Ralph Newman
rhn4642.bsky.social
Ralph Newman
@rhn4642.bsky.social
Born and raised in Chicago and Skokie, IL. Married for almost 40 years with 3 children. Residing in Durham, NC in a 55+ enclave. I am a practicing psychiatrist x 40 years always in public service.
At one time on high profile cases.
December 23, 2024 at 2:41 AM
My health has also changed to where I require a moderate steady temperature with high humidity and no sun. I’m having a mast cell activation attack on and off all day today and I cannot survive feeling this.
December 23, 2024 at 12:53 AM
I do, but I am at a point in my life where I can just leave if it is changing in a way that does not fit my moral character. I’m not saying that my morals are right or wrong, but what I was taught as a child if the 60’s.
December 23, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Not yet. But if Kash Patel is appointed, who knows what will happen. For my own safety, I might need to spend some time outside the US.
December 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
My other number is 919-757-1649. I put your number into my WhatsApp. We live in Durham, NC, one of the most Blue areas of the US.
December 10, 2024 at 1:03 AM
1-984-317-4363.
December 10, 2024 at 12:35 AM
I have WhatsApp but I’m not sure how to use it.
December 9, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Yes. I am 64 and not great with technology. I have What’s App. I’lll try to figure it out.
December 9, 2024 at 9:19 PM
You are right. I desperately want to fight, but I physically and mentally cannot take anymore pain. I used up my resilience fighting for inmate rights x 30 yrs as a prison psychiatrist. I have such loathing for Pure Evil and his Spawn.
December 9, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I agree. My wife is an optimist and I am a pessimist, particularly regarding human nature. I am pushing my wife to live part time in Panama, in part to protect my adult children from Fascism and anti-semitism. Look no further than Anne Frank. “The optimists stayed and the pessimists fled.”
December 9, 2024 at 8:56 PM
There are many paths to a mental illness that our current meds do not address. The pathway to my mood and anxiety disorder is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome from black mold and working in a “sick” building. No psych meds help and it may effect 17% of people. POTS and EDS are similar.
November 28, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Inpatient beds have diminished exponentially. Pharma has not worked well enough to allow for bed closures. The newer mood stabilizers have superior benefit to risk ratios. Would I take a mood stabilizer such as Caplyta if I suffered with a Depressive or Bipolar Spectrum Disorder? Yes.
November 26, 2024 at 5:57 AM
I follow Bandi Lee, MD who is a brilliant Forensic Psychiatrist, but I believe she went too far in her “Doomsday” post. A Malignant Narcissist like a donkey being sure footed has a heightened self preservation instinct. To your other point psych hospitals can be misused for retribution.
November 25, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Semi retired too until Trump 2.0. If I stay at home I ruminate about our future. ICE will show up at our door and demand a list of immigrants we have dealt with in the past year. The truth or a lie? A lie = prosecution.
November 23, 2024 at 2:43 AM