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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. First, how many hours of sleep did I get the night before? I do not blame society for wanting to regulate unruly behavior.

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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

Mad in America

” I promised him and kept that promise until 2016, when I was coming off Latuda and he prescribed the same opioid. Had I gotten anyone else, they might have dismissed me as drug-seeking or mentally ill. Dr. B ordered a sleep study. She quipped, “ Everyone has bipolar.” at a time.