November 29, 2010
photo credit “Wow,” my psychiatrist looked up from her notes where she’d just written in my case history that I’d been sexually assaulted, pressed charges and sent him to prison, “you must feel so proud! And vindicated! And powerful!” I’d gone to see her to talk about medicine for my post-partum depression, not a court case six years cold and yet in the process of taking my case history of psychiatric medication she stepped on that land mine. Immediately I felt that familiar cold, dead feeling well up inside me, squeezing my heart. No, no and double heck to the [...]
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November 27, 2010
When it comes to eating disorders I often have a been-there-done-that-bought-the-t-shirt attitude. What I forget is that despite being around since at least the Greeks, these pernicious disorders are constantly evolving to take advantage of current trends and products. So it was with some surprise I read an e-mail from a brave and beautiful reader. She writes: I’ve recently been taking fiber powder as a laxative, and I suppose taking an excess amount (a cup and a half some days, and a serving is two spoonfulls). It’s weird – I always said I would never take laxatives because it’s not [...]
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