It’s not everyday that you show up to a nice swim club in Belmont, Massachusetts as someone’s guest and get to talk shock therapy with Kitty Dukakis’s doctor. My guardian angel Ann introduced me to this wonderful man as “the Therese who had the breakdown I was telling you about.” “Nice to meet you!” I…

A depressive becomes a kind of detective in trying to solve the relapse dilemma. “What the hell triggered this?” I’ve been asking myself for about eight days. I studied my sleep-mood-menstruation-medication journal and realized one thing had changed: I went off my medication to stimulate the production of the hormone Prolactin in my pituitary gland,…

Every depressive is different when it comes to crying “Uncle,” and calling the doc. My guardian angel Ann says that if she stays in bed three days in a row, she will call the doctor on the fourth day (or maybe the afternoon of the third day). In my mood/sleep journal, I record my symptoms…

Right after reading TJ’s uplifting success story, I learned about this disturbing story: An Australian woman accused of murdering her father and sister was denied psychiatric treatment because of her parents’ Scientology beliefs. You can read the entire story by clicking here. Psychiatrist Mark Cross said in a report that the woman was diagnosed with…

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