashish, pot, and acid. What pushed me over the edge was speed. I took a lot. I didn’t sleep for two weeks. I had a psychotic break. I thought I was the messiah. I went down to Illinois to [...]
