Two Unexpected "Vacations"
My parents have been taking their grandchildren to Europe for 2-4 weeks in the summers. They have eight grandchildren and my youngest son John was the last to go this year. However, my mother wasn't... More »
My parents have been taking their grandchildren to Europe for 2-4 weeks in the summers. They have eight grandchildren and my youngest son John was the last to go this year. However, my mother wasn't... More »
The most recent and dramatic alteration in my life (November 2007) was a diagnosis by a psychiatrist of having bipolar affective disorder, II, rapid cycling, at age 51. It is a chronic disorder (used to be called... More »
Having been diagnosed only at 51, here is some general information on manic depression (old term) or bipolar affective disorder (BAD for short and for me, too, though hopefully only for the short term while... More »
Hope. I am being taken off my last half anti-depressant this week as my dose of manic-depression medication is being slowly, slowly increased. I was having a hard time this week and starting to think... More »
From the December 20, 2007, News & Views section of XTRA , page 9, an article about mental health for gay and lesbian youth: AID FOR THE SUICIDAL Helping queers survive the holidays Mental Health Krishna... More »