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	<title>Beyond Meds</title>
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	<description>Bipolar Blast no more. Shedding the label.  Psychiatric drug withdrawal and recovery. Life without meds: a contemplation</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Prozac Nation No More</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/prozac-nation-no-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[alternative mental health care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[antidepressants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[diet and nutrition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prozac Nation No More? An interview about alternative treatment for depression, trauma and PTSD.
Do we really need Prozac? James Gordon, founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., says there&#8217;s a better way to treat depression—through diet, exercise and meditation. Roll your eyes all you like. He&#8217;s used the approach for 35 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good ol&#8217; HEALTHY stress and anxiety</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/good-ol-healthy-stress-and-anxiety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, that&#8217;s right. I&#8217;m stressed out, but it &#8217;s for good reason.
We&#8217;re looking to buy a house in town. We&#8217;re slowly getting the house we are living in ready for market and have been lazily looking at houses in town without a realtor. Just finding stuff online and going to look at it. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghandi quotes from the Positivity Blog</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/ghandi-quotes-from-the-positivity-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpts from the post &#8220;Ghandi&#8217;s Top 10 Fundatmentals for Changing the World:
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on meditation for curing mental illness</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/more-on-meditation-for-curing-mental-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Night of the Soul]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Zen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bipolar disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[schizophrenia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Jane&#8217;s latest post on her experiences with serious, long-term meditation that cured her from severe mental distress.
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		<title>Added benefits</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/added-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[body mind spirit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[diet and nutrition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[psychiatric drug withdrawal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[supplements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/?p=527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are benefits to seeing a holistic psychiatrist that have nothing to do with mental health&#8212;or at least only marginally so.
I have seen multiple benefits in my body and health since I started working with my new orthomolecular psychiatrist. There is all I&#8217;ve already told you about&#8212;the greatly improved sleeping and energy and continued psychiatric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have fun today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/have-fun-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[just for fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Where the hell is Matt? I promise this will make you feel good!

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		<title>What is your survivor mission?</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/what-is-your-survivor-mission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Deegan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bipolar disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[schizophrenia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/?p=523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Deegan who I&#8217;ve mentioned on this site before speaks in this video of her experience of being diagnosed with schizophrenia and recovering. She also talks about what all of us who have been labeled with a psychiatric diagnosis experience&#8212;the loss of identity as it&#8217;s handed over to us being our disease.
I met Pat Deegan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A quote for the day</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/a-quote-for-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[courage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[endurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend sent me this today in an email saying it made him think of me&#8212;I just liked it. I think a lot of us can relate :
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day, saying… &#8220;I will try again tomorrow” ~Mary Anne Radmacher
   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My current treatment that is successfully healing me</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/my-current-treatment-that-is-successfully-healing-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[diet and nutrition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lamictal withdrawal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[muscle testing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[orthomolecular medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[orthomolecular psychiatry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[psychiatric drug withdrawal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[psychiatric medications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[psychiatry]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/?p=519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a few days since I&#8217;ve been back from my journey to meet my doctor. I want to attempt to describe the care I&#8217;m getting. I&#8217;m afraid it feels like a bit of a challenge to explain the essence of the care.
I&#8217;ve been working with my doctor for about 3 months. In that time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regrets</title>
		<link>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/regrets/</link>
		<comments>http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/regrets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>giannakali</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[endurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[psychiatric drug withdrawal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want to be young again sometimes&#8212;often lately.
It hurts to feel I&#8217;ve missed out on so much.
My psychiatrist says those of us who suffer much have a special role to play once we&#8217;re healed. A purpose. She is like a spiritual mentor. Teacher more than doctor really. So&#8212; I have a purpose, she says.
Not knowing [...]]]></description>
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