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	<title>Beyond Meds</title>
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	<description>Psychiatric drug withdrawal and alternatives to medications</description>
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		<title>Beyond Meds</title>
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		<title>In case you need reason to feel grateful</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/in-case-you-need-reason-to-feel-grateful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOW RICH ARE YOU?
Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here&#8217;s your chance to find out.
If you have the means to be reading this on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8316&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Views on Psychiatry and Mental Illness  &#8212;  John Breeding, PhD</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Printed with permission from John Breeding. See his website here.
My purpose in this short essay is twofold. The first is to describe my understanding of the nature of psychological distress and emotional healing. The second is to expose the truth about our modern mental health system, call it Psychiatry, which diagnoses citizens as “mentally ill” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8259&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lotus Sutra</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/lotus-sutra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this outrageously soothing. Give it a chance if you&#8217;ve never heard anything like it before.

Posted in spirituality, youtube       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8249&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems some people think that pain is special to them. Their pain is worse than anyone else&#8217;s. We all fall victim to that kind of thinking sometime, don&#8217;t we? But the truth is that pain belongs to all of us equally and it always passes just like joy. It is a teacher as is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8323&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quotes of the week</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/quotes-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t be free in any way if you are holding the hand of fear.&#8211; Ram Dass

Have compassion for everyone you meet,even if they don&#8217;t want it.What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicismis always a sign of things no ears have heard,no eyes have seen.You do not know what wars are going on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8101&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Links of the week</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/links-of-the-week-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Metabolic Effects Significantly Lower With INVEGA(R) Compared To Olanzapine &#8212; This is NON NEWS we already know that Risperdal has less weight gain/metabolic problems than Zyprexa. This does not mean it&#8217;s safe. INVEGA is Risperdal&#8217;s patent extender so this is just to pump up business on their new EXPENSIVE still dangerous drug. If you&#8217;re gonna [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8305&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bonkers Institute takes on the stealth marketing of pediatric zyprexa</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/bonkers-institute-takeszyprexa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bonkers Institute gets under the skin of the NHS and pharma. Go Dr. Bonkers!
Here is the picture of the brochure on the Bonker&#8217;s website.

For OpEdNews: Martha Rosenberg 
&#8220;Your medicine is called Olanzapine. Pronounced &#8216;o-lan-za-peen,&#8217;&#8221; says the lime green kids&#8217; brochure for the antipsychotic Zyprexa, published by Britain&#8217;s National Health Service (NHS). &#8220;Many children, teenagers and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8337&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just for fun kitty video</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/just-for-fun-kitty-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the cat lovers among us only&#8212;of which I know there are many:

Posted in just for fun, youtube       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8318&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>dukkha, the pervasive unsatisfactoriness of existence</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/dukkha-the-pervasive-unsatisfactoriness-of-existence-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpts from a talk by Ajahn Chah. My brother gave me a book written by this Buddhist teacher before he (my brother) died. My brother and I shared an interest in Buddhism and things spiritual. It is what made us close in a way I am not with anyone else in my family. Today I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=7983&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drug withdrawal and emotional recovery &#8211; John Breeding</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/drug-withdrawal-and-emotional-recovery-john-breeding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first posted this over two years ago. It&#8217;s a very important article for anyone interested in recovery and withdrawal. It&#8217;s important to note that much of what he shares here is good for anyone who wants to avoid getting on meds too. The emotional process of dealing with distress can be similar. For more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=7393&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daniel Fisher, psychiatrist in the Guardian with the message of total recovery from mental illness</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/daniel-fisher-psychiatrist-in-the-guardian-with-the-message-of-total-recovery-from-mental-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American care is romanticized a whole lot. Most people don&#8217;t have access to clinics or organizations that think like Daniel Fisher and his National Empowerment Center. Otherwise it&#8217;s a good  and exciting article.
From the Guardian UK:
Daniel Fisher was a young, idealistic man in his mid-20s, enjoying life in a hippy commune, when he was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8285&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A thought about meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meditation is not just a rest or retreat from the turmoil of the stream or the impurity of the world. It is a way of being the stream, so that one can be at home in both the white water and the eddies. Meditation may take one out of the world, but it also puts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8265&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parallels in obstetrics and psychiatry &#8211; Leah Harris</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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It often strikes me as to how my experiences as a psychiatric survivor color most facets of my life, informing my perspectives and my choices in so many ways.
When I became pregnant, I immediately knew that I did not wish to give birth in a hospital setting.  Given my past history with involuntary hospitalization [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8251&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charter for compassion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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From the youtube channel, the text of the video:

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8223&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hope, Time and Love; three guardian angels, Alternative Routes to Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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Drug-free healing. Human beings inevitably suffer. Here is one story of renewal. By Grainne Humphrys 
Firstly, I would like to read out an extract from a book I am attempting to write about my own personal experiences with mental distress. In this particular extract I am writing about hope and starting again after a period [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8208&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which voice in your head do you trust?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like good advice for any of us who have internal dialogue of any sort.


Posted in youtube       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=7945&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biopsychiatry: a critique</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very old article that is both prescient and horrifying in it&#8217;s statements, since it seems most of this has fallen on deaf ears and it&#8217;s a good fourteen years later.

By David Kaiser, M.D. from Psychiatric Times
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		<title>The Journey &#8211; Mary Oliver</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice &#8211;
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
&#8220;Mend my life!&#8221;
each voice cried.
But you didn&#8217;t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
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		<title>Finally in the media: Antipsychotics kill libido too, not just antidepressants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has long made me angry that the only noise about sexual dysfunction is for those people who take antidepressants. Because, you know, depression is normal. Those people who take antipsychotics, well, who cares about their sex lives they really aren&#8217;t normal. The fact is sex can be an enriching part of everyone&#8217;s life and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8189&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quotes for the week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying.  The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.  &#8212; Elise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarblast.wordpress.com&blog=1281489&post=8100&subd=bipolarblast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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