I am doing better. On my last visit to Dr. G, she reduced my dosage of Lamotrigine further. From 100mg, I am now taking 50mg a day until ...

My mind is jumping from one task to another. Not just today. I can't point out exactly when it started, but lately, I've been exp...

I am happy to announce that I am being weaned off my medicines. Last January, Dr. G reduced my dosage of Lamotrigine (anticonvulsant) to...

In one of my sessions with Dr. G, she asked me to list down pleasurable activities, or activities that make me happy. They can be as sim...

I thought Dr. G wouldn't start tapering down the dosage of my meds because of the depressive episode I had this week. I was wrong....

This Friday, I will be seeing Dr. G again. And I am afraid that this won't be the time for her to taper down the dosage of my meds. ...

I'm not the type who is conscious of her figure. Partly because I have a relatively fast metabolism. And really, eating what you lik...

When a year comes to a close, people tend to post their reflections and throwbacks on blogs and social media. Before our newsfeeds get f...

My session with Dr. G last December 12 went well. This is probably the third or fourth session in a row that went well. Every time I lea...

Around this time last year, my anxiety level was so high it probably went beyond the stratosphere. I was to meet Z in a few days, and I was ...

Yesterday, I had another session again with Dr. G, my psychiatrist. She had to attend a conference two or three weeks ago, so my appointment...

November 4, 2015. This was the day my friend Pam and I first wrote about our struggle with mental illness on our respective blogs. Fighting ...

I've encountered this term several times when I was still in school. It's used in physics. It's used in mathematics. And now, I ...

Do you feel this, too? You're surrounded by a lot of people, each of them in their respective circles, but you don't belong to any. ...

A friend once told me that he didn't see me as the type who listens to Paramore (he didn't mean anything bad by this, by the way. It...

When my therapy session last week was about to end, I handed my personal journal to Dr. G. It was the journal that I kept when I was still u...

Last Wednesday, after my therapy session, I didn't come out of Dr. G's clinic a disaster. And that, I think, is an achievement, so I...

Nothing could trigger my depressive episodes really hard than bouts of insecurity. And there's this particular girl that I am so, so, so...

My depressive episodes are back. My antidepressant is back. And me? I feel like I'm back to zero. I really thought (and believed!) tha...

My depressive episodes are no longer that frequent. But it's anxiety that plagues me now. My mind is racing most of the time, as if it...