Often people ask me how they can help someone with a mental illness. This is quite tricky as it varies from person to person and condition to condition. According to me, it is less challenging to help someone who is already undergoing treatment rather than someone who has not accepted that they have a mental illness Helping a person who has not accepted their illness I think that often the person may be aware that they have some mental illness…
Who or what makes up this holy trifecta? The foundation of the quality of my life is the trifecta of my psychiatrist, my therapist and my medicines. There is an ongoing debate about whether one should take antidepressants or not. I have heard many people reject medicines because they make them feel sleepy or listless etc. In my experience and for my illness, Bipolar II, medicines are necessary because what is basically making me feel depressed or hypomanic is the…