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...
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Tom Robinson
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Through Hardships to the Stars... and beyond!
It's now ten days since Poems of Awakening; Through Hardships to the Stars by Edwin Charles (my pseudonym) went live on Amazon in...
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Tom Robinson
- Feb 12
- 2 min
OUT NOW! Poems of Awakening; Through Hardships to the Stars!
So... after five years of submissions, editing, writing, re-writing, re-submitting, blogging, being rejected, writing new material, etc,...
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Tom Robinson
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
How to combat severe depression and suicidal thoughts part 2
Morning all! This is simply a brief note this morning to alert my readers to part 2 of my latest video entitled 'How to Combat Severe...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
World Bipolar Day 2022: radio interview, more writing and another article!
As my regular readers will know from my last post, I was almost ready to quit writing about mental illness this week! I felt so run-down...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 15, 2022
- 4 min
Sleep - I need three things: a spiritual psychiatrist, a functional medic/psychiatrist & more of it!
It's been an odd few weeks for me sleep-wise and here I am again wide-awake at 05.30 with a bipolar brain that refuses to sleep for more...
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Tom Robinson
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
Writers and madness: is it the industry making them crazy or the 'creative gene'?
I am done with writing enormous and highly detailed blog posts that aim to attract the interest of a literary agent - for anyone who...
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Tom Robinson
- Nov 2, 2021
- 8 min
Voices of Courage: the thyroid gland and its essential role in mood and functioning. Maddie's story
A couple of months ago, I gave a talk at pony club camp for a group of young children and teenagers. I shared some of my miraculous...
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Tom Robinson
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
Remembering Le Lion -d'Angers: a bronze medal but a whole world of pain and agony!
18 years ago today ‘Something Funny’ (Ed) was putting his best hoof forward in Le Lion-d’Angers and winning a bronze medal. But what no...
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Tom Robinson
- Aug 9, 2021
- 9 min
The powerful Lion’s Gate: a perfect time to address the link between spirituality and mental illness
As I’ve been writing this new blog, which I started back in January, I’ve been reminded time and again, through my own and others’...
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Tom Robinson
- Aug 6, 2021
- 9 min
Voices of Courage: bipolar warrior Shaun Everett courageously shares his incredibly powerful story
Today’s post is especially important because it highlights a huge number of the problems and issues that us patients are coming up...
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Tom Robinson
- May 12, 2021
- 4 min
Mental Health Week: combined treatment with high dose levothyroxine and rTMS for bipolar disorders
Today I am going to attempt an explanation of the treatment that has brought me to remission from a severe and prolonged case of bipolar...
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Tom Robinson
- May 11, 2021
- 5 min
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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Tom Robinson
- Apr 26, 2021
- 5 min
Exuberance: an abounding, ebullient, effervescent emotion
I’ve been itching to read my new book since it arrived last week and on Saturday afternoon I finally found the time to sit down and start...
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Tom Robinson
- Apr 7, 2021
- 4 min
Former child music prodigy Amy Studt talks about her battle with rapid cycling bipolar disorder
Music has barely featured in my life for the most part of the last twenty years because depression and mixed state bipolar disorder...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 30, 2021
- 6 min
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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Tom Robinson
- Mar 23, 2021
- 4 min
Sad reality of U.K mental healthcare: a huge disparity between NHS and private psychiatric services
There were an enormous amount of articles published as a result of the broadcasting of two powerful mental illness and suicide...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Your Horse magazine interview: recounting some difficult memories
I had an interview yesterday with a journalist who wanted some details about my battle with mental illness for an article that will...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 19, 2021
- 4 min
Why I'm relieved to have avoided the risks of ECT and how I recovered from TRD through painless rTMS
There was an article on the BBC News page yesterday that discussed the results of a medical investigation into the use of...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
In Bloom: one teenager's experience of the onset of bipolar disorder
Yesterday I wrote about how books can aid mental well-being through the escapism and comfort that can be experienced through reading...
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