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Archive for May, 2007

blooming good health

Posted in Allotment, Mental health, allotmenteering, antidepressant, depression, gardening, horticultural therapy, mental illness, permaculture, sustainability on May 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Nigel Lee writes for healthmatters – ‘Blooming good health’
Nige describes how the Ecoworks project in Nottingham aims at being a truly user-centered service – in fact it grew out of a mental health advocacy project… They have successfully taken over six over-grown allotments, using principles of organic gardening and permaculture…
It is another example of [...]

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Its wet outside… and we need more plants

Posted in Allotment, Bargains/Free stuff, allotmenteering, gardening, rain, self sufficiency on May 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »

So another break in the drought that is Spring 2007… It has been a very exciting night in the South West… we got soaked…
And the best thing is that we managed to remember to have our water butt lid off this time – an essential part of any water collection system – we didn’t last [...]

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Bruce’s Effexor experience

Posted in Mental health, antidepressant, anxiety, anxiety/panic, big pharma, depression, mental illness, psychiatry, withdrawal on May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Ta to Philip Dawdy at Furious Seasons blog for the heads up on this article by Bruce Stutz in ‘The New York Times’, entitled ‘Self-Nonmedication’. He describes his experience of depression and psychotherapy, and his use of antidepressants, specifically Effexor. Bruce describes why he started to take antidepressants and asks the question are users [...]

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