Category Archives: Depression

Even More Mental Health Studies & News: Vol.7

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

This issue: fMRI study into understanding why depression meds don’t work for everyone; new texting support for suicidal teens in Canada; Normal Person problems vs. the Mentally Ill; soldier-suicides recognized by Canadian government as equal to deployment deaths; 15-year old … Continue reading →

Posted in Autism, Bipolar, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, fMRI, Health, Mental Health, Mental Health News, Suicide, Vaccines | Tagged | 1 Comment

The First Quintin Update: Un Deux Trois Four

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

I woke up one morning not too long ago to my youngest son singing ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ in his room. Quintin just turned four-years old, and there he was, laying in his bed, barely awake with the blankets bunched … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quintin, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Depression, Disability, Health, Lithium Overdose, Living With Manic Depression, Memories | 2 Comments

Evaluating My Mental Health Evaluation

Posted on October 25, 2018 by

“The signs I’ve slid into a depression should be obvious to me by now. After almost two decades I should at least have a check list by my door, or beside my bed. Dressing in black for days on end … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Intervention, Psychiatry, The Big White Wall | 4 Comments

Mental Health News: Depressed woman denied entry to US; Fathers are important; pregnant women with bipolar vulnerable; psychopathic tendencies; government monitors social media

Posted on December 14, 2013 by

“A Toronto woman denied a flight to New York as part of a cruise trip wants to know how U.S. border agents knew about her history of mental illness. Ellen Richardson says she was told by U.S. customs officials at … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Depression, Health, Mental Health, Pregnancy | 7 Comments

Grandfather update plus another death in the family and it’s really hot (Updated 11pm)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

My grandfather’s youngest brother died Friday morning. It wasn’t a surprise. My granduncle had a stroke last week, which led to the heart attack on Friday. But he had been… ‘damaged’ for a couple of years. He lost most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bud, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day | Tagged | 2 Comments

The time my grandfather taught me how to build a dam

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house was in a small valley, near the top of one … Continue reading →

Posted in Bud, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Father, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day | Tagged | 5 Comments