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Different trusts have their own Choice and Medication pages with a lot of info on psychiatric medications. Not all mental health trusts have one, but this is the one for NSFT:

www.choiceandmedication.org/NSFT/

It has classes of medications, how long they take to work, how long to stop, and scores for common side effects.

When I was originally misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder (2011), the psychiatrists used handy charts with me

www.choiceandmedication.org/nsft/printab...

Have you noticed the gradual and accelerating way in which the discussion of the rights of people who live with mental ill-health, distress and trauma has been pushed into the background in favour of surveillance, manipulation and erasure? The lives of those with mental ill-health as testing ground

I meet too many people to remember all their names, but tell me the name of the cat I am petting on the street? Locked in.

"my body asks me to move... it more than asks, it wills..."

I think I'm doing okay without the quetiapine, so this might be the end of long term antipsychotics for me?

Currently taking 20mg propranolol in the evening. That's enough to prevent waking up at 4am.

Moving soon, so I finally could do with buying a car. Taken a little while to warm up to the idea, but now I'm impatient!

I've been looking for Hyundai i10 automatics, but I would welcome recommendations for a reliable automatic which I can get for under £5k used!

It is not ludicrous for mildly and severely impaired to have the same diagnosis Classificatory solutions for social problems

It is not ludicrous for mildly and severely impaired to have the same diagnosis

Classificatory solutions for social problems

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/it-is-not-...

It's improving now, but I've cycled through all the typical URTI symptoms + muscle and joint aches + headaches + fever up to 39.1°c

Three COVID antigen tests negative

I might have 'flu.

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And it will still probably be impossible to have incorrect and stigmatising diagnoses corrected from GP records.

For further evidence, here is the specialist mentor professional body explanation of what the role entails:

www.umhan.com/pages/specia...

I am a valuable member of society, in sickness and in health, regardless of whether I am able to work or volunteer. My value as a human being is not dependent on my financial contribution to the economy. Recoveryinthebin.org

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But some will have started before that qualification was a requirement.

I had a couple of mentors when I was an undergraduate, the focus for both was MH/pastoral (although looking back, I could have done with some study skills support).

If your mentor is a bad match, you can ask to see another.

I'm assuming you're talking about DSA mentors, like mental health mentors?

I know a mentor, and he definitely offers pastoral/mental health support. Most mental health mentors will have qualifications in mental health fields (eg. MH nursing, counselling, etc)...

Looking at housing listings, so many have similar looking new plush grey carpets - fashionable, or just the cheapest available?

I just need to take off my jumper and quickly go do a thing so I can leave on time today....

Woke up at 4am, very difficult to tell whether it's an adverse consequence of stopping quetiapine, just that I need less sleep, or there's something else going on which I cannot easily determine (stress? anxiety? excitement? I just need to pee???)

Come home to my partner vacuuming the living room ❤️

Discord is easily my biggest time sink, but it's also the main way I am in touch with three important people in my life. I wish they used a messenger app (preferably Signal).

I found out this week that Android Digital Wellbeing allows you to put limits on app use (easy to bypass if desired) - but I do want to spend less time on my phone, really. Looking back, apparently I spend about 2½ to 3½ hours on my phone each day.

(I have reached the limits on 3 apps today.)

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“Interoception is the ability to notice and understand internal bodily sensations, like your heartbeat, hunger, or the need to take a deep breath. For autistic adolescents, this ability can be hyperactive or underactive. Both extremes can contribute to anxiety.”

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Day 7: I feel, physically, pretty normal? Woke up a bit early again this morning, and I had more of an appetite yesterday. My attention and self-planning is possibly a bit lacking, but that happens.

Woke up early today, however, I feel less crunchy and jittery, which is nice.

The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage.

When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.

Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?

Ooh, I woke up to my alarm this morning! Still feeling a bit crunchy and jittery - may need to catch up on some sleep from earlier in the week.

I need to keep an eye on mood/anxiety. Currently being under NHS talking therapies means I'm having to fill in the depression/anxiety scores weekly.

Feeling a little loopy today, like I have less space in my body... Thoughts a bit more jumpy, inhibitions less available, feeling a bit more like something bad is going to happen.

Day 4: still woke a bit early, but feeling less crunchy and jittery. Tinnitus loud, body feels... Noisy? Especially arms and hands.

Since I woke so early, I'm going to try swimming in the morning before working today (on the bus now).