Me & my meds

This is my account of my history with medication. Everyone reacts to medications differently, and none of this is to be taken as advice. I’m writing to share my experience and contribute to the…

The insufficiency of self-care

They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. But what do you do when it’s too late for prevention?

The first panic attack hit me in bed. The second came while I was trying to read peacefully, at the advice of my therapist, in our dimly-lit guest bedroom. The third came when my…

The Anniversary of My Undoing

A brief look back at ten years of illness

It’s been almost exactly ten years since my life took a sudden, hard left turn. In…