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ECT Update

29/06/2016by blahpolar 40 Comments

ECT 4 – while I was in the gurney waiting to be wheeled to theatre, a patient slapped my face (not very hard). I said to a nurse, “I don’t […]

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Another Electroconvulsive Therapy Update

22/06/2016by blahpolar 32 Comments

I’ve had three sessions of ECT so far, nine to go. Apparently I’m having seizures the way I’m supposed to, I haven’t experienced anything more than very temporary, very short […]

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I Finally Had ECT

15/06/2016by blahpolar 38 Comments

After the long wait for ECT, actually having it was, of course, utterly anticlimactic. I had to leave home at 04h30 to be in the ward by 06h00, by that […]

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Further adventures in the public mental healthcare sector

01/06/2016by blahpolar 23 Comments

I still haven’t had ECT. I haven’t had it because the head anaesthetist at the hospital won’t do the general anaesthetic for it, because he considers it barbaric. He goes […]

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I’m going to have electroconvulsive therapy

18/05/2016by blahpolar 43 Comments

The first wait was to see shrink two, who gave me the paperwork to go and wait at three more departments, x-ray, ecg and pharmacy. I have a date for […]

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Bipolar Disorder and the South African Public Health Sector

11/05/2016by blahpolar 37 Comments

I’ve been journalling my experiences with bipolar and the South African public health sector here, with a hiatus recently, thanks to bipolar depression. I’ve now finished my six months free […]

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Tune in now

28/04/2016by blahpolar 6 Comments

We’re on Heart FM till 9am this morning.

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#FeatureFriday: Natasha Tracy in the house!

25/03/2016by blahpolar 11 Comments

Interview with Natasha Tracy, author of Bipolar Burble by the Blahpolar *passes Natasha a glass of water* How would you describe yourself, if you weren’t allowed to mention bipolar? I […]

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CBT and Me

17/02/2016by blahpolar 24 Comments

My whole soul rebels against structured things, always. I think I spent the first two months “forgetting” to do various cognitive behavioural therapy homework assignments. The week she finally said, […]

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Meet the Seat

10/02/2016by blahpolar 32 Comments

Well hello there, say hi to my low chair. It’s where I park my arse for therapy weekly and weakly at ward 13. It sits on the subordinate side of […]

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