Well Used Links Or Where I Spend A lot Of My Time

There are a collection of three websites on my blog where I spend a good portion of my day at when I am not trying to figure out this whole blog situation. One of the first lessons you learn in the Mental Health World is that doctors, nurses, therapists and other professionals do not know everything. What most of them know is what was taught in school and through books which makes up a large part of their approach to a situation. This is helpful in some situations but it leaves a lot unaccounted for like this simple question "K, I have a 101 disorders now how am I suppose to live with them?" ask them that question and expect a dumb look so this is where public forums jump into play. Two of the sites are exactly that forums filled with people who provide advice, suggestions and most important of all support. The third site has a forum as well but I do not use it for some reason probably because I spend so much time at the other two sites but what crazymeds provides is drug information from the honest perspective in a language that I can appreciate and not have to spend nineteen years in school to decipher. Any way here are my reviews of three sites that have been critical in one way or another to my improvement.

http://www.healthboards.com/ - I have been on this site for close to three years I believe and tend to go there off and on through out the day. What you will find here is a site that deals with the majority of health related issues one experiences throughout their lives from Acne to Weight Loss to Depression to Sexual Issues you name chances are there is a category for it. The average user is just that average everyday run of the mill people who may be experiencing difficulty in their lives or have come back out of the tornado to help others with the wisdom they have gained. This site is incredible for support and tend to be very quick to reply in most areas. When I go missing from this site for a few days posts start to pop up to ask where I am and if I am okay granted not everyone gets this treatment but like I said I have been there for a long time and have been blessed by meeting so many wonderful people who have helped in more ways then I can remember. If your looking for a place where someone just understands what you are feeling and can relate then marks this site down as a favorite.

http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/ - I have been on this site for a couple of years but do not post there on a frequent basis. This site is incredible of what they do and when you are living with concurrent disorders of the mental variety then this is the place for you. The average user has multiple disorders and the majority have been dealing with the mental health world for a good period of time. This site specializes in mental health conditions and the medications that go with them. At times the answers they give can be rather clinical at times with a small dash of humor thrown in. When I start a new med or I have any questions about the side effects that I am experiencing chances are someone there has already gone through it and willing to share their experiences. When I started the Nardil diet this was the first place I went to learn about a drug and all of it quirks that the hospital failed to do, within a short period a number of members relayed their experiences which in the end made my life so much easier. At times when I am only dealing with one specific disorder I normally go to healthboards first but when the emotions I am dealing with are coming from all disorders I head straight to crazyboards as I know someone there is going to be able to relate.

http://www.crazymeds.us/ - This is the site I mentioned earlier. The webmaster of this site makes mental meds a lot easier to understand which greatly reduces the anxiety that comes every time you start a new med. When I am researching a drug either for myself or someone else this is the site I head to first as it pulls no punches but provides honest helpful information about a wide variety of mental health meds. I trust this webmaster more then I trust my doctor when it comes to new meds as so far in two years he has never been wrong which is more then I can say about the so called "mental professionals" that I deal with. I grab info off of this site with me to doctors appointments to which my doctor gives me a funny look then check his reference books then nods his head in agreement. If you are looking for real mental health drug information this is where you should go.

Each of these sites has its own purpose in my life. Healthboards is normally where I go first as I know a large percentage of the members plus I am active in responding to others and apparently I am rather good at it. When I can not see a problem clearly then I go to crazyboards as chances are it has something to do with concurrent disorders so it is easy to find someone who can relate and lend a hand. Crazymeds is my reference source for any mental meds so I always check my meds there first and if I have a question I know someone at crazyboards has the answer (they use to be the same site at one time but separated a while back). If your brand new to the mental health chaos then head for healthboards but if you want to deal with a more specific area then crazyboards has the answers. The best part is all of these sites are free and full of good hearted people who just want to help. Oh by the way untreatable is the name I use for this blog but not the one I post with as there I am someone else just to make it more difficult for the local mental professionals to figure out who I am, rather easy mind you if all the pieces are put together but let me have my illusion of privacy.