I Just Spent Three Weeks In A Behavioral Health Complex
October 14th, 2009 § 6 Comments
Maybe you noticed and maybe you didn’t, but I started having GRAND thoughts and ideas and trying to make these thoughts and ideas happen too quickly. My “vacation”
at the [Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Complex] helped a TON! I was surrounded by an awesome staff and even the patients were super cool and fun to hang out with!
I’m currently taking medications to stabilize my mood (1500mg’s of a generic Depakote, 30mgs of Zyprexa at night and something for high blood pressure).
I also wanted to share with the world something I formally called a “Bipolar Protocol Sheet.” I’m now changing the name to “Mental Illness Recovery System” (M.I.R.S. for short). I think more than just people suffering from bipolar could benefit from it.
Here’s the rough draft that I just emailed to some friends and family. « Read the rest of this entry »