At my most recent mental health appointment last month, my psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) asked me her routine questions in order to gain insight about my mental state: Am I depressed, am I manic, am I stable? Ever since I began seeing her – which has been some months now – my moods have been stable. One could […]
It’s really up to you! I am excited to finally be getting healthcare benefits soon, so I’ve been doing a little research into different mental health providers in my area. I do not need a therapist at this time; however, I do need someone to talk to about medication management and, of course, to prescribe said medications. For the past […]
Abilify is an anti-psychotic drug that I began taking when I was hospitalized for brief psychotic disorder. It was a while before abilify “worked” for me. I struggled to adjust in ways that I had not attributed to the medication at the time, only in hindsight. Not to mention I was adjusting to new medication and simultaneously studying public policy […]
