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Podcasting
As you may know by now I have started a podcast, which is amazing. Its been very challenging from a technical point of view. I still...

Mike Douglas
Jun 21, 20161 min read
Trying to sleep
I feel uneasy. I can feel my breathing increasing, my body sweating and my hands twitching. It's an uneasiness that has almost become the...

Mike Douglas
Jun 21, 20161 min read


Podcast Submitted!
Finally! I have managed to complete ALL the required points to reach iTunes requirements. Its taken a lot of hours, more than I care to...

Mike Douglas
Jun 13, 20161 min read
Motivation and enthusiasm are low
Its been awhile...again. I have been finding writing more easy to put off, or rather less enthusiasm about doing it lately. I have...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20162 min read
My Men Tell Health Blog Post
Hi Everyone, Slightly different post this time. I have recently blog posted for Men Tell Health and just wanted to signpost to that...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20161 min read
Increased dosages and a mini episode
About five weeks ago now I had another appointment with my GP. At that time we reviewed my 10 weeks on citalopram, and took into account...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20162 min read
My 20mg to 40mg citalopram changes
So it's been awhile... I think last time I posted my medication had just been increased, since then there's been a few changes. I was...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20162 min read
Medication Review - My Citalopram
It's been a while, for a few things I suppose. This is actually the third or fourth post I've started to write, but for whatever reason...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20163 min read
Talking Out - Our Mental Health
So wow, I am so pleased by the positive comments I have received since posting my Men Tell Health blog (if you've not read it already,...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20162 min read
Mental Health assessment, iTalk & my spiral
The spiral that comes from nowhere...Well I guess it's not really nowhere. Today I had my mental health assessment and my third italk...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20163 min read
My first iTalk CBT Workshop
A couple of weeks back I had my iTalk phone assessment and the following week we ran through the options available to me through the...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20162 min read
My first week on Citalopram
After New Year I decided that I had to start taking the antidepressants that my Doctor had prescribed to me at the start of December. For...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20165 min read
New Year Journal Entry - Depression & more?
So New Year... Well it was one to remember and one to forget. I actually can't remember half of it already and not in a good way. As...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20163 min read
New Year, same thoughts - Journal Entry
New Years it's a very reflective time. Even when your not trying to be reflective. I suppose that is ingrained into us from a young age...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20163 min read


Christmas with Depression
'Happy Christmas' Strangely I already feel the sadness slipping away. Sitting here on a little mini sand pile on Bournemouth Beach at...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20164 min read
My Mental Health Last Monday - Depression
These are notes, or thoughts I had a week or so ago. They are from three parts of my Monday morning. I have left the text as disjointed...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20162 min read
Deciding to get help - My Struggle with Depression
This is another one of those be brave a do it posts. I did feel good after the last post and relieved at the responses I received...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20162 min read
Running for MIND - Great South Run
For a little while now I've been saying I'm going to write a blog post about why I'm running for MIND in this years Great South Run. It...

Mike Douglas
Jun 1, 20166 min read
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