Quest 4 Sanity A Perspective From Within the Intriguing World of Psychiatry DREAMS 2 Much can be learned from dreams. . .Freud once wrote a book entitled The Interpretation of Dreams. Actually I've never read it but have stumbled on many of its principles through different encounters along the way. Our dream life is much like the vacation home of the mind. Some philosophers have pondered whether the reverse is true or not. If you've ever seen Ashton Kuchner in The Butter Fly...
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Suffering from a bad case of writer's block for the past few days...All I know to do is keep hitting the keys in hopes that some inspiration will come. Today was not a bad day as far as the types of cases seen. The only drug addict to enter the building today was not allowed access to me after reporting the theft of medications prescribed 3 days prior. It's hard to believe they try the same old tricks over and over. It is usually a good day when there are no addicts to see. I don't dislike...
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For the regular readers, I'm sure you notice the change in layout and graphics on the site...Nothing is really meant by the change except an opportunity for me to play around with something I really know very little about. Much like a kid with a new toy I sometimes get caught up with the creative potential of my computer. The finished product here was reached by trial and error of things I've learned to do and things I'm clueless about and just happen to stumble upon. A reader visiting...
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I saw a patient a short while ago who had seen ten doctors and scheduled to see the twelfth tomorrow...We had a good first meeting and I was glad to hear her say she didn't think it would be necessary to keep that next appointment. Her primary care doctor realized he was in over his head and that it might be time for a mental health consult. She had been diagnosed with a common but challenging to treat syndrome Known as fibromyalgia. People afflicted by this condition frequently may also...
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The past week was a week of sadness and grief...Less than twenty four hours after the death of my nurses' husband to cancer, my receptionists' grandmother was taken off of life support and pronounced dead. One of the deceased I knew well and the other I'd never met. My practice partner and I made it through the week without support staff the best that we could. I'm glad the week has finally ended. I wanted to find another topic to write on tonight but nothing seems to inspire me. We...
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August 8, 2008 will mark the 4th anniversary of Thoughts From The HEADoc-Quest 4 Sanity. . .
How cool is that? The HEADoc has thought of this journal often as a cry from the wilderness. Such a metaphor tends to speak for itself in...
I had started to grow tired of writing about the same old old depressing topics. . .
therefore, I haven't made an entry in several weeks. It seems that recent references to partisan politics made my Blog unattractive to the national market just as I thought things were about to take off. The...
View Raw Image"> View Raw Image' jQuery1221325764000="17"> Very little is as it seems in our reality. . .
I have found that to be one of the greatest truths, yet sometimes The Headoc forgets that. There may be times when a myth or parable actually contain much greater truths than perceived...