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

Its funny, that 'crossed a line' feeling. A feeling I am all too familiar with. It seems so silly because at face value, we have only just crossed that line, cant we just jump back a couple of steps and un cross it? But there it sits, the deed is done and that 'mean part of your brain' suddenly beco...

Oh the rituals and rules!! Boy do I understand :( Wish I could fix it for you, wish I could fix it for me. I have a goal weight but then I must reduce that by three kilograms just in case, then I need to reduce that just in case weight by a further three kilograms, also just in case. To make sure I ...

Ugh, I know this struggle all too well. I tend to restrict all day and then binge at night and I am working on finding some sort of middle ground where I can stop binging at night but eat three regular meals in a day, the trouble is I am terrified to start this as I am scared of eating during the da...

Lamictal 200mg
Lithium 900mg
Zeldox 80mg

It's nice to hear I'm not alone (but I'm sorry that you are going through this too.) I'm on an antipsychotic too (seraquel ) and I don't think it's doing anything - although there is always the question of what I would be like if I wasn't taking it. Talking to my psychologist about it and she thinks...

Its the first sign of madness, right? Talking to yourself, and I don't mean speaking to the cat or random under the breath comments. I am referring to the back and forth conversation that is usually reserved for those standing at the traffic lights offering to wash your windows trying to get enough ...

Lamictal - only 100mg per day now as being slowly cut down Lithium 900mg per day - don't believe this has had much of an affect. Serequel 200mg per day - Baclofen 20mg - this is for an unrelated neurological issue My psychiatrist with much explanation to her carefully considered decision had put me ...

Hi, I have only recently discovered the Pod cast and it feels like I have finally found my long lost crazy family. Very excited to join the forum as it seems a bit like a support group that I can attend in my PJs at 3:00am. I'm a 30 something Bipolar 1, eating disordered mess. Nice to meet you all! ...