Ativan is used for the short-term treatment of anxiety, insomnia, acute seizures including status epilepticus and sedation of hospitalised patients, as well as sedation of aggressive patients.
We are not trained in suicide prevention. If you have come here because you are actively suicidal, please go to our suicide prevention resources page and contact one of the listed resources immediately. http://queermentalhealth.org/suicide/
Welcome to QueerMentalHealth.org! We are a community-based support and resource site for queer people with mental health issues. We welcome anybody including (but by no means limited to) people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited, intersexed, queer, questioning, and allies as well.
Writers Wanted!
We are always looking for new writers! If you want a safe space to write about your mental health issues, you have come to the right place. You are welcome to join the Queer Mental Health Writers' Team. You may be credited or anonymous, with names or details modified to protect your privacy, and the privacy of others mentioned in your work. Check out the details at http://queermentalhealth.org/write/
26 Sep 2011
My Experience with Depression (Faye)
I’ve been struggling with depression for as long as I can remember – I was abused by a family member as a child and that left me emotionally scarred. When my parents divorced, it only got worse until said family member moved away. Things just seemed to pile on and on and when I was 13 I began the struggle with self harm, cutting and scratching myself.
19 Sep 2011
Lamictal Quick Facts
Lamictal is an anticonvulsant, typically used in psychiatric medicine as a mood stabilizer, particularly for bipolar disorder. Other Brand Names: none Generic Name: Lamotrigine Primary Uses: Partial seizures Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Bipolar I Disorder Other Uses: Bipolar II Disorder Treatment-resistant depression Schizoaffective Disorder BPD PTSD Depersonalization Disorder Availability: 25mg, 50mg, 100mg, 200mg tablets Contraindications: Any known hypersensitivity to lamotrigine […]
10 Sep 2011
Okay, so I have BPD…now what?
Google ‘BPD support resources/groups’ – or something similar – and the results can be pretty daunting if you are someone who actually has been diagnosed with Borderline Personalty Disorder. Most of the supports are for people who have been ‘affected’ by people who have a diagnosis of BPD. And what they have to say isn’t […]
18 Jul 2011
Me!
I’m pretty new to the realm of mental health. At least, I’m pretty new to identifying with a diagnosis (which I currently do), and recognizing it in my life, and embracing it and working on a daily basis towards finding new ways to understand and incorporate it. I’ll start from the sort-of beginning. I am […]
06 Jul 2011
Cymbalta Quick Facts
Cymbalta is an antidepressant in the SNRI (selective serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) class. Other Brand Names: none Generic Name: Duloxetine Primary Uses: Major Depressive Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder Stress Urinary Incontinence (Europe only) Other Uses: Diabetic Neuropathy Fibromyalgia Availability: 20mg, 30mg, 60mg capsules Contraindications: Any known hypersensitivity to Cymbalta Concurrent use of MAOI’s Uncontrolled narrow-angle glaucoma […]
23 Jun 2011
In the news: Marsha Linehan comes out (about mental illness)
Marsha Linehan, the psychotherapist famous for developing Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), initially for people with Borderline Personality Disorder, is now talking publically for the first time with her own struggle with mental illness. As it turns out, DBT might never have existed if not for her own experience with mental illness. Read the story at […]
20 Jun 2011
Doing Things in Threes
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to destroy.—Henri de Lubac I’m so tired, I thought. If I just lay here, I’ll forget about it and fall asleep eventually… Won’t I? Yeah. Of course. Right? I’d been having this conversation with myself for at least thirty minutes, and no matter how hard I tried to […]
20 Jun 2011
Rolling out our information library
Hey everyone! I’m now setting up categories for our information library. If you look at the menu, you will now see a new option – Info – which can be found to the right of About. In here there are several sub menus where you will, in time, be able to find blog posts related […]
08 Jun 2011
Ahoy mateys!
Ok, this is sort of an unofficial launch of QueerMentalHealth.org? What you need to know at this point: The site is still under construction. You may occasionally notice changes to the site being made, or pages that don’t load properly. We are developing on a live site. Why did we choose to do this, rather […]