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Open Sourcing Mental Illness

Open Sourcing Mental Illness

Talk given at php|tek 13

funkatron

May 16, 2013
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  1. Open Sourcing
    Mental Illness
    Ed Finkler
    @funkatron • funkatron.com

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  2. Who I am

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  3. My Diagnonses

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  4. Generalized Anxiety
    Disorder

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  5. Adult ADD

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  6. Meds I take

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  7. Lexapro

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  8. Buspar

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  9. Strattera

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  10. Klonopin

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  11. What it’s like

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  12. Intensity of emotion
    http://j.mp/killbillsiren

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  13. Anxiety

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  14. Problems focusing

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  15. Spiraling chains
    of thought

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  16. Obsessing on
    negative events

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  17. Unwanted thoughts

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  18. Feeling alone/unlike
    anyone else

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  19. I'm broken and
    I will never be right

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  20. Suicidal thoughts and
    self-mutilation

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  21. As a developer

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  22. Working with teams

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  23. interacting with users

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  24. IRC & forums

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  25. Conferences &
    Community

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  26. Techniques

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  27. Most of us
    self-medicate

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  28. Therapy

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  29. Medicine

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  30. Exercise

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  31. Meditation

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  32. Light

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  33. Avoidance of triggers

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  34. Crying

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  35. Finding comfort

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  36. Helping friends & coworkers

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  37. Help them feel safe

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  38. Frustration

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  39. Change

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  40. Resources

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  41. ๏ http://helpguide.org/
    ๏ http://www.devpressed.com/
    ๏ http://nami.org
    ๏ http://bit.ly/namilocal
    ๏ Hope For The Day (http://htfd.org)
    ๏ http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/
    ๏ http://www.nimh.nih.gov

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  42. ๏ Mental Illness Happy Hour
    (http://mentalpod.com/)
    ๏ http://mentalpod.com/forum/

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  43. Thank you for listening

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