I’ve had several posts bouncing around in my head this week, but it can be hard to find the time to flesh them out. I’m impressed with those of you who manage to post every day.
A couple weeks ago Philip posted a discussion of this piece by Richard Friedman, discussing the impact of early psychiatric [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Fate of gay teens in the SSRI-era?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged GLBT, medication of youth on April 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Second night
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My wife and I went to a second night passover seder on Sunday with close friends. At one point in the evening, as we were listing the biblical plagues, we were asked us to take a moment to list additional plagues present in the world today, removing a drop of wine from our cups for [...]
Next Generation
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
One of my worries as I extract myself from the years of misdiagnosis is how my label might impact our children. My wife gave birth to our first daughter, so she is somewhat protected from any claims of genetic tendency towards “mental illness.” However, she is also a very intense, very energetic and a bit [...]
The short story
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The short story is that I was brutally rejected by my family when I came out as a lesbian at age 19. In retrospect, I think I had a somewhat reasonable reaction to complete loss of my only support system, but that reaction was labeled “bipolar disorder” and I was heavily drugged for 9 years. [...]
