The Hidden Business Cost of Mental Illness
The Hidden Business Cost of Mental Illness – BusinessWeek. Here’s an excellent article on the impact of mental health issues in the workplace. It’s hard to focus on your work when your child is hallucinating. I’ve experienced this so many times – “please come home, he’s very manic and throwing things around…” This stigma extends [...]
Bipolar Mania
I’m starting to feel that, as with everything in life, there is a reason for mania. My hypo-manic mind gets to the point where I can figure out anything. Deep, relevant, important answers to problems. If my wife would let me I could take apart anything, and assemble back in better shape than when it [...]
Featured Video: Deadly Bipolar Disorder – Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius was probably the most important and talented bass player of that generation, and perhaps since. My point of view is different from most, I lost a son to bipolar disorder, also as a result of bipolar mania. The disorder is more dangerous than anyone can imagine. On this video he’s playing bass guitar [...]
Justice to Stop Pursuit of Medical Marijuana Use – NYTimes.com
Justice to Stop Pursuit of Medical Marijuana Use – NYTimes.com. I had to read the headline a few times before it sunk in – the Obama administration is not prosecuting federal medical marijuana offenses where it doesn’t break applicable state laws. I think that’s great. I wish it would have gone further, but you take [...]
Sleep
I hate to sleep. There’s probably several reasons for it, including: I don’t want to waste the time. There are other things I’d rather do. It’s stressful when I don’t fall asleep. I often require medication to sleep, and sometimes that medication makes me do some very strange things. I don’t want to tackle the [...]
