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I was looking for a job around April this year in Makati and I got to a tutorial service company which office is located right beside an artisanal store. The store also sells hand-made goods and a few local books. One of those books were "My Battle," the story which inspired last night's story about …

6-week Episode

Here I am, writing as coherently as possible with a bit of a heavy head. What's to say about a new doctor and prescription drug but that I am hopeful and full of enthusiasm for what I could accomplish in the next year. By visiting another doctor, I was reminded that mental illness is not …

S.O.S.

Home at 3:55 AM. Nauseous as I write. New doctor and new prescription today. Took med at around 9PM after dinner. We were homeboubd At around 9:30 when I felt my right hand go numb, tried to stand up but my knees felt weak. At 9:42, my left hand felt numb. I planned to take …

How do we distinguish depression from mere introversion?

Teatro

Is it not, that after the curtains close, we leave the theatre and allow for catharsis? The actors take a bow and wipe their make-up off, yet their character lingers -- in them, in you. Did you watch? Did you act? I ask because... I write. All the world's a stage.

Namaste Daya.

Not manic, but on overdrive. 2.5.

Dust

It's funny how the Universe conspires to make or break anything, to animate something when it chooses to, ironically even without us lifting a finger. Who are we but specks of dust?

Palpable Happiness

Everyday, for four weeks now since I stopped taking medications, I wake up to this ball of fire in the middle of my chest. And although I took meds for the past three days, that spirit never left. It is what I lost for three years. It gives me the zest for life, a wanting …

Break

After 4 weeks and 3 days of non-medication, I took 2.5 mg of Tolanz the other day and 7.5 last night to knock me out. I overslept, groggy as I awoke. The farther I go without medication, the more I realize the importance of a purposeful decision-making. The best gift I can give to myself …