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Listen up potheads, old hippies, wayward teens, and my good buddy in sunny California: According to scientists in New Zealand, “[s]moking a joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk.”
In an article published in the European Respiratory Journal, the scientists said cannabis could be expected to harm the airways more than […]
What a wonderful NAMI meeting we had tonight! Due to the Cymbalta-withdrawal during the October meeting, and moving during the November meeting, I was anxious to get to December’s meeting today and get back in the swing of things.
We also had a potluck holiday dinner, and I learned a new recipe for Oreo balls (see […]
Watch out! Saturday Sanity is actually on Saturday this week!
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance contest, Facing Us, is still going strong - and will until November 1, 2007 - so get your submissions in!
House Backs Plan to Reduce Vet Suicides. Now, if we could only get the military to stop sending bills for enlistment […]
I can’t believe it’s Saturday again already! Where does the time go? Considering I’ve been glued to the computer for the entire past week trying to meet a crunch-time deadline for work, I guess that’s where it went, haha.
I’m pleased to announce that being completely bipolar and depression medication-free for the first time in three […]
The end of Mental Illness Awareness Week is approaching, and what better way to help wrap it up than by hitting the movie theaters?
CANVAS, the “[…] heartwarming family film inspired by director Joseph Greco’s personal experience as a young boy whose mother battled the grips of schizophrenia. The film is warm, hopeful, poignant and even […]
Hiya, lovelies! Bet you’re glad to see Saturday Sanity after this week’s, er…we’ll call it a couple days of hiatus, though we all know deep down I was just too brain zapped - literally - to keep up.
I’m hoping this weekend - well, today, at least - will provide a much needed distraction. I’m attending […]
Exciting news!
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals are hosting a contest:
Sometimes we just want people to understand what a day in the life living with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia is like! AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals wants to help you tell that story… and a lucky winner will even win $1000 for their submission!
“A […]
It’s almost 4 a.m. this Saturday morning; I’m awake a drinking my second cup of coffee. Wouldn’t be too abnormal a situation for me if I had gone to bed at a reasonable hour; however, I went to be between midnight and 1 a.m.
Oh, it would also make more sense if I hadn’t taken a […]
Hey folks! Thanks to Kendra and Laura, I was informed that today kicks off the National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week.
According the to the awareness Web site, “96% of chronic illness is invisible.”
Does mental illness fall into the invisible chronic illness category?
You bet your psych meds it does!
The folks behind NICIAW provide online conferences, informational […]
Yesterday I asked you to take an IQ test; not because I want to see how smart you all are, but because I want you to have some loose idea of your own IQ before I tell you the story of one man’s IQ and how it affected the entire first part of his life.
I […]
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