Orgasms beget orgasms. I take a lot of Zoloft — 200 mg, if that sort of thing interests you.Two hundred milligrams of Zoloft is the highest dose of Zoloft that doctors will give a person — even a person like me in eating disorder recovery and with OCD so ferocious I will vacuum myself out of a […]
We need to acknowledge the nobility and effort of making it through the day. “We talk about how suicide is ‘selfish,’” a friend said to me a few weeks ago. “But that means that people who are suicidal but struggling to live are doing something incredibly selfless, every day. Why don’t we talk about that?” On […]
It took me a while to understand that those times when I need to go back on medication are not indicative of failure. I’m watching a British murder mystery and I’m crying. I love British murder mysteries—they’re pretty much the only TV shows I watch—but the entire time I’ve been watching this show on this day, I’ve […]
And if I were to get pregnant, I’d do it again. You’ve seen the ads on Facebook. “If you used Zoloft during pregnancy and your baby was born with a birth defect, you may be entitled to compensation.” Pfizer is accused of hocking the drug to pregnant women despite known risks, including “holes in the heart, […]
Republicans think an overhaul of the mental health system will stop mass killings. It won’t. This bill is pushing people toward mental health care that, in my experience, does nothing to improve their long-term outlook. In the wake of the recent Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado, House Speaker Paul Ryan called for a renewed commitment to […]
Depression isn’t something you can control, and it certainly isn’t something caused by being a certain weight. “You know, you should really just lose weight,” the psychiatrist says to Caley. I’m sitting in the counseling office with my sister, Caley, who is currently experiencing a difficult episode of depression. Her sense of self-worth is low, to […]
We need to look at both sides of the issue when we talk about medication, not just one side or another. Everyone will have their own experience. Yesterday, a blogger named Erin Jones posted a selfie with her new antidepressant prescriptions. After trying to live her life without medication, Jones wrote in a Facebook post […]
I kept my schizophrenia a secret for 20 years. But maybe my honesty will make it easier for the next person to share. Most of my adult life I have lived in a bubble along with my husband. We have protected and kept our life very private, even from close friends, in order to avoid […]
I wish that I had spoken to my therapist about my fears of medication and pregnancy and seen a psychiatrist specializing in my condition sooner. I wish that I hadn’t put myself in the path of such terrible, useless suffering. I wanted to get pregnant so I decided to wean off my antidepressant. I didn’t […]
I hadn’t met my friend until this year, but I know we have friends in common. And it’s been the darkest few months of my life. I made a new friend this year. A mean friend. A debilitating friend. A friend that enabled my anxiety and all the bad thoughts I’ve ever had about myself. […]
This originally appeared on Everyday Feminism. Republished here with permission. If you were ever wondering why modern women seem so insecure and hell-bent on others’ approval, maybe it’s because society keeps questioning their sanity. Think about the last time you called someone crazy (to their face or behind their back). What message were you trying to […]
