Trevor, a 34-year-old software engineer in Sacramento, had been on bupropion for treatment-resistant depression for nine months when he was found unresponsive at his desk by a coworker who initially thought he was sleeping. The convulsions started while paramedics were loading him into the ambulance and continued through the emergency department triage area, prompting immediate … Read more
Imani Brookshire, a 39-year-old emergency room nurse in Charleston, had been doing trauma therapy for nearly two years following a workplace assault when her therapist suggested adding a complementary modality. Imani had always avoided yoga studios because the brisk-paced flow classes she had tried left her feeling dissociated and panicky, the sequences moved too fast, … Read more
Imani Brookshire, a 39-year-old emergency room nurse in Charleston, had been doing trauma therapy for nearly two years following a workplace assault when her therapist suggested adding a complementary modality. Imani had always avoided yoga studios because the brisk-paced flow classes she had tried left her feeling dissociated and panicky, the sequences moved too fast, … Read more
Hannah was fifteen, a varsity cross-country runner in Boulder, Colorado, and the kind of straight-A student parents brag about at dinner parties. Her mother Karen first noticed something off when Hannah started cooking elaborate meals for the family but eating only small portions of plain vegetables herself. By winter break, Hannah had lost twenty-two pounds. … Read more
Hannah was fifteen, a varsity cross-country runner in Boulder, Colorado, and the kind of straight-A student parents brag about at dinner parties. Her mother Karen first noticed something off when Hannah started cooking elaborate meals for the family but eating only small portions of plain vegetables herself. By winter break, Hannah had lost twenty-two pounds. … Read more
Marcus, a 34-year-old graphic designer in Sacramento, dropped his health insurance in January after his freelance contracts dried up. He figured he was healthy, the federal penalty was zero, and he could pocket the $480 monthly premium. Three months later, a panic attack at a coffee shop turned into a six-hour emergency room visit, a … Read more
Marcus, a 34-year-old graphic designer in Sacramento, dropped his health insurance in January after his freelance contracts dried up. He figured he was healthy, the federal penalty was zero, and he could pocket the $480 monthly premium. Three months later, a panic attack at a coffee shop turned into a six-hour emergency room visit, a … Read more
Priya, a 28-year-old graphic designer in Minneapolis, started aripiprazole for bipolar II depression on a Friday and by Monday morning she could not sit through a meeting, could not lie still in bed, could not stop pacing the apartment her husband had begun watching her circle like a zoo animal. She described the feeling as … Read more
Priya, a 28-year-old graphic designer in Minneapolis, started aripiprazole for bipolar II depression on a Friday and by Monday morning she could not sit through a meeting, could not lie still in bed, could not stop pacing the apartment her husband had begun watching her circle like a zoo animal. She described the feeling as … Read more