Sep 12, 2012 | Mental Health
Epigenetics is the study if how people’s experiences and the environment affects the function of our genes. This would be the science of nature /nurture. It seems what happens in the womb and after can affect the development of mental illness. Epigenetics is an...
Sep 12, 2012 | Mental Health
I was diagnosed at 40 with low (hypo) thyroid. I had no symptoms other than exhaustion which was my norm. I had been mothering for 17 years. My doctor discovered it during a routine checkup. I was diagnosed with depression when I was 49. My doctor always checks to be...
Sep 12, 2012 | Mental Health
I had terrible trouble with my memory after I had undergone four surgeries in six months. I was sent to a neurologist after I found myself at the side of the road wondering where I was and where I was going. My brain scan was clear. I talked to the doctor for a while...
Sep 11, 2012 | Mental Health
I just came through a manic high. Haven’t had one for a long time. My teeter-totter ride tends to land on depression. When I am manic I become light-headed, giddy. I feel like champagne bubbles exploding at the top of the glass. I talk faster and I don’t edit. Some...
Sep 9, 2012 | Mental Health
From An Unquiet Mind: My manias, at least in their early and mild forms, were absolutely intoxicating states that gave rise to great personal pleasure, an incomparable flow of thoughts, and a ceaseless energy that allowed the translation of new ideas into papers and...
