Tag: antipsychotics

  • Medicine, aka “Grandmother”

    Medicine, aka “Grandmother”

    I have thought, and I write about in my book, that taking my antipsychotic medication would be like taking a vitamin. Thinking of taking medicine as a way of taking a vitamin, since both contribute to wellness, has been very helpful. However, I just thought of a better way of thinking of it. I think…

  • Middle-Aged Expansion: Hope for the Future

    Middle-Aged Expansion: Hope for the Future

    I am 37, about to be 38. Antipsychotics have resulted in significant weight gain for me: I am 50 pounds heavier than I would be without them. But I exercise daily and find it almost comforting to not be flirted with constantly when I go out. Perhaps I’m also less of a flirt myself because…

  • On Becoming a Writer

    On Becoming a Writer

    I run a tutoring website (seahurstlearns.com) and have been an educator most of my life, but I was recently offered a job teaching Spanish at a prestigious high school and I declined it. Prior to that I was offered to be an adjunct at a local university. I declined that too. Even though my qualifications…

  • Stretching Helps Combat My Medication’s Side Effects

    Stretching Helps Combat My Medication’s Side Effects

    I wrote several weeks ago about how I went up on my medicine because Spring is hard for me. I also mentioned that Spring is hard for a lot of other people with mental health conditions. In fact, it is one of the more dangerous times. A lot of people don’t realize this. One of…