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- I just started a day program at my local mental health unit. I started seeing a new psychiatrist there. He has added mood stabilizers to my medication as he said that they dampen down the electrical impulses in the brain and this means that my...
- Most of us come here because we have problems with alcohol in some way or another. But that doesnt mean that we all have the same problem. I am powerless over alcohol, both once I have drunk it and in whether I pick up the first drink. I lost the...
- Does anyone take this? Is it effective?Thanks
- Hi, I am going to be starting taking lamotrogine on Monday in addition to the meds I currently take. Does anyone take this and have any useful experience to share in terms of whether it works particularly for anxiety.Thanks.
- I thought when i stopped drinking it was going to solve all my problems, That I wouldnt just be sorting out my alcoholism but that i would be somehow immune from life. For a while at the beginning it was really cool. The relief of waking up not...
- "Engaging in virtuous activities is a bit like bringing up a young child. Many factors are involved, and, especially at the beginning, we need to be prudent and skillful in our endeavors to transform our habits and dispositions. We also need to be...
- "One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others. When we succeed in this, we find that the scale of our own problems diminishes. This is not to say we should ignore our...
- "When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility. We tend to be less antagonistic and more pleasant to associate with. This creates a positive atmosphere around us and it is easy for others to relate to us. Better...
- I saw my psychiatrist this week and it seems that the name of Borderline Personality Disorder is being changed to Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. I dont know if this is just in my area, in the UK, or everywhere. I like the name much...
- "Acceptance of suffering does not mean we should not do everything in our power to solve a problem whenever it can be solved. However, acceptance of the suffering that we are already undergoing helps us not to make it worse with the additional...
- "Some of you are thinking: "Yes, what you tell us is true, but it doesnt fully apply. We admit that we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves so well after...
- The great benefit of science is that it can contribute tremendously to the alleviation of suffering at the physical level, but it is only through the cultivation of the qualities of the human heart and the transformation of our attitudes that we can...
- I have noticed on here how when people share that they are struggling or have relapsed or are having a difficult time people often reply back that things will get better. I wanted to share my own experience of this. When I first got sober and...
- .... do people who don't need the big book, program, spiritual experience, higher power to stay sober go to AA?The big book explains the alcohol problem that AA/the program was designed to address but these people do not seem to have that problem....
- In AA alcoholism is described as a three fold illness - physical (phenomenon of craving), mental (obsession) and spiritual. How would you explain (using your experience) these three aspects of the illness to someone new who is trying to determine...