schizoaffective disorder
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Exploring Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Earlier this week I had a medical review with my psychiatrist and care coordinator. I was quite nervous about the appointment; this was my first review in almost a year and it felt as though there was an awful lot (too much!) to talk about. I have been really struggling with my mental health recently. Continue reading
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Fighting stigma: Are things really changing?
I recently took part in an anti-stigma photoshoot for The Sun newspaper. The shoot was in connection with the Time To Change campaign, a major initiative from the mental health charities Mind and Rethink. The idea is to get people talking openly about mental illness, in the hope that open conversation about the reality of Continue reading
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Photoshoot for The Sun newspaper
Earlier this week, my publicist Jenna dropped me an email to let me know that The Sun were looking for people with a mental illness to take part in a photoshoot. The shoot, I was told, would be to accompany a feature in the newspaper’s health section, and would be a positive article aiming to Continue reading
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God is Merciful
Dear friends, I’m happy to say I am now out of psychiatric hospital and living in the community again. The Lord has been very generous to me, blessing me with a lovely room in a great location. I can’t quite believe my luck! This is surely an answer to prayer. I apologise once again for Continue reading
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Treat the person, not the brain
The terrible side-effects of antipsychotic drugs I currently have a diagnosis of the mental health condition schizoaffective disorder (schizophrenia with bipolar elements). Over the past six years I have experienced three episodes of psychosis, and I have taken five different kinds of antipsychotic medication as doctors have attempted to treat the condition. These include Olanzapine, Continue reading
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