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The myth of eight hours: why I will NEVER medicate myself for sleep ever again!
I haven't been able to write much over the last few weeks since I've been so busy with other things. I seem to spend all of my time being...
Tom Robinson
Apr 11, 20225 min read
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50km of inspiration: a big thank you to James Crystal & 'team Eeverse' for a great fundraising walk!
It has been such a blessing to finally be enjoying some decent weather and warm sunshine again over the weekend, after what has been...
Tom Robinson
Sep 6, 20218 min read
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Mental ‘health’ isn’t the problem! Mental illness IS! A dose of reality for anyone that's wondering!
I’ve been wanting to write something over the last few days, but because I’m trying to be the ‘expert of myself’ and put my own mental...
Tom Robinson
Aug 31, 202111 min read
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Quetiapine withdrawal continues: there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but I need way more R&R!
I promised I would be back on the blog at the end of this week with an update, and because I always try to stick to my word – here I am...
Tom Robinson
Aug 27, 202110 min read
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The Wheel of Awakening: spiritual awakening, madness, mental illness? - Clockwise or anticlockwise?!
I have no idea what’s going on this week but having been sleeping really quite well over the last few months, I am now back to not...
Tom Robinson
Aug 13, 20216 min read
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Voices of Courage: bipolar warrior Shaun Everett courageously shares his incredibly powerful story
Today’s post is especially important because it highlights a huge number of the problems and issues that us patients are coming up...
Tom Robinson
Aug 6, 20219 min read
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Improved sleep and a new direction, but a few other worries to contend with as usual!
Today's post is not going to be anything like my usual entries because I felt really ill last night and have decided to just add a...
Tom Robinson
Jul 27, 20214 min read
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Quetiapine: the ‘zombifying’ drug that’s a nightmare to withdraw from!
I’m feeling pretty exhausted this morning because writing about medications and the problems that they’ve caused me over the years, is...
Tom Robinson
Jul 14, 20215 min read
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Psychiatric medications part 2: discussing some of the side effects and withdrawal problems
Yesterday, I discussed some of the issues that I’ve come up against in my hideous twenty-year psychiatric nightmare. The truth is that...
Tom Robinson
Jul 13, 20215 min read
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Psychiatric medications part 1: informed consent and the importance of the patient-led approach
The role of medications in psychiatry is a contentious issue and one which I have often felt hesitant about discussing. The reason for my...
Tom Robinson
Jul 12, 20215 min read
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Journaling – the art of self-protection and prioritising the battle to stay well above all else!
Since starting this new blog in January, I have been concentrating on discussing some of the mental health articles and news items that...
Tom Robinson
Jul 5, 20216 min read
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Trying to please others: a lesson in prioritising my own mental health!
It’s quite fitting that my last post was about ‘how journaling can help your mental health‘, because today I’m going to use it for...
Tom Robinson
Jul 2, 20216 min read
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Mental Health Week: side effects of HDL and rTMS when compared to traditional psychiatric medication
To finish off this Mental Health Week series, I am going to briefly discuss the side effects of combined treatment with high dose...
Tom Robinson
May 16, 20214 min read
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Sleep saboteurs: are the restrictions affecting our sleep patterns?
There was an article on the HuffPost site a few weeks ago which discussed the effect that the restrictions are having on our routines,...
Tom Robinson
Mar 4, 20213 min read
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