Monthly Archives: November 2014

Hidden Realities: The Consequentialist Problem of Mental Illness

This week I attended a referral appointment with a bipolar specialist, at the behest of my usual psychiatrist who had somewhat hit a brick wall in finding effective ways to treat my increasingly intense and unmanageable symptoms. I had already … Continue reading

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[TW] Clock-watching: the countdown to the specialist

It seems that I’m a bit of an enigma to my current psychiatrist. I say current because his coming Monday I am seeing yet another doctor at the request of my current doctor. The pattern and intensity of my bipolar … Continue reading

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[TW] Music and Lyrics: Soundtrack to my life

If it weren’t for my iPod I struggle to see how I would exist at all. My entire life, I have searched for the perfect playlist: the soundtrack to my life. I search constantly, ceaselessly excavating the bowels of iTunes … Continue reading

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