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Functionally Ill

Adventures with Mental Health : Deeply myself

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Laura-Marie
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An edition of Functionally ill (2007)

Functionally Ill

Adventures with Mental Health : Deeply myself

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Laura-Marie, who also hears voices, is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She questions what society considers mental illness and recounts her nervousness during her appointment with a county psychiatrist, including anxiety about medications and unwanted side-effects of weight-gain or diabetes. She also reprints an entry about her support group from her blog http://dangerouscompassions.blogspot.com.

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Table of Contents

The first bipolar person I ever knew
Introduction
Problems with mental illness
The psychiatrist appointment
More about mania
Support group
Medication.

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Sacramento, CA
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Functionally ill : Adventures with mental health

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19 pages
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Written at a point when she is feeling well, Laura-Marie broadly discusses mental health advocacy and coping strategies, and zooms in on her specific method of self-care and recovery. She compares the goals of several mental health organizations, including NAMI, MindFreedom, and the Icarus Project, muses on a friend's opinion that all mental health problems are a result of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and criticizes a uniformed path of recovery for mental health patients. Laura-Marie also defines her particular breed of "crazy," outlines her strategies for self-care when she feels too low or too high, and explains why she wants to get off medication. Her active participation in the online forums of the Icarus Project, a radical mental health support and advocacy group, is highlighted.

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