I just found out the title of my next piece of coursework: "what might be the effect of being labelled with a mental disorder?" A fabulous chance to get some of my excessive BPD research into an essay, if ever I saw one! I thought that when I went to...

I'm home for Christmas. I had my final ever meeting with my CAMHS therapist today, for a discharge review. It was very strange to go back there. I also found out that they are not actually going to be there much longer, which has made me both sad and...

So, I flipped out. It was always going to happen really, wasn't it? Situational nastiness combined with a medication change was a recipe for disaster. I spent a couple of hours of Monday night in A&E. We've all had bad A&E experiences when it comes to...

The fainting stopped after a few days, wooh! Remaining side effects include wanting to sleep 20 hours a day and having no appetite to speak of, until I actually eat and then I seem to realise I was hungry. I have no idea what effect, if any, it's...

I fainted twice this morning. Oh dear. I did, however, find out that whereas it costs about £1.50 a month to treat me with citalopram, as duloxetine is only available as a branded drug (Cymbalta), it costs about £30 a month. Because I'm worth it. I...