Depression, Bi-Polar Disorder, Schizophrenia, etc.

Sukey - Oct 5, 2003 5:27 pm
Edited by Oct 14, 2004 8:04 am

For some bizarre reason, I feel like talking about this. And ususally I don't.

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I'm listening.......... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#1 of 1104)
What do you want to say about it, Esme? by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#2 of 1104)
I'm for mental health... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#3 of 1104)
Esme, if you please. by Bela - Oct 5, 03 (#4 of 1104)
Esme doesn't please. by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#5 of 1104)
Sorry... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#6 of 1104)
I think Freud managed to convince the world that e... by Aleph - Oct 5, 03 (#7 of 1104)
Gee, thanks for that post Aleph!.. by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#8 of 1104)
"I'm just curious how many people here have knowle... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#9 of 1104)
Mental illnesses are just like any number of other... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#10 of 1104)
If you don't mind, Bill, what was the nature of th... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#11 of 1104)
One of my daughters has manic-depression (bipolar ... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#12 of 1104)
Well, Blazes, I am often surprised at the confusio... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#13 of 1104)
Sorry to hear that Bill and Blazes... by Aleph - Oct 5, 03 (#14 of 1104)
"the nature of the illness" Severe agoraphobia wit... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#15 of 1104)
There is a lot of confusion and a lot of misplaced... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#16 of 1104)
I have chronic major depression, and have had it o... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#17 of 1104)
I don't know much about mental illness as I have n... by Hobbes - Oct 5, 03 (#18 of 1104)
One of the difficulties of dealing with mental ill... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#19 of 1104)
I good friend now has severe depression... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#20 of 1104)
We are all mentally ill to some degree though. Why... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#21 of 1104)
Esme, I don't want to encourage the hypochondriaca... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#22 of 1104)
I agree with you, Esme... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#23 of 1104)
Bill - I'm really sorry... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#24 of 1104)
Why do you think that?.. by Hobbes - Oct 5, 03 (#25 of 1104)
Bill - does your friend have anyone to talk to who... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#26 of 1104)
"it doesn't surprise me." PTSD = Post Traumatic St... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#27 of 1104)
Hobbes - You are getting to the heart of it... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#28 of 1104)
Hah!.. by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#29 of 1104)
Bill - The streets of my town are traveled by many... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#30 of 1104)
"No provision for their care was made... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#31 of 1104)
A more open attitude about some mental illnesses i... by Minx - Oct 5, 03 (#32 of 1104)
Is there no supported accommodation available? by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#33 of 1104)
I don't think I will ever stop trying to deny it o... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#34 of 1104)
Minx - I agree with you... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#35 of 1104)
" I don't think I will ever be free of a sense of ... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#36 of 1104)
Yes Esme, people are constantly trivializing this ... by Aleph - Oct 5, 03 (#37 of 1104)
Esme, I just saw your post, and I don't know what ... by Minx - Oct 5, 03 (#38 of 1104)
Blazes, the answer to your question about provisio... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#39 of 1104)
Insurance is a big problem in treatment, as there ... by Bill Russell - Oct 5, 03 (#40 of 1104)
Aleph, I know that there are people here who would... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#41 of 1104)
Here, we have a system of supported accommodation,... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#42 of 1104)
Are you doing better now, Minx? by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#43 of 1104)
Yes, but as you know, it feels tenuous. by Minx - Oct 5, 03 (#44 of 1104)
I had a girlfriend who suffered from chronic depre... by Bela - Oct 5, 03 (#45 of 1104)
Hobbes - that thing about kids is interesting... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#46 of 1104)
Bela - What was your experience of her disease?.. by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#47 of 1104)
Didn't Erich Fromm say that in the culture of 20th... by klaatu - Oct 5, 03 (#48 of 1104)
The insurance thing is a big mess... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#49 of 1104)
NPR did a week-long series on kids and mental illn... by Minx - Oct 5, 03 (#50 of 1104)
I don't know, Klatu - it sounds like something he ... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#51 of 1104)
Schools seem to be a driving force in diagnoses fo... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 5, 03 (#52 of 1104)
NPR did a week-long series on kids and mental illn... by Hobbes - Oct 5, 03 (#53 of 1104)
I've worn myself out a bit here, but it is a good ... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#54 of 1104)
Esme, I will have to look up the Fromm's comment i... by klaatu - Oct 5, 03 (#55 of 1104)
Bela - What was your experience of her disease?..... by Bela - Oct 5, 03 (#56 of 1104)
schools get extra funding when they have kids with... by Minx - Oct 5, 03 (#57 of 1104)
Came back when I realized that I'd asked Bela a bu... by Sukey - Oct 5, 03 (#58 of 1104)
Klatu, I find the problem with such hypotheses, mu... by Aleph - Oct 5, 03 (#59 of 1104)
It was tough... by Bela - Oct 5, 03 (#60 of 1104)
Sorry to hear that Bela... by Aleph - Oct 5, 03 (#61 of 1104)
I saw yesterday the film (video) Awakenings ... by klaatu - Oct 5, 03 (#62 of 1104)
I wonder if he was using the word "sane" in a gen... by Lewis !!Beyman - Oct 5, 03 (#63 of 1104)
Right, Lewis... by klaatu - Oct 6, 03 (#64 of 1104)
I find the words interesing...as in "My Mental is ... by Ozzie Nelson - Oct 6, 03 (#65 of 1104)
Very good point... by klaatu - Oct 6, 03 (#66 of 1104)
That's a good article for people to read, Oz... by Sukey - Oct 6, 03 (#67 of 1104)
Szasz has some reasonable points, but he overstate... by Recycla - Oct 6, 03 (#68 of 1104)
Recyc...yes, he does... by Ozzie Nelson - Oct 6, 03 (#69 of 1104)
Agreed. by Recycla - Oct 6, 03 (#70 of 1104)
Of course he overstates his case and he complete o... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 6, 03 (#71 of 1104)
(:: Esme, what a drag, so sorry, Blazes, ditto.::... by Noirette - Oct 6, 03 (#72 of 1104)
I liked the Szasz article... by Lewis !!Beyman - Oct 6, 03 (#73 of 1104)
"they were definitely made much worse with the dru... by Bill Russell - Oct 6, 03 (#74 of 1104)
With all the industrial chemicals and environmenta... by Sid - Oct 6, 03 (#75 of 1104)
All doctors know is that certain drugs control th... by Lewis !!Beyman - Oct 6, 03 (#76 of 1104)
The person I knew was given a highly addictive dru... by Bill Russell - Oct 6, 03 (#77 of 1104)
All doctors know is that certain drugs control thi... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 6, 03 (#78 of 1104)
Bill, that's terrible, but in that case the blame ... by Blazes Boylan - Oct 6, 03 (#79 of 1104)
"I don't throw out all medical practice just becau... by Bill Russell - Oct 6, 03 (#80 of 1104)

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