Author: Kitt O’Malley
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35 Symptoms of Perimenopause
Maybe my portrait is at odds with the list of symptoms. Maybe not. Mostly been feeling irritable. Sick of being irritable. Sick of having to warn my husband that I’m in a bad mood. Ready for menopause. Ready for this interminable period of transition to end. From Healthline.com Hot flashes, hot flushes, night sweats and/or…
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Who, Me, Perimenopausal?
How long does perimenopause last, anyway? I, for one, am sick of it. Tomorrow! NIMH Twitter Chat on Perimenopausal Depression – May 13 05/12/2015 While transitioning into menopause, women experience various physical, psychological, and social changes that may affect their quality of life. This transition period is known as perimenopause, which has been found to…
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Migraines – What a Pain! #MondayBlogs
So, it is May – Mental Health Awareness Month, and I’m not motivated to write about mental health. Not mine, at least. Instead, I find myself drawn to write about parenting a son who has suffered severe migraines since he was a toddler. My son’s earliest migraines involved gastrointestinal symptoms, but no headaches. When he was…
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Mental Health Warrior: Kitt O’Malley
Nicole Lyons of The Lithium Chronicles featured me today on her blog. This May, for Mental Health Awareness Month, she is featuring Mental Health Warriors on her site. Thank you, Nicole, for including me as a Mental Health Warrior. I’m honored.
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My Answers to Marya Hornbacher’s Questions
I love lazily copying and pasting content I’ve written elsewhere and repurposing it as a blog post. Once again, I post my answers to Marya Hornbacher‘s follow-up survey questions about whether I see mental illness as a physical disease: Do you consider mental illness a chronic physical disease? Please explain your response. It depends on the diagnosis.…
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Thoughts Intrude
Thoughts intrude Throw plate in sink Let it shatter loudly I see myself doing it The image, the impulse is there There – in my mind No! I respond Turn left NOW in front of oncoming traffic No! No! No! Don’t do it Wait for the green arrow Yell at, argue with, my son, my husband…
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My Kid Gets Migraines
My son has suffered migraines since he was at least two years old. I would regularly get phone calls from daycare to pick him up because he was sick again. We did not know what was happening. We thought that he was getting gastroenteritis, aka “the stomach flu.” Then my sister observed that when we celebrated holidays with…