The Efforts of a Scientist and Compulsive Crafter: Archive

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Common Misconceptions about medicating

I need to start this with a preface: I am not necessarily a medication advocate. I am a scientist, further I have a degree in Molecular Biology, and in that, I have done a lot of research on the ways in which molecules react in the human body. Our understanding of the brain is woefully poor, we have a lot of really smart people working on getting this better, and what we have is quite amazing. If...

May 22nd

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The Story of Anonymous Turk

This is a perfect example of what I am doing this for. The perspective of Anonymous Turk (their chosen identifier) is a completely different experience than my own. Once again, the beauty of these is that they each show the fears, experiences and knowledge of people who are going through this scary world of getting one’s brain right for their ideal life. Anonymous Turk is 18 years old,...

May 21st

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Tell us your story!

One of the reasons I started this blog was to make a place where people could maybe start to see that their situations, far from being hopeless, can actually be better because of their brain differences. I have a lot of experience with medications, depression, anxiety and OCD, but that’s only one story. I have some questions, to get you started, but whether you are a friend or a person...

May 20th

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Tell us your story!

One of the reasons I started this blog was to make a place where people could maybe start to see that their situations, far from being hopeless, can actually be better because of their brain differences. I have a lot of experience with medications, depression, anxiety and OCD, but that’s only one story. I have some questions, to get you started, but whether you are a friend or a person...

May 20th