Category: Medications
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Myths and Truths about Psychiatric Medications
California State University Channel Islands
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Opioid Induced Fog
“I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat.That was until I became one…”― Cathryn Kemp, Painkiller Addict: From wreckage to redemption – my true story Yesterday I started a stronger opioid, I know it is one because of the warning […]
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Drug Resistance
Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness of a medication such as an antimicrobial or an antineoplastic in treating a disease or condition.[1] The term is used in the context of resistance that pathogens or cancers have “acquired”, that is, resistance has evolved. Antimicrobial resistance and antineoplastic resistance challenge clinical care and drive research. When an organism is resistant to more than one drug, it is said to be multidrug-resistant. […]
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Prescriptions And Blood Tests
I thought for this post a brief alert. I have suffered with blood clots in the past and it is for that reason I take Warfarin. It requires frequent blood tests, preferably monthly. The blood test is called I.N.R, it tests for the clotting factor within the blood. Yesterday I had blood work done. The […]
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Elementary, My Dear…
Growing up I always loved to read or watch my favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes. I am not sure why but it was waiting at the end for Sherlock to uncover the criminal. It may be the fact that he used the tool of deduction.
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A Re Blog: Opioid PainKillers and Reducing Risk — Dr. Daniel Francis
Pain is an unpleasant experience that cannot deny anyone. The causes of pain can be acute or chronic and have several underlying medical reasons. Finding the safest and most effective treatment or medication to manage pain can be a challenge for anyone. Recently, opioid painkillers, also referred to as narcotics, have been a hot topic […] […]
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Medications – Be Informed
When you’re clinically depressed the serotonin in your brain is out of balance and probably always will be out of balance. So I take medication to get that proper balance back. I’ll probably have to be on it the rest of my life. Terry Bradshaw Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/medication-quotes Periodically I am going to write […]
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Lesson, Hard Learned
In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/lesson-quotes The other night I went off a routine that I have at nighttime. I usually get a coffee, take my night pills and give my dog her […]
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Routine Blahs
When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better. Nick Saban Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/routine-quotes When in treatment they stressed that you followed a daily regiment. Breakfast, meditation, shower, get dressed, and […]
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Prison, Welcome To My Life
No, I am not in a prison with bars or stripes on my clothes. Somehow though I truly feel it wouldn’t be any worse. Every day is scheduled around my medications. They dictate my life from morning to sunset. I have a feeling I am not the only one who feels this way. So, it is a safe guess that I am not alone in this.
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Control
Before I was in treatment, before the medications, I would find myself angry because things always seemed to be going against me. Things that there was just no way for me to control.
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Echoes In My Mind
I have mentioned before that my mind races, seldom shuts down, when it does it is medication that causes it to. Sometimes my problem stems from too much down time, nightime is extremely bad. It is when echoes from the past seem to bounce around in my brain. I seem to remember events that even […]
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In Case Of Emergency!
About fourteen years ago I was a total wreck, suffering with extreme back pain. It controlled everything I did. My doctor at that time had me on Oxycontin it’s strongest dose allowed/recommended. That turned into a nightmare for me and my best friend.
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One Size Dosen’t Fit All
In my discovery of a whole new world, was all of the different authors writing about mental health issues. I also have written about my journey with my own mental health issues of being a bi-polar person. Writing about such issues as journaling, diet, medications, and stays within the mental health wing of the local […]
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Been Thinking
Over the past two weeks has been a great experience for me. I am amazed how much easier it has been for me to talk about my mental health. It has opened a brand new world that I never considered that it existed, the world of WordPress.
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What’s In A Name?
I have been thinking about this post for several days. I hope I can put it in writing like I am hearing it in my mind. There are names that when they are mentioned you have a distinct definition of what they are. Cancer, Diabetes, Arthritis, Blindness, all these we at least have a general knowledge about them. All of them can be shown in x-rays, bloodwork, and other detection methods.
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Same Dull Routine
My life is pretty vanilla in that I don’t have much excitement each day. My day to day life is predictable.
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My Greatest Worry
There are people who have fears including myself. For some it is heights, spiders, water, and many more. There may be reasons for some that has caused those fears. One person I know has a fear of large dogs, the reason being she was bitten as a very young child. For myself it is heights for when I was about ten years old I fell out of cherry tree and broke my left arm in three places.
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Educate Yourself
I can remember my first stay in treatment I would attend groups and it all sounded like Greek to me. I had no understanding whatsoever was being discussed. Terms like; ‘manic depression’, ‘bi-polar’, plus many others. I can remember after a discussion on being bi-polar I asked for the definition of manic depression only to learn the terms were inter-changeable.
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Pass The Pills!
My day begins taking pills. Warfarin to keep from developing blood clots. Been hospitalized twice with blood clots in my legs. Then a myriad of more pills including Naproxen…..
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