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Archives for October 2022

I Meet My New Psychiatrist Next Week

October 22, 2022 by Depression Is Not My Boss Leave a Comment

My new psychaitrist will help me with my Wellbutrin XL

Photo by Nick Fewings on UnsplashNext Wednesday, before I go to work, I have an appointment with my new medicine management psychiatrist.I am not nervous about the visit, but I am curious. It is a teaching hospital. So every year, I see a new psychiatrist. And about the time we are finally making progress, they move on, and I get a new psychiatrist. Thus, the learning curve … [Read more...] about I Meet My New Psychiatrist Next Week

Even Without my Depression, Is the World Going to Heck?

October 12, 2022 by Depression Is Not My Boss Leave a Comment

Depression is making me use more self care to reduce the trouble I am seeing in the world

Photo by Paolo Nicolello on UnsplashCovid-19, recession, armed conflict, severe weather events, and rising food and gas prices.All of this seems overwhelming. Each day is a new list of things we need to worry about. And I do not even watch the news. But how can I miss the events of the world that seem to inhabit every opening on my phone? All news outlets are competing for … [Read more...] about Even Without my Depression, Is the World Going to Heck?

I Discovered My Life with Depression is Not a Lie

October 8, 2022 by Depression Is Not My Boss Leave a Comment

I discovered that my lfie woth depression was not a lie and that depression is part of me

Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay It’s funny the stories we tell ourselves.“Fake it until you make it” has always been my motto. And I have always felt that there is more for me to do before I can say I have made it. As the head psychiatrist on 5 East asked me, “when is enough, enough?” Getting one more certification, one more set of initials after my name, and one … [Read more...] about I Discovered My Life with Depression is Not a Lie

Why Am I Obsessed with Always Being Early?

October 1, 2022 by Depression Is Not My Boss Leave a Comment

Why amI obsessed with getting places on time

I should have known better than to rush the morning so I could leave on time.After all, this trip is a mini vacation. But sleeping in until almost 7 AM, I felt like I had a lot to do to leave the house by 10 AM. The trip to the Poconos from our part of Virginia was a 6-hour drive. I still had to push a load of laundry through the dryer, pack my suitcase, grab my computer, my … [Read more...] about Why Am I Obsessed with Always Being Early?

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