Adventures in Psychiatry and the End of the Forced Medication Ritualâ¦
I had most of the morning off from work to go see my new psychiatrist. I only worked two short hours coming in very early to get the carts caught up from overnight and I was on my way to Auburn. She...
View ArticleFighting the Good Fightâ¦
This morning will be the first day in many years that my medications arenât forced upon me. I called dad last night and explained to him what was going on â that I had a new doctor and that I am...
View ArticleIf this is what healthcare reform is all about, I'm really not sure
Yesterday, I had a lovely medical procedure on my back. My husband went with me. Usually I have been dropped off by someone and picked up by someone else so am basically on my own for the duration...
View ArticleHow did we do it?
Yesterday (except for a tiny walk - more on that later) I spent ensconced on the living room sofa, 'working' on my laptop and watching shows on the DVR. I also spent time on Facebook, reading the news,...
View ArticleWithdrawing from Psychiatric Medications
This article offers only the most basic of introductions to this topic, because others have covered this area far more extensively than I have. A great place to start is this psychiatric drug...
View ArticleMS Newsmaker Series: Oral MS Treatment
Things seem to change in fits and starts when it comes to multiple sclerosis news. Over the past nine-plus years, Iâve been living with MS, Iâve seen front-page MS stories and groundbreaking...
View ArticleThis is wrong
I find it very wrong that people on life saving medications have to stop taking them for financial reasons. As reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, patients were forced to stop...
View ArticleItâs Hard to Feel Good, When You Donât Feel Well
We all wake in the morning knowing we have MS, just like when we fell to sleep the night before. We all get out of bed (most days) and make the best of the day the way we did the day prior. We all do...
View ArticleGood Tips on How to Reduce the Side Effects of ADHD Medications
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths Like medications for any other mental or physical condition, medications for ADHD can also have some side effects. Unfortunately many doctors are not properly trained on...
View ArticleVending Machines For Prescription Drugs: A UK Trial
The UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is running a trial with two different drug vending machines in two of its West Sussex stores. Basically you can drop your prescription at the machine, the pharmacy...
View ArticleNauseous, But Not Pregnant? 10 Reasons You're Queasy That Don't Involve a Baby
The last few days, I’ve been having stomach trouble â constant nausea and queasiness, and it’s not fun. Everyone’s reaction when I tell them about my problem? “Are you pregnant?!” I’m not. I’ll spare...
View ArticleBest of Our Blogs: August 27, 2010
The other day I was driving when I heard a familiar song playing on the radio. It was Bob Marley’s Buffalo Soldier. In fact, as I type this I can hear it playing in my head. The funny thing is that the...
View ArticleA day of playing pretend
Yesterday I went to the back pain doctor. He listened to my latest issues (whining) and told me I have problems with my left SI joint - I could have told him that - and I have new neuro-muscular issues...
View ArticleRapid vs. Gradual Discontinuation of Antidepressants
Going slower is better. Patients’ risks for relapse increase when lithium or antipsychotic medications are discontinued rapidly rather than gradually. To compare rapid (1â7 days) versus slow ( 14...
View ArticleDiabetes Panic
Heart racing, choking feeling, sweating, fighting off tears. All signs that signal a panic attack. All signs with which I am quite familiar. Overwhelmingly, my panic attacks occur with work stress...
View ArticleWhen Adults Get Chickenpox
We think of chickenpox as a childhood disease, but there are adult cases and they tend to lead to more serious complications. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella virus and it is extremely contagious....
View ArticleScientia Pro Publica: Answers to 28 popular and not-so-popular questions
Welcome to the XL ediÂtion of SciÂenÂtia Pro PubÂlica (or, since we are trying to speak English, the 40th edition of âScience for the Peopleâ), the rotating blog carÂniÂval that showÂcases...
View ArticleDrugging up our kids
My post about the Dore Programme seems to have sparked off a bit of debate about the merits of prescribing risperidone to children. Fair enough, since it’s something I’m not exactly comfortable with...
View ArticleThe Simple Truth About Cholesterol
The New York Times recently ran a piece that wondered if doctors were treating patients with cholesterol-lowering medication unnecessarily because a web-based calculator over estimated a person’s...
View ArticleTopiramate Phamacotherapy
CONCLUSIONS: Topiramate showed positive results for alcohol dependence in real clinical practice, with a significant decrease in craving-priming and dependence intensity scales, number of drinking days...
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