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‘You are not a scrounger: a letter to a #disabled reader.’ #ukmh #hardesthit
Laurie Penny’s ‘A Letter’ Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 31, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

The Housing Benefit Attack 2013, a lawyer talks. #HousingBenefit #hardesthit
Thanx Nancy Farrell for spotting this! Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 31, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

@RubyWax tells us why there’s a Black Dog Tribe. #ukmh #MentalHealth
Ruby Wax on ‘WHY’ there’s a Black Dog Tribe Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 31, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

#IDS; tantrums and fiascos. Read… #ukmh #unemployed
New format ‘short links’ – just click Johnny Void Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 31, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Happy New Year to You All…
My only real New Year’s resolution is to become a better and more consistent photographer which will enrich my daily journal. I will try not to put tons of photos of Maggie on the blog, but I am not making any promises. I also got a new 16 Gigabyte memory card and memory card reader for my cameras this Christmas so that will certainly help as well and make loading my photos to the computer much, much faster and effortless.
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 31, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Dinner is Served!
I’ve had some of my mother’s spaghetti sauce simmering on the stove for a few hours. The smell of that spaghetti sauce was torturing Maggie and I it smelled so good. The only thing I changed in mom’s recipe is to double up on the ground chuck. I like plenty of the meat in the phrase meat sauce.
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 31, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Drop the Bomb, Pa!
Dad waited until late last night to tell me he had more surgery on another major artery today. Charlie was with him – the doting best friend. My father dropped the proverbial bomb on myself and mom alike last yesterday evening. I looked dumbfounded. “I need you to take very good care of your mother,” my father told me with the utmost of seriousness. “I am counting on you. I don’t want to worry about her with all I’ve got going on.” Dad pulled out his wallet and gave me two $20 bills. “Take your mother out to eat,” he said to me. “That will thrill her soul.” I had a gift card for Red Lobster and that...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 31, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

On Being Philosophical - New Year's Eve Ruminations
This is my last post of the year. It's not my fault. We've run out of days. On a positive note, I am told we will receive a new allotment very very soon, perhaps in 2013. This is typically a time when we look back at the past year. Time magazine does its Man of the Year, everyone has a top movies list, and for the last several years we have seen the proliferation of coolest iPhone app lists. I've spent way too many years of my life...
Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - December 30, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs

Greater Worth Than I Realize
Saturday - Entry 19: Sitting in the library, I'm listening to As Tall As Lions and watching as the patrons hustle and bustle about quietly. I'm finally feeling better after one of the nastiest 24 hour bugs I've experienced in a while. I haven't had energy to do much since the bug hit me square in the face yesterday morning. I was caught up in its tornado of exhaustion and did the only sensible thing I could think of: sleep. Very rare for me. Now I'm up & about again, and I've been thinking a lot about a conversation I had with the Leprechaun the night before I became sick. I had shared a journal entry with her to he...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 30, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Depression Family ADHD Source Type: blogs

Freezing Our Little Tails Off…
I don’t know those two dudes to the left, but they sure seem and look cold. I stayed up till 3am again last night. I am just enthralled with my computer. It is almost an addiction. I migrated my computer from my mid-tower case to my full size server case. That took hours. I also installed my older DVD recordable drive and now I have a DVD drive and a Blu-ray drive. I got in the bed and finally drifted off to sleep and Maggie woke me at 8am par usual. It seemed like I had just closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep. “Can we go for our walk? Huh? Huh?” she seemed to be asking after she jumped onto ...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 30, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Charles the Great Arrives…
“Andrew! Just what are you doing?” Charlie asked me as I stood at the front door eagerly welcoming him inside. “Is it too early to tell you Happy New Years?” I laughed. “Happy New Years to you, too!” You could barely hear Charlie over Maggie’s jubilant and frantic barks which began when she heard Charlie pull up to the curb. My dearest Maggie loves Charlie more than anyone in the world. He certainly is the favorite person in her far flung pack. “I’ve got you some treats,” Charlie said as he opened the storm door juggling several things in his arms. “I am checking my mail as well.” Charlie brou...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 30, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

On Being An Expert In Me
Of Two Minds (OTM) writes: There are endless words written and spoken every day by "experts" citing research and statistics about the origin of depression, the nature of depression, arguing whether it is nature or nurture, can it be avoided, controlled, etc. etc. and blah, blah, and blah. But here is the thing, none of those people are in my head. THE only expert on the lay of the land of my depression is ME, and the really f*ed up...
Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - December 29, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs

Comment Replies: That’s Terrible Summer!
Summer said... My husband had his left hip replaced in June. His right hip replaced 3 weeks ago, then he fell a week later and broke his femur, so they had to redo the right hip and then wire the femur together. I think that this meal would make him happy. He needs some extra protein for healing so I just might make pork chops tonight. Thanks for the inspiration! Andrew -- Summer that is terrible! I hope he heals okay. I would send Helen your way if you lived closer. Helen can be kind of bossy and he would be up and walking in no time. Tee and Hubby said... Oh Summer, I am so sorry about your h...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 29, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Diamonds From Heir Helen…
After mom and dad finish eating their Friday afternoon meal, Helen fixes me several lunch plates every week of the leftovers. My father doesn’t even eat leftovers and never has. Isn’t that a travesty? It is a cold, raw, and blustery day here in the South and that plate of hot leftovers warmed me right up a moment ago with just 2 minutes in the microwave. I really appreciate Helen doing that for me every Friday. The trick is getting my mother or father to the phone so I can go pick them up. I have two more plates to eat tomorrow and Monday. Helen always cooks for an army. And yes, Maggie g...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 29, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

My Favorite Christmas Gift From Poppa…
This cool little red soundcard glows bright red at night and lights up my computer case. The sound is phenomenal and fantastic once I got the card tuned to my liking. I’ve got it connected with a TOSLINK cable to my surround receiver. I spend inordinate amounts of time listening to music on my computer. I was just using the soundcard built into my motherboard and it was lacking in many ways.
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 29, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Consistency Has Been the Key…
My only New Year’s resolution last year was to be more consistent in my blogging and writing efforts – to try to get at least one post a day up on the blog. I think I have done pretty well on those regards. I certainly feel accomplished about the matter and pleased with myself. I sometimes wonder why people still read when I no longer write about George and the gang. That part of my life is gone and my life now isn’t exactly exciting by any means – no more drunks, miscreants, and homeless people. No debauchery on my part, either. I have learned you are very much like the company you keep. I...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 29, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Depression: Does No-Fault Equate to No-Hope?
A few weeks ago, I posted Ten Depression Myths Busted. (The post appears to have vanished, so here is my repost.) Two commenters took issue with a key point in my piece, which begs this response: One of the myths I attacked was the one about depression being all your fault. Wrong, dead wrong, I said. There is a clear biological basis to depression. I deliberately refrained from comparing depression to diabetes (which so many people do),...
Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - December 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs

Repost - Ten Depression Myths Busted
My original Dec 1 post vanished without a trace. Here is my repost: Depression is one giant myth begging to be busted. Let’s get started: Myth One: Depression is a mental illness caused by a chemical imbalance of the brain. This is true only if you believe a runny nose is a physical illness caused by a chemical imbalance of the mucous. Closer to the truth is the likelihood that what we we call depression refers...
Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - December 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs

Delicious Sweet Potatoes…
A fried pork chop is hiding behind all that cornbread. My favorite part of Helen’s meal was her sweet potatoes, They taste almost like candy. Mom was complaining about my father wanting peas and carrots every week. I smiled, but I am just glad to get a hot home cooked meal. Especially on a cold day like today.
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Till Helen Do We Meet…
“Why haven’t you gotten your Cokes for the day?” my mother asked warily over the phone around lunch time. “That is completely unlike you. You haven’t missed your Cokes in years.” “I have a new love in my life. It is my computer,” I told my mother. “I am completely obsessed and enthralled, and I stayed up to 4am this morning rearranging and tweaking things.” “It’ll worry me if you don’t come and get them,” my mother replied. “I am headed that way,” I told her before turning the phone off and prying myself away from the bright screen in front of me. Helen was sitting on the back porch talking...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

The Hunger to Please…
My father wanted to weigh me tonight. I nervously said yes with great trepidation. I hadn’t weighed in weeks. I sighed with relief when my scales showed that I am up to 180 pounds – our goal weight. My father was beside himself with joy and happiness. “I thought we were going to lose you to that eating disorder!” he said giving me a heartfelt hug. “How did you do it?” my father then asked about my weight gain. “I eat a really, really big meal before bedtime and the food digests while I sleep – I do not experience that full feeling that makes me so extremely uncomfortable and that makes me want t...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Dearest Maggie! It’s Time to Get Up! Another Walk Awaits!
I have to go get my blood tested this morning for my Lithium levels. My mother, our humble secretary, called me last night to remind me of this at the last minute. I do not, repeat, I do not look forward to this and do not like such sudden surprises. I had a hard time sleeping with that looming over me. I am going to be at the hospital at 8am as it is a first come, first serve basis as far as blood work goes. Lithium is a metallic salt commonly used to treat bipolar disorder which means I am an emotional roller coaster. I am diagnosed lately as being schizoaffective -- having both symptoms of...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

A Hunger to Please…
My father wanted to weigh me tonight. I nervously said yes with great trepidation. I hadn’t weighed in weeks and had no idea what my weight was, and I didn’t want any derision. I sighed with relief when my scales showed that I am up to 180 pounds – our goal weight. My father was beside himself with joy and happiness. “I thought we were going to lose you to that eating disorder!” he said giving me a heartfelt hug. “How did you do it?” my father then asked about my weight gain. “I eat a really, really big meal before bedtime and the food digests while I sleep – I do not experience that full feel...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Comment Reply…
Summer asked... Did you have any bad storms in your neighborhood? Summer, it thundered on and off all Christmas day. Dad said it heavily stormed last night and I slept right through it like a log. “It came up a big cloud,” my father told me which is Southern vernacular for very stormy weather has arrived.
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 26, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

No Better Feeling in the World…
Isn’t the day after Christmas what the British call Boxing Day? Happy Boxing Day if it is! That’s where Wikipedia comes to the rescue. I woke up very early this morning with Maggie snuggled up very close next to me. She had gotten cold in the night. My bedroom was certainly chilly. I had turned the heat down to 65 degrees before going to bed and was snug as a bug under all my comforters. There is no better feeling in the world than when Maggie does that. I got up after giving her a vigorous back scratch which was ecstasy for her and turned the heat back up as Maggie stayed in the bed. She went straigh...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 26, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

And There Was Peace On Earth…
I hope you all had an incredible and interesting Christmas. It was a perfectly quiet day here where I could relax and do some of the stuff I enjoy unfettered. It has also rained for most of the day, but they say the real nasty storms are coming tonight in the midnight hours. I will be sure to turn on my weather radio to alert status. I also live a block away from the tornado sirens as well so they are very loud. Maggie will start howling when they abruptly begin to sound as well. It is a bloodcurdling sound that would raise the dead. The Zen Garden… Do you ever just have Zen moments or days? That...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Caught in a Christmas Eve Downpour…
I broke Andrew’s rule of life number 10. Maggie and I went for our walk and I didn’t check the weather radar before I left the house. We got a few streets over from mine and it started to just pour rain. Maggie and I both scurried home in record time. We were both soaked by the time we reached the house. Drenched as they say. I immediately took a hot shower to chase away the chills and left Maggie to her own devices. She has noisily snorted and snuffled for thirty good minutes grooming herself like a cat. Bless her dear heart -- my mother is such a determined woman, undauntable almost. an...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 24, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Dealing with Tricky Situations - The Bipolar Question of the Week
In my most recent post, Breaking Out of Our Own Defenses, I cited Harvard psychiatrist George Vaillant in support of the proposition that our various ways of dealing with life - putting up defenses - leave a lot to be desired. This strongly implies that the key to a better life has to do with acquiring more skills in our use of defenses. Roughly translated, we are aiming for the ability to respond to tricky situations by learning to keep our...
Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - December 23, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs

Breaking Out of Our Own Defenses
Perhaps the greatest problem faced by the academic social sciences is that what is measurable is often irrelevant, and what is truly relevant often cannot be measured. The author is George Vaillant writing an editorial in the September American Journal of Psychiatry. During the late 60s, Dr Vaillant took over “the Grant Study,” which had been tracking 268 Harvard males for more than two decades. Dr Vaillant continued to...
Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - December 23, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs

Coffee For One Please…
It’s busy this Sunday morning – busy as Maggie burying last night’s supper in the backyard. I got my first real Christmas gift yesterday evening. We had Christmas at Charlie’s last night which is an annual tradition. I got a Mr. Coffee single cup coffee maker. I am not a very big coffee drinker, but I am intrigued and hope to use it soon. My mother is already fretting about keeping me supplied with the little single serve Koureg coffee cups. Charlie’s wife, Janice, is such a wonderful and inspiring cook. We had a braised beef brisket and lots of interesting casseroles. Janice also made so...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 23, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Beseeched by the Holidays…
My father has been cooking all day. I thought I saw a large turkey as I passed through the kitchen a moment ago. I know I saw a big ham and a pork tenderloin. He started cooking at 8am this morning and finished up about 3pm. I don’t know who it is for, but I’m glad I’m not invited. I invoked the don’t ask, don’t tell rule in our family, I am perfectly content to fiddle fart around with my computer stuff today. I don’t won’t to deal with social anxiety or stress on such a special time of the year. I want to relax, enjoy myself, and know that I can stay up to 2am ...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 23, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Winter and Summer in Juxtaposition…
Listening to Owl City, “All Things Bright and Beautiful”.
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 22, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

A Test of my Mettle…
Excuse the French, but it was colder than a polar bear’s ass this morning. It was 27 degrees outside – definitely a Maggie sweater day. Clueless, Maggie was just super excited about her walk this morning. We just walked around the block a few times and Maggie seemed content with that abbreviated journey. It wouldn’t have been so bad if not for a very, very brisk and biting northern wind – like daggers to your face and skin.. Me? I am just super excited to be off from volunteering for awhile – no more bump and grind for the foreseeable future until after New Year’s. Also, dad is going to let me open...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 22, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

To YOU
“There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.” Thoreau Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

#Supernatural star @MishaCollins #GISHWHES 2012 raises $41,638 for charity! #NiceWorkMinions
Here’s what he said: “Dearest, Darlingest Devil Spawn, Last year we announced the victors on Christmas day. However, it has come to our attention that the Mayan calendar (and the world with it) ends tomorrow, so we thought it would be best to let you know who takes the cake this year in advance of the apocalypse. But before we get into all of that, I would like to thank you all for an incredible Hunt. I was alternately moved, inspired, dumbstruck and disgusted by the thousands and thousands of submissions this year. Not only that, but this year – though it’s still not official – it looks like ...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Lady GaGa teams with mental health charity for ‘Born Brave Bus Tour’
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a446650/lady-gaga-teams-with-mental-health-charity-for-born-brave-bus-tour.html Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Great blog from The Void – #Homelessness and how it happens. #poverty #ukmh #wca
http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/ Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

All Set To Go.
My dog did the unthinkable - he bit the mailman. I'm so used to FedEx and UPS ringing the doorbell then leaving packages at the door as they hike it back to their truck that when their was a loud knock at the door (why he didn't ring the doorbell I have no idea) and I saw the mail truck outside, I just assumed the mailman had done the same. I opened the door and assumed Bailey would stand behind me like always as I picked up the package and brought it in. To my surprise the mailman was standing there with a package in his hand. Before I had time to react, Bailey whipped around me and lunged for the ...
Source: bipolar.and.me - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs

Being the Big Pig at the Trough…
Mom brought my supper as I was stringing up more Christmas lights outside in the front yard. My camellia bush was getting adorned with holiday cheer . “I like it!” mom gleefully told me as she rolled down her window. “You will have to ride by about dark,” I replied to her, wanting accolades. “Your supper is on the backseat,” my mother told me. “Helen said she double portioned everything for your plate and that’s why the plate is so heavy.” The plate felt like I was picking up an anvil it was so heavy. Our Helen sure does look after me. I then wringed my hands like a devious mad scientist cackling ...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

What? No Doomsday For Us?
Well, the cataclysmic end of the Earth didn’t happen. No Armageddon to speak of at all. I guess all the crazy street corner preachers, and doom and fear mongers are out of a job as of today. I woke up to another very early and dark morning glad to be alive. Even the rogue planet Nibhiru didn’t show up and make an appearance to reek havoc on our gravity and tidal forces. It is just going to be another exceptionally bright and sunny day in the South among countless others that preceded it. I should have tuned into Coast to Coast AM last night after midnight to listen to what the wackos and ...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Is (+)-[ 13 C]-pantoprazole better than (±)-[ 13 C]-pantoprazole for the breath test to evaluate CYP2C19 enzyme activity?
In this study, we tested the hypothesis that (+)-[ 13 C]-pantoprazole is a more sensitive and selective probe for evaluating CYP2C19 enzyme activity than the racemic mixture. (+)-[ 13 C]-pantoprazole (95 mg) was administered orally in a sodium bicarbonate solution to healthy volunteers. Breath and plasma samples were collected before and up to 720 min after dosing. The 13 CO 2 in exhaled breath samples was measured by infrared spectrometry. Ratios of 13 CO 2 / 12 CO 2 after (+)-[ 13 C]-pantoprazole relative to 13 CO 2 / 12 CO 2 at baseline were expressed as delta over baseline (DOB). (+)-[ 13 C]-pantoprazole con...
Source: Journal of Breath Research - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: David L Thacker, Anil Modak, David A Flockhart and Zeruesenay Desta Source Type: research

Effect of transportation and storage using sorbent tubes of exhaled breath samples on diagnostic accuracy of electronic nose analysis
Many (multi-centre) breath-analysis studies require transport and storage of samples. We aimed to test the effect of transportation and storage using sorbent tubes of exhaled breath samples for diagnostic accuracy of eNose and GC-MS analysis. As a reference standard for diagnostic accuracy, breath samples of asthmatic patients and healthy controls were analysed by three eNose devices. Samples were analysed by GC-MS and eNose after 1, 7 and 14 days of transportation and storage using sorbent tubes. The diagnostic accuracy for eNose and GC-MS after storage was compared to the reference standard. As a validation, the s...
Source: Journal of Breath Research - December 21, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: M P van der Schee, N Fens, P Brinkman, L D J Bos, M D Angelo, T M E Nijsen, R Raabe, H H Knobel, T J Vink and P J Sterk Source Type: research