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	<title>Lab Rat</title>
	<link>http://bipolarvsme.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Just another survivor of the American health "care" system</description>
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		<title>Result</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I forgot I had this blog.  Here it is, just a scrap of all that happened last year. 
I did successfully withdraw from all those psychiatric medications and did not take medication of any kind for over a year.  As time went on last year, I realized that I hadn&#8217;t ever needed to be on those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarvsme.wordpress.com&blog=2688037&post=11&subd=bipolarvsme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Continuity of Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I look back on my 18 years experience with the mental health care system, I can see clearly that one HUGE obstacle was always in the way of getting proper care.  It is easier to see how different it could have been now that I have lived in Belgium with it&#8217;s socialized health care system. 
Here in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarvsme.wordpress.com&blog=2688037&post=9&subd=bipolarvsme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://bipolarvsme.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/no-continuity-of-care/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 
 
 
  Flicker Me
  
  Originally uploaded by tessaincali
 

Me on a perfect day.  I am standing on a hilltop which overlooks a medieval village in Luxembourg. It is surrounded by a river that looks like and serves as a moat.  The village is called Esch-sur-Sure.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarvsme.wordpress.com&blog=2688037&post=10&subd=bipolarvsme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://bipolarvsme.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/its-me/</link>
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		<title>Meds I&#8217;ve Been Prescribed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A discussion on another blog prompts me to give some background on my medication usage history.  I was originally prescribed anti-depressants in 1989 or 90.  It started with Prozac.  Over the next ten years I was prescribed Paxil, Remeron, Zoloft, Lexapro, Wellbutrin and Effexor.  Those of you who have had experience with the psychiatric system [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarvsme.wordpress.com&blog=2688037&post=7&subd=bipolarvsme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://bipolarvsme.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/meds-ive-been-prescribed/</link>
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		<title>Pushy Pompous Psychiatrist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I decided to discontinue use of the psych meds, I tried to do the responsible thing and called my psychiatrist.  It was my intention to taper off the meds under doctor supervision as had been recommended to me. 
I had only seen this psych on two other occasions&#8230;both times he prescribed new medications based on a 50 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarvsme.wordpress.com&blog=2688037&post=6&subd=bipolarvsme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://bipolarvsme.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/pushy-pompous-psychiatrist/</link>
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		<title>Cold Turkey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the admonitions I received from doctors, friends, and husband I decided to quit Lamictal and Seroquel cold turkey 7 weeks ago.  The first week I was very physically ill and missed most of the work week but by the end of that first week I was feeling much better and now I feel better than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarvsme.wordpress.com&blog=2688037&post=4&subd=bipolarvsme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://bipolarvsme.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/cold-turkey/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Out of utter frustration with the way my psychiatric medicines were making me feel I started looking around the web for others who were having similar problems.  It didn&#8217;t take long at all to find others who were questioning the efficacy of these drugs and had made the decision to stop taking them and try [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarvsme.wordpress.com&blog=2688037&post=1&subd=bipolarvsme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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