Monthly Archives: September 2011

Blog Note


This blog is currently suspended while the author is under reconstruction.  Please go to “Notes in Passing” (http://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com /) or visit some of the best sellers on this site: How I Got Diagnosed with Unconscious Paranoid Schizophrenia Ativan, Sleep Apnea, and … Continue reading

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How I Got Diagnosed with Unconscious Paranoid


On Monday, with a forty-year history of depression, I was admitted to inpatient psychiatry in a suicidal state.  On Wednesday, my psychiatrist went on holiday, leaving me in the care of Dr. Jane Kou.  She had not seen me in … Continue reading

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Depression and Power


So there I was—the victim of depression and antidepressants.  I no longer could tolerate antidepressants but I was still depressed.  Then one day I was talking to Mary Lou Rubenstein and she told me that the trigger for depression is … Continue reading

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CPEP: Just Another Satisfied Customer


By Linda cleopatrah88@aol.com I had the unfortunate experience of witnessing my son being forced to go to cpep by police. He was cuffed like a criminal except that he had no rights. while he was being held in a waiting are the … Continue reading

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Answers to More Questions, September 3


What happens if a person with fibromyalgia stops taking their medications? They get better.  I stopped taking all my medications and the fibromyalgia pain ceased.  A year later, I read a book by a doctor at Columbia.  He said that his … Continue reading

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