Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Tag: medication

Seeking justice – seeking care

WHEN PSYCHIATRIC CARE IS WITHDRAWN Having one’s psychiatric care withdrawn as mine has been, needs to be understood as the gross injustice it is. It threatens a person’s mental and physical health. When medications aren’t monitored or kept to a level that helps a person’s functioning rather than hindering it, a life can be seriously […]

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Part 10 – Everything changed

  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17   There came a time when three events magically occurred, all pretty well together. I’ve always marvelled how it happened this way—all around my fortieth year. Important changes came into my life, […]

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Meds! What a pain!

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  27 (November 15, 2006) It appears my meds are changing – with me not happy and arguing with the doctor. He’s increasing both my mood stabilizer and anti-psychotic. I don’t usually like talking about meds for three reasons: I don’t understand them, I’m not really interested (as long as they work, I’m […]

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