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Tom Robinson

Limerence, bipolar, and suicide... why has no one made the connection...

I am going to try to explain something succinctly which is virtually impossible to explain and should be something I sit down with a...

Tom Robinson

OCD, misdiagnosis, and a cocktail of drugs. One of my loyal readers shares her story

I haven't written in a few weeks because I have been busy writing something else, something important that will be published in the near...

Tom Robinson

The myth of eight hours: why I will NEVER medicate myself for sleep ever again!

I haven't been able to write much over the last few weeks since I've been so busy with other things. I seem to spend all of my time being...

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Quetiapine: the ‘zombifying’ drug that’s a nightmare to withdraw from!

I’m feeling pretty exhausted this morning because writing about medications and the problems that they’ve caused me over the years, is...

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Psychiatric medications part 2: discussing some of the side effects and withdrawal problems

Yesterday, I discussed some of the issues that I’ve come up against in my hideous twenty-year psychiatric nightmare. The truth is that...

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Psychiatric medications part 1: informed consent and the importance of the patient-led approach

The role of medications in psychiatry is a contentious issue and one which I have often felt hesitant about discussing. The reason for my...

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The importance of a thorough diagnosis in bipolar disorder and major depression with mixed features

Yesterday I outlined a chronological history and progression of my bipolar illness as it happened over the last twenty years, and today...

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Why using psychedelics to treat mental illness is terrifying and needs to be researched with caution

I read an article in The Guardian on Tuesday in which the lead doctor from the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College...

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World Bipolar Day – we may have a diagnosis of BPD but why do we all experience it so differently?!

Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, is a mental illness in which the sufferer experiences extremes of mood that are...

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