Breakthrough Ketamine Nasal Spray for Suicidal Thoughts and Severe Depression Closer to Approval

Link 2019-02-132019-02-14 Miss Poison Depression Depression, Ketamine, Mental Health, Renee Fabian, Suicide, Treatment Resistant Depression

https://themighty.com/2019/02/fda-panel-ketamine-nasal-spray-approval-depression-suicide/ The fact that this is being fast-tracked towards the approval process should make people nervous. That means someone is making a boatload of cash, and that not everything is known about this product. Be mindful of the fact that Ketamine is both a street drug AND a popular, and dangerous, anesthetic for animals and … Continue reading Breakthrough Ketamine Nasal Spray for Suicidal Thoughts and Severe Depression Closer to Approval

This Changes Everything

2018-10-232018-10-24 Miss Poison Depression, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Pain, Emotions, Honesty, Non-Fiction, October, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Safety, Thoughts, Writing Anxiety, Being Real, Complex PTSD, Depression, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Pain, Harm, Life, Mental Health, Migraines, Misery, Observations, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Potential Trigger Warning, Safety, Truth, Writing

Authors' Note: POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING If you cannot handle an honest take on life and discussions of depression and mental health, please do not read below this image. Thank you. It didn’t set in until this month. The majority of my days are Groundhog Day-esque. Lather, rinse, repeat. Dull. Uninteresting. Zero challenge involved. Over time, … Continue reading This Changes Everything

For many, a struggle to find affordable mental health care

Link 2018-10-222018-10-24 Miss Poison Mental Health, Mental Health Days Anxiety, Articles, Boston Globe, Depression, Liz Kowalczyk, Mental Health, Mental Health Care, Patients

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/10/20/for-many-struggle-find-affordable-mental-health-care/ I read the full article in Sunday's Globe. This article pissed me off SO MUCH.

One Of The Things That Baffles Me…

Quote 2018-10-072018-10-15 Miss Poison Quotes Bipolar Disorder, Carrie Fisher, Courage, Depression, Illness, Medication, Mental Health, Quotes, Shame, Stigma

“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in … Continue reading One Of The Things That Baffles Me…