Phobia Mania – Amaxophobia = Fear of Riding in a Car…
Comments have increased… I have one more request – please read an entire post before replying to it. I also have a question: do you think that as we get...
Treated like a Criminal for Being in Pain? Got Mental Illness, too?: Psychiatry’s Fetish With “Dual Diagnosis”
I’ve been bleeding for eleven days now. I am sick and tired. My endometriosis is getting worse just as it did last winter. Each period is more painful, and I’m...
Dilaudid, Lady Di, and a “Royal Engagement”?
Some may find this post very offensive, so you may want to skip it if you: Are a fan of the British “monarchy” Think very highly of the English “Royal...
How a doctor almost killed me again!
This post is about medicine, the state of the quality of medical care in general, and the negligence of those who believe that a medical degree means that they are...
Bad days call for bad poetry?
The last two days have crushed me. Psych assessment gets my head spinning about why I carry so much guilt. In an attempt to resolve this, I end up breaking...
Ugh….is it all in my head?
The next month is going to be a tough one. 3 6000 word length papers to write, 2 major presentations, 3 smaller papers, 48 hours of research assistant work that...
Pain Update – *Warning* – this is rather disgusting, some men may not want to read…
Yesterday I went for a “STAT!” ultrasound…the technician said, “it hurts here?”, as she hit the exact spot on my left ovary that is particularly painful, and became painful to...
Physical Pain vs. “Mental Pain”…
Now finding myself in, what I suppose the docs would call “moderate to severe” physical pain, on a daily basis, due to long untreated endometriosis that was masked by atypical...
ps: atypical antipsychotics masking endometriosis…
I was curled up in the fetal position, in pain and tears, while writing that last post – because, six years of being on various atypical antipsychotics (since age 19)...
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