YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Hey guys, My wife has been taking lithium for several years. Unfortunately, now its caused a major medical issue. She has developed a downbeat nystagmatus. It's rapid eye movement that essentially causes a loss of vision. It's made damage to her brain. She has to get off of lithium. Does anybody hav...

Glad to hear the change in meds is effective so far. Rapid cycling can be really scary. My wife has type-2 bipolar disorder and can fall into rapid cycles when she is having issues with her meds. One thing to watch out for is some anti-depressants can cause rapid cycling or trigger it. We tried an a...

I dread talking on the phone for work. I had a sales job for a while that required an hour of cold calling every night. I had a list of phone numbers and names. I was constantly worried about upsetting people or mispronouncing their name. I was always relieved when the call went to a voicemail or ju...