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Unstill: The Ordeal of Anxiety, Pills and an Undiagnosed Disorder. A Memoir.
About:
Lenny Gallo is a writer, artist, and Clinical Social Worker. His artwork has been featured in galleries worldwide, including Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art during their All-City Art Expo. Lenny had the honor of working with Art-o-Mat, an organization that dispenses art worldwide through repurposed cigarette vending machines, where he exhibited his concept, 21st Century Cave Art. His essays and articles have been featured in professional journals and trade papers. In addition to his art and writing, Lenny graduated from Fordham with an MSW and works as a therapist, specializing in the treatment of OCD, trauma, and anxiety disorders.
His new book, Unstill: The Ordeal of Anxiety, Pills, and an Undiagnosed Disorder. A Memoir, discusses the harrowing journey he went through to get answers, a diagnosis, and treatment for a condition he developed as a side effect of medications that he was prescribed.
Topics I can Discuss:
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Mental Health Medication and their side effects
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Akathisia, Tardive Dyskinesia, and Medication Induced Movement disorders.
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Mental Health and the role of art in recovery
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Potential Interview Questions:
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What are medication-induced movement disorders?
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What causes them?
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What should the general public be on the lookout for?
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What was this experience like to be on mental health medications? To have a movement disorder?
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What do doctors and the medical community have to say about this? Is this pseudo-science?
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Now that you’ve been through this, what are your current thoughts on drugs/drug companies? Are you anti-medication?
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What about doctors, how has this affected your trust/opinion of them?
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Given what you now know, you're managing your patients in a new way. Tell us more about that.
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Are you hoping doctors will read your book? What do they need to know?
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As a therapist I imagine that it was hard to know that your patients might learn parts about you that most therapists would want to keep private. Why did you choose to share your story with the world?
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You start off the book in a very odd place…your butt…Can you tell us your decision for doing this?
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How has this affected your day-to-day life?
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What are you hoping people will take away from your story?