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		<title>A Push For Colleges To Prioritize Mental Health : NPR</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/265</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Push For Colleges To Prioritize Mental Health : NPR.
When I was diagnosed as bipolar in 1997, I was diagnosed by a college psychiatrist. My first real experience with a psychiatrist and navigating the ins and outs of having a diagnosis and trying to find a treatment plan that would allow me to function was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long overdue update</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/262</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been battling some wicked fatigue due to my sleep schedule going completely down the toilet. I am trying to get back on track and I am starting to see some improvement in my level of energy, but I will be happy when DST ends. Waking up in the dark is definitely no help to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you ever just felt &#8220;off?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/260</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel &#8220;off&#8221; today. Kind of&#8230;flat. Don&#8217;t really want to do anything, struggling through work because there are problems causing confusion and delay, and generally kind of feeling tired and ambivalent about everything. Maybe I need a nap; I know going to bed at 4am didn&#8217;t improve my situation. It&#8217;s harder getting out of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where I&#8217;ve been</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/254</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last month or so, I have basically been underwater. In addition to work, school, pets, kids,  enduring the absence of my husband, finishing out the church school year, choir, and trying out a new extracurricular activity (soccer), I also have weathered a few health issues, including chronic back pain due (apparently and surprisingly) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 4: The Bootstrap Conundrum &amp; Personal Accountability</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/242</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have witnessed first hand the bootstrap conundrum. There is a prevailing attitude in our country that people who have problems need to learn to pick themselves up by their bootstraps, snap out of it, and &#8220;just do it.&#8221; A typical bipolar response to this attitude, however, is &#8220;how do you pick yourself up by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 3: Treatment, Adherence, Crisis, and Stigma</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/234</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In ye olde days, doctors used to call it &#8220;compliance.&#8221; You were prescribed medication and if you took your meds, you were compliant. If, for whatever reason, you did not take your meds, you were labeled &#8220;non-compliant&#8221; with all the attendant bad juju that went with it. Non-compliant was fairly well synonymous with &#8220;difficult&#8221; or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2: Denial</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/225</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Denial is an unconscious defense mechanism used by those faced with a painful reality. It is an automatic reaction in an attempt to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable. It is common for those who are diagnosed with a life-long illness to go through periods of denial.&#8221;

In my experience, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 1: Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, and Manifestations</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/212</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone recently related to me that they had received a diagnosis but weren&#8217;t sure they accepted it. I have seen this scenario played out in the bipolar community many times: &#8220;But I am not psychotic/manic/suicidal&#8221; etc. The &#8220;problem&#8221; with diagnosis, with any kind of labeling or categorization of a person&#8217;s personality or identity or deeply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Part Series: Diagnosis, Denial, Treatment, and Personal Accountability</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/214</link>
		<comments>http://lunasmom.com/archives/214#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about mental wellness over the past few days, in response to the idea that a patient might not accept a diagnosis and the role diagnosis plays in mental wellness. I&#8217;ve also been thinking about the concept of &#8220;reframing&#8221; that my therapist has me working on, and the concept of mental illness. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link of the Day—Raw Feeding Pets</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/175</link>
		<comments>http://lunasmom.com/archives/175#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raw food for pets? / Despite warnings by veterinarians, growing numbers of dog and cat owners are serving uncooked, homemade fare.
While there are real warnings to be heeded when feeding your pets a raw diet, including making sure that you follow appropriate protocols for food safety and avoiding poisonous foods, for the most part, feeding [...]]]></description>
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