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Quick Update

Mar 7, 2018

Working with a book coach, I’ve created character sketches, an outline, and drafted the first chapter of my book. All this while feeling sick and parenting a teenage migraineur.

Sarah Fader: Parenting a Special Needs Child

Feb 7, 2018

in Depression, Mental Health, Parenting

Sarah Fader on parenting a special needs child with mental health challenges.

Flight Back Home

Jul 15, 2016

in Caregiving, Dementia, Family, Grief, Involuntary Hospitalization, Medication, Mental Illness, Stroke, Writing

Friday, July 15th Last Saturday, the day after we returned from Oregon, my mother was psychiatrically hospitalized for the third time since her stroke last November. Yesterday morning, I met with the treatment team at her psychiatric hospital. They do not think she needs long-term psychiatric placement. They believe her memory care community is the best…

Conferences This Summer

Jun 4, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, NAMI, Self care, Triggers to Mood Cycling

In August, I will attend (or at least I registered for and paid to attend) two conferences: #BlogHer16: Experts Among Us in Los Angeles and NAMI California: Back to the Future – Building on the Past for a Better Tomorrow in Burlingame, a suburb of San Francisco near SFO airport. I’m kind of freaking…

Anxious about Dementia

Apr 11, 2016

in Alcoholism, Dementia, Family

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjf4kNp9TRU] So here I am, in my car, which is pretty hot. Probably have to open the windows to let in some air. Just going to make it hard for anything to be heard. Oh, oh, that feels good. Okay. I’m on my way to the Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County, or whatever it’s…

I am Ashamed

Nov 1, 2015

in Bipolar Disorder, Disability, Family, Health, Overwhelmed

I’m ashamed. Ashamed of the dust. Ashamed of the clutter. Ashamed that I do not, that somehow I cannot, bring myself to keep my house clean. This afternoon, as I sat working at our dining room table, my husband just touched the dusty lamp above me, and I started coughing, choking, asthmatic that I am. My son suffers…

Lost in the Crowd

Sep 26, 2015

in Acceptance, Bipolar Disorder, Poetry

Lost in the crowd Out of my natural surroundings Out of my home Out of my neighborhood At a busy cafe Surrounded by business people On their lunch break I’m unmoored Uncertain of conventions Where do I order my food? Do I pay first? Where do I stand to wait? So many people What should…

A Love Letter to Anyone and Everyone with a Mental Illness

Jul 18, 2015

in Acceptance, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Disability, Mental Health, Mental Illness

Sam Dylan Finch’s love letter is beautiful, powerful, honest, and full of love, understanding and wisdom.

For People Who Want To Help

Dec 14, 2014

in Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Mental Health

This post is excellent. I’ve already shared it, as well as quotes from it, all over the place. Perhaps reblogging it is redundant. Oh, well, here goes…

Recent Ramblings

May 28, 2014

in Bipolar Disorder, Medication, Mental Health

2014-05-28 Both yesterday and today I screwed up my meds. When I got ready for bed last night, I saw that I hadn’t yet taken my morning dose of escitalopram oxalate (Lexapro). Then this morning after I took my morning meds, I noticed that both my morning and evening doses were gone. I had taken both.…

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