"We have 60,000 thoughts each day. I will try to track every single one of them."
On the other side of psychiatric hospital there’s less of things.
In this episode Honor speaks about her experience with psychiatric drugs. We'd like to emphasise that this is just that — her experience. If you’d like to learn more about the science of these medications, these two articles are a good place to start;
More data, more answers: picking the optimal antidepressant (The Lancet)
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30421-5/fulltext
Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (The Lancet)
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)32802-7/fulltext
WARNING: This episode contains some explicit language.
If you or anyone you know needs help, reach out and talk to somebody:
Crisis lines
Lifeline on 13 11 14
Kids Helpline on 1800 551 800
MensLine Australia on 1300 789 978
Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467
Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36
Headspace on 1800 650 890
QLife on 1800 184 527
Chat services
Elefriends: https://www.elefriends.org.uk/
Sane: https://www.sane.org/
eHeadspace: https://www.eheadspace.org.au/
Beyondblue: https://online.beyondblue.org.au/Webmodules/chat/InitialInformation.aspx
Further information
Where do you go when you’re afraid you’ll kill yourself? (ABC News): http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-07/no-feeling-is-final/10297760
My girlfriend told me she was suicidal. Here's what happened next: http://www.abc.net.au/life/my-girlfriend-told-me-she-was-suicidal-this-is-what-we-learnt/10341474
Preventing Suicide (All In The Mind): http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/preventing-suicide/10344970
Ways to stay alive (All In The Mind): http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/ways-to-stay-alive/10352196
