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Host John F. O'Donnell is hunkered down all by himself in his Brooklyn apartment. With no direct access to a guest, he goes solo withe pod for the 1st time. Luckily, he has great questions, thoughts and insights from listeners to keep him on track. Topics discussed included Borderline Personality Disorder, how to be a good caregiver, a schizophrenic genius and how it feels to be diagnosed with a mental illness.

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Alessandro Echevarria is one of JFOD's best friends. He has been around John when he's been fully in the throws of a manic episode. In this interview episode we hear about what it's like to be a friend to John when he's all spun out.

It's the first ever interview episode of TYPP! with hilarious comedian and dear friend of John's, Carlos Delgado. Carlos opens up about his struggles with clinical anxiety and the personalized wellness regiment he has put in place. He also discusses the widespread stigma about mental illness that still exists in the Latino community. John and Carlos also talk comedy successes and failures with ironic bitterness. Yeah, let's go with that, ironic bitterness...

John and Andrea reveal their egomaniac tendencies. They do just enough whining about their comedy careers to get some catharsis but not be too annoying about it. John delves into how he feels about actress, Chyler Leigh, coming out publicly about being Bipolar. Then John and Andrea take an egomaniac quiz called, "Ontological Addiction: Are You Addicted to Yourself?"

John delves into a hilariously terrifying study about how the blood of people with Bipolar Disorder may be attacking their brains. He also talks about the difficulty of having to say goodbye to his therapist of the past two years. The episode also explores keeping perspective on actions we feel ashamed about, and how to get back on track when we're slipping with our health regiment. Plus, of course, more stories of mania and songs John thought were about him.

John opens this episode talking about a Tinder date whose "Psychopath" status totally blows him out of the water. He also delves into how when manic he tried to track down Esme Weijun Wang, the author of the brilliant, vulnerable and eye-opening book, "The Collected Schizophrenias." The heart of the episode is an earnest attempt to explain the difference between Bipolar, Schizo-Affective and Schizophrenia. Also, yet even more songs John thought were written about him.

It turns out that John F. O'Donnell has quite the backlog of his own personal insanity to explore. He has, after all, been dealing with a diagnosis of Bipolar 1 Disorder for close to 20 years. This time around he talks about his recent graduation from Mental Health Community Court in Washington, DC (Yes, that's a thing), how to overcome the shame of living with mental illness, and even more songs he thought were written about him.

This is the maiden voyage of John F. O'Donnell's new podcast. It's a comedic deep dive into the land of all things mentally ill. This episode's topics include the Hindu lady's 50th birthday party that a manic John attended uninvited, what it's like to deal with being on psychotropic medication, and the desire to create a healing, destigmatized community for all the "Psychos" out there.

"Take Your Pills, Psychopath!" is a comedy podcast that delves deep into the gnarly, misunderstood, painful hellscape of mental illness and boldly laughs in its face. Hosts John F. O'Donnell and Ben Siy-Hian aim to bring together a supportive community of people dealing with mental health issues, i.e. "Psychos," who can motivate each other to proactively take responsibility as best we can for our mental health, i.e. to figuratively or literally "Take our pills." Episodes include interviews with folks with different diagnoses, mental health professionals, and friends and family touched by mental illness.

"Take Your Pills, Psychopath!" is a comedy podcast that delves deep into the gnarly, misunderstood, painful hellscape of mental illness and boldly laughs in its face. Host John F. O'Donnell (Redacted Tonight, Comedy Central, Bipolar 1 Disorder) aims to bring together a supportive community of people dealing with mental health issues, i.e. "Psychopaths," who can motivate each other to proactively take responsibility as best we can for our mental illness, i.e. to figuratively or literally "Take our pills."