MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'discontinuation'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:54:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3798610&cid=t_278045_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F28%2Fwithdrawing-from-psychiatric-medications%2F This article offers only the most basic of introductions to this topic, because others have covered this area far more extensively than I have. A great place to start is this psychiatric drug withdrawal primer. While not succinct, it does contain all of the information you’ll need to know to successfully end your psychiatric medication treatment. I cannot emphasize this enough — discontinuing psychiatric medications on your own is not recommended. You should enlist your doctor in your efforts to stop the meds. (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3798610 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:30:19 +0100 3798610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227501&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fastrazenecas-internal-seroquel.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227501 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:29:00 +0100 2227501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1696339&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fjohnson-and-johnson-epilepsy-drug.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696339 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:06:00 +0100 1696339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469855&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fthere-is-something-worse-than-crying-in.html (Source: 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sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1405437 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:56:00 +0100 1405437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1404137&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fpsych-med-withdrawal-needs-to-be.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1404137 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:35:00 +0100 1404137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1403003&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fremoving-alprazolam-xanax-day-59-pain.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1403003 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:35:00 +0100 1403003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1395163&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fthanks.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs 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http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1393799 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:06:00 +0100 1393799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385447&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fmy-medicated-mind.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385447 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:26:00 +0100 1385447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1354123&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fremoving-alprazolam-xanax-day-37.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1354123 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:20:00 +0100 1354123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1336893&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fi-am-not-bald-removing-xanax-part-damn.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1336893 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:32:00 +0100 1336893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1336333&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fhouse-keeping.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1336333 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:58:00 +0100 1336333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1330014&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fmed-worms-for-composting.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1330014 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:24:00 +0100 1330014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1330016&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fremoving-alprazolam-xanax-day-26.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1330016 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:31:00 +0100 1330016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1325201&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fastrazeneca-googles-seroquel-poems-3.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1325201 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:47:00 +0100 1325201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1325202&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fastrazeneca-googles-seroquel-poems-2.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1325202 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:33:00 +0100 1325202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1325203&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fastrazeneca-googles-seroquel-poems.html (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1325203 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:29:00 +0100 1325203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1041857&cid=t_278045_109_f&fid=35671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anxietyinsights.info%2Fgradual_10_dose_reductions_dramatically_reduce_antidepress.htm By Alison Palkhivala MONTREAL, CANADA — November 20, 2007 — Ten percent weekly reductions in dose over 10 weeks can diminish discontinuation effects associated with many antidepressants of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class. In fact, using this protocol can allow patients to discontinue SSRI therapy even if they were unable to using standard dose reduction techniques. More... Copyright (c) 1995-2007 Doctor's Guide Publishing Limited. All rights reserved. (Source: Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info) Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1041857 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:06:00 +0100 1041857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=793540&cid=t_278045_109_f&fid=35671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anxietyinsights.info%2Fabstract__pharmacotherapy_of_mood_disorders_and_treatment_d.htm Drugs. 2007;67(12):1657-1663. Pharmacotherapy of Mood Disorders and Treatment Discontinuation. Lader M. Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK. Depression is the most frequent and costly problem in primary care, where most of these patients are seen and treated. In many countries, the public regard antidepressant drugs as 'addictive', partly because of the withdrawal symptoms that can occur when they are discontinued. Indeed, discontinuation (withdrawal) symptoms can follow the stoppage of almost all classes of antidepressants, including selective serotonin receptor inhibitors (SSRIs). This is important because they are widely regarded as drugs of choice for both depression and the anxiety disorders. But is this true withdrawal or merely rebound? The antidepressant disc... Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=793540 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:15:00 +0100 793540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=752957&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fawareness.html Though conflicted and in agony, I am also kicking some ass about forced injections and fresh air and the absurd mental health system based on a medication based paradigm treatment plan for inpatient care in locked down psych wards.We are stuck in a system that has proven itself a failure. (Source: soulful sepulcher) soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=752957 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:23:00 +0100 752957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=734886&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fpsychiatric-medication-withdrawal.html Another one of my favorite blogs to read is Bipolar Blast. The author does an outstanding job of detailing life in real time as she withdraws/removes psychiatric medications in a controlled and cautious attempt at having a healthy body and peace of mind while doing it. She readily accepts that the process can take years to do, and she has more patience than I do in that regard. I removed my Seroquel fast and furious, as I wrote here on my own blog, I often slept in a curled up fetal position, was in agony and had stomach issues on top of everything else. I wanted off of that med to have my life back, and it took several months of pure hell to get off of it. If I did the removal slower, I most likely would have had an easier time of it, as Gianna clearly illustrates in her slow removal of h... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=734886 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:36:00 +0100 734886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=723302&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fbrain-fog-xanax-xr.html I have been doing well on my Lamictal and what is left of Xanax. I wrote past posts about how the Xanax will eventually be removed, with doctor assistance because it is one of the hard ones to remove. Sometime ago I switched from generic alprazolam .25mg. 3 X day due to it wearing off within 6 hours. This is an old medication prescribed by a PCP before my official bipolar II diagnosis. That PCP prescribed a lot of psych meds, including Zyprexa, Prozac, Seroquel all for "anxiety". Back to why I switched to the XR with the PCP over a year ago. The immediate withdrawals were so bad, that by 2pm I was having classic withdrawal symptoms. It was affecting my ability to work, and often I would have to go home at lunch to take the mid-day dose early to prevent the sweats, nausea and shakes just be... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=723302 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:29:00 +0100 723302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=692644&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fautism-and-psychosis-mood-disorders-are.html Autism and Familial Major Mood Disorder: Are They Related?Comparison of Clinical Features of Autism and Major Mood Disorder"And it may not be amiss to think of autism, in some cases, as a chronic psychosis."~Mood Disorder in Idiopathic Autism"Even the regression that commonly heralds the onset of autism may be interpreted as the onset of depression, characterized not only by loss of language, but by social withdrawal, loss of eye contact, moodiness, tantrums, fearfulness, and occasionally self-injurious behavior. Later, in some children, the full expression of manic depression may become evident and is marked by extreme cyclicity of moods, oppositional/defiant behavior, hyperexcitement (e.g., hyperactivity, aggressiveness, rage), and vegetative signs of mania (e.g., decreased sleep, excess... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=692644 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:00:00 +0100 692644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683515&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fphysician-direct-mail-pharmaceutical.html Host Name [numbers]IP Address [numbers]ISP HARTE-HANKS RESPONSE MANAGEMENT/AUSTIN L.PDomain HARTE-HANKS.COMCity AUSTINRegion TEXASCountry UNITED STATESReturning Visits 0Date Time WebPageJune 18, 2007 1:12:50 PM soulful sepulcher: Hot Meds and a Free Lunchhttp://bipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com/2007/06/hot-meds-and-free-lunch.htmlhttp://peterrost.blogspot.com/2007/06/drug-samples-stored-in-sales-rep.html~The marketing company got to my site from Dr.Peter Rost's Question Authority blog. Good thing this company has AstraZeneca for a client, maybe they better read my Seroquel Withdrawal posts and learn about more than fast tracking big bucks through nasal sprays.It's all about marketing here folks. Direct mailings, and follow up phone calls, we are yet still pawns on the chessboard of ... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683515 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:36:00 +0100 683515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676722&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fwelcome-new-readers-sweden-astrazeneca.html effex-this 2003: it's a long,long road to the truthThat post has gained quite a lot of attention, and most recently from (UUNET-ASTRA) Location: -, -, SWEDEN (ASTRAZENECA.COM) Last Visit Time: June 13, 2007 12:18:02 AM Length of this Visit: 0 hours and 0 minutes Page Viewed This Visit: 1 Returning Visits: 0 Entry Page: http://bipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com/2007/06/effex-this-2003-its-longlong-road-to.html Exit Page: http://bipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com/2007/06/effex-this-2003-its-longlon g-road-to.html Referrer: No referrer Host Name [I have the numbers]IP Address[ I have the numbers]ISP UUNET-ASTRA Domain ASTRAZENECA.COM City - Region - Country SWEDEN Returning Visits 0 Date Time WebPage June 13, 2007 12:18:02 AM soulful sepulcher: effex-this 2003: it's a long,long ro... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676722 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:24:00 +0100 676722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676729&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fseroquel-withdrawal-neuroleptic.html One of my most popular search engine results is Seroquel withdrawals. One of my most recent visitors to my site was AstraZeneca UK.I thought I would combine all of my Seroquel withdrawal posts on one page to make it easier for AstraZeneca to read my anecdotal story. In other words, this is my experience using Seroquel, and I am telling my personal story. The product may work for some people, but not for me or as a matter of fact 2 other family members.3 people in one family with 3 outcomes; all negative, and all off of Seroquel permanently. One became manic on Seroquel and never slept for 10 days at high doses, inpatient at a hospital. One took only 12.5mg dose and could not function for sleeping all day. Me? Read about it below.I've not gone back on Seroquel since writing my series of wit... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676729 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:44:00 +0100 676729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638437&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fwalks.html I wrote somewhere here recently about the walks. Lindsay's spirit is restless this week, and she is as I can describe, just existing. Harsh but honest. She sleeps peacefully with extremely loud music on. I can't. About 1am, I went in her room to turn down her radio. She was sound asleep, and I hesitated to turn the music down, but silence or close to it, is a necessary part of my own mental stability for sleep. Since being off of Seroquel, I've slept so good, it is unbelievable. Free of the Seroquel torture nightmares, free of sweating and I go to bed about 10pm and wake up about 6am just like I used to before that medication. Today I woke up early. About 5 something. It's a bright day today, and Lindsay got up soon after that. She slept with her shoes on again. Something she's done since ... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638437 Thu, 24 May 2007 16:35:00 +0100 638437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638439&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Funplugged-profiling-hospital-number-one_23.html Mar 20055 months later, she was gone into the hospital loop, at age 17.5 years old, medication removal per new dx of PDD and "no meds needed" per inpatient psych doc, who discharged her w/out meds, and hopes and dreams of not having "anything wrong". Returning to me in Sept.06,non-verbal, and nothing like this.[more details to come].~Emails from school library sent to me, from Lindsay:2005"Hi Mom in 2 minutes it is my lunch time. I just wanted to let you know I'm having a good day. I finished writing 2 pages of junk or more to finish my reading study guide all in a class and 15 minutes! Really good. I thought it was going to be homework. I just have to study for vocabulary now. Mainly over the weekend. I even did a little history today! What a great day!Love you E-MAIL ME love Lindsay"Fri,... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638439 Thu, 24 May 2007 02:21:00 +0100 638439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620649&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fsub-bipolar-rant-give-me-break.html "sub-threshold bipolar disorder" posts"Many of the people responding are equating hypomania to extra nice happiness, which it can involve, but it may also involve severe irritability, racing thoughts, and lots of other fun things.There are some very interesting things in all this to write about, but they are not being written about well in the blogs I have seen so far. "This new blog started as a rant that can be found via Subthreshold Bipolar Disorder: UpdateThe person is referring to Furious Seasons post Name The New Bipolar DisorderOnce again, anyone remotely speaking about wanting better medications, or challenging the mental health community to push Big Pharma out the door and stop $funding$ drug trials, or--asking questions such as why did Eli Lilly hide documents? and why is this no... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620649 Fri, 18 May 2007 00:02:00 +0100 620649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=593517&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fquotes-and-poems-heres-good-one_07.html Discussion leads to new discoveries, not necessarily answers. The photo is of my real life path, that has held many days, challenging questioning and thinking regarding psychiatry and medication. I take psychiatric medications that work for me. I stopped taking [Seroquel]because it stole away my ability to think, caused me to sleep in a restless and nightmare-filled night, and once that med was removed, I've been sleeping peacefully and wakening human again. Lamictal works. [for me].My daughter is on Clozaril.Big difference in freedom on medications. Yesterday I took her out of town to see her sister. That appeared to be the best medicine of all. She talked, laughed and got her haircut, with her sister. She ate lunch and went shopping. I have many thoughts scattered about this blog, and on... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=593517 Mon, 07 May 2007 14:39:00 +0100 593517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=592164&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fwalks-and-everyday-life-part-3.html The worry extends from the walking, also to how people are perceiving her in the neighborhood. I worry they stare, or do not accept her.She was a fully functioning, talking teenager in High School in this neighborhood. She took the bus home from school and then would walk the dog. That was when the dog was a puppy. She baked him a cake when he turned one, just like always, Lindsay saved her money and gave pets birthday parties. Cupcakes and all.The summer of 2005 she baked the dog's 1st cake, was the summer she left for the hospital loop a month later. She looked at the dog this morning and said, "Puppy." I told her he was going to turn 3 in July. She shook her head no and went to her room. ~March 2006She has also been brought home in police cars in this neighborhood when she was still del... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=592164 Sat, 05 May 2007 23:48:00 +0100 592164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571676&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fwhen-one-thing-is-ruled-out-another.html As my writing exhibits, there have been many diagnosis given to Lindsay. Her journey into her world she is currently residing began the summer she was 11 years old. Her erratic moods, rages and suicidal ideations were only and have only been displayed while on psychiatric medications. Beginning with Impramine,Luvox, Zoloft,Risperdal,Melleril,Zyprexa, Depakote,Klonopin,BuSpar,Prozac, Lithobid,Li Carb, Trileptal,Haldol,Clozaril, Ativan,Seroquel. I'm sure I've left one out.The only medication never trialed on her was Lamictal. I always believed that Zyprexa caused her aggression and agitation. The higher the doses, the worse the aggression and or agitation. The summer of 2005 and all meds were removed under psychiatric care; she fell into an abyss that I believe could have been a withdrawal p... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571676 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:42:00 +0100 571676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=555045&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Flegally-bombed.html Seroquel. Created for schizophrenia, and prescribed for insomnia, anxiety, depression, bipolar..you name it, it's the bomb. I took this stuff for 6 months. I couldn't wake up in the morning and my hands have felt detached from my arms until recently when I stopped the shit cold turkey. Then, I vomited, had the shakes, severe abdominal pain, and felt like I should be in re-hab. Looks like there's a market for this shit on the streets as well. Little pink pills. I was so out of it one night on this stuff, the photo is an example of my "art project" I created when I couldn't sleep due to nightmares from Seroquel.Bipolar Chicks blogging has a good post up today Seroquel Snorters: My New Best Friends about Seroquel abuse, and Furious Seasons had this one up back in January, So It's Called A "Q ... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=555045 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:39:00 +0100 555045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552126&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fthinking-blogger-award-5-more-blogs-to.html Jon, author of the blog, Living With A Purple Dog was kind enough to add me to his 5 choices for Thinking Blogger Award. Thank you.I am continually inspired by bloggers and their stories. The more I read, the more I learn, and the blogosphere just keeps expanding my understanding of real people, out there somewhere, constantly amazing me with personal stories and life happenings. From mental health to disability, brain malformations and feminism--well I could spend hours reading and learning, and most of all really thinking quite a bit as a result. I am happy to be chosen again, not for myself--but so I can highlight a few more blogs I have come across the last month or so and share them here. Thanks for enriching my life with your stories everyone, I am honored to be a part of this world.... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552126 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:07:00 +0100 552126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552139&cid=t_278045_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fseroquel-withdrawal-update-part-12-no.html I have still not returned to using Seroquel. The most significant things that are now out of my life since removing Seroquel are no more nightmares. I am talking torture nightmares, the kind that keep you from sleeping. Insomnia was worse on the Seroquel, though it was prescribed for a mania run of insomnia. I sleep well, and if I am awake during the night, or awake early, it is because that's just how I always have been. I can wake up now without that train wreck fog, which I still think needs a better description. It slammed me down hard, and my hands always seemed detached from my body, it was hard to focus to see and drive the car in the morning, and I was lucky if I felt awake at all by noon. The weight loss leveled off, so that's a bummer.I am alert, I wake up without an alarm clock ... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552139 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:00:00 +0100 552139