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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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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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The Bipolar Disorder Med-i-go-round

27/01/2016by blahpolar 39 Comments

I wish I could tell you that this blog post was sponsored by a pharmaceutical company, but you know, the medical professionals get the perks, we just get an ever […]

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just another ward 13 Wednesday

06/01/2016by blahpolar 19 Comments

Do you ever get that variety of stress where you feel quite stoned? The state hospital I go to is around an hour’s drive away and this morning was the […]

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Public healthcare sector blues

30/12/2015by blahpolar 42 Comments

“This is the worst I’ve seen you in almost a year.” I wasn’t so bad though… The patient ahead of me wore bright yellow overalls stamped ‘remand/detainee’ and clanked past […]

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Submission: Alex_elu

10/12/2015by Yvette Hess Leave a comment

-“My nighttime sedation… my little piece of heaven the hours I’m not conscious of what’s happening in my reality”

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Wait 13

09/12/2015by blahpolar 19 Comments

A woman shambled past, smiling and singing to her god and looking bemused at the washing line looped loosely around her wrists by the family members with her. Nkosi yam… […]

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Guest Blog: Lola Bipola

06/12/2015by lolabipola 18 Comments

Tēnā koutou, Sanibonani, Hello, Howzit ek sê Greetings from the Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa/New Zealand. I’m an ex-pat South African originally hailing from (I’m sure my greetings […]

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links for bipolar south africans

27/10/2015by blahpolar 3 Comments

It’s very easy in South Africa, to indulge in mournful and negative opinions of our country and bleak predictions for its future. The haves frequently renew their foreign passports and […]

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