Comments on: The Red, White and Very Blue http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:27:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: du http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157348 du Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:48:39 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157348 "Some are even adding small doses of antipsychotics to the mix to enhance the effects of the antidepressants." Truly this is a disturbing state affairs and we become more and more pharmacological in every directions which may be pleasant... It is getting to the point now were if i suggest, you know, what are you eating? sleep enough/regularly? exercise? people look at me like i'm some kind of new age flake-ball:( What is this? When did this happen? Perhaps it is as you suggest, and I've often felt-- that our drug dealers, those releases from external pressure through not the safest, healthiest, or even (dare i?) sanest avenue have gotten certificates and offices now and its all on the up and up if you get your insurance to sign off. I had an experience where i describe how a felt to a secretary (or office assistant or whatever), and then I saw the doctor for only long enough for him to mumble something at me and scribble out a prescription. I don't know about you, but I'm not really all that trusting of drugs dealt out in this manner, and I try and avoid such things at all costs. The prescription was not filled. I try exercising, eating right, vitamins if i'm slacking, and, you know, i notice it, i feel better, and I'm not slave to a prescription. Certainly there is a place for such things, but really, there are many cases that I think could be dealt with just as effectively without resorting to medication. Here is another <a href="http://supplementinfo.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=healthneeds3&category=Womens%20Health&utm_source=SM&utm_medium=blog&utm_term=Anxiety&utm_campaign=Social+Marketing" rel="nofollow"> article</a> some of you might be interested in, detailing alternative options to the drug-boogey man (who's all too real sometimes) “Some are even adding small doses of antipsychotics to the mix to enhance the effects of the antidepressants.”

Truly this is a disturbing state affairs and we become more and more pharmacological in every directions which may be pleasant… It is getting to the point now were if i suggest, you know, what are you eating? sleep enough/regularly? exercise? people look at me like i’m some kind of new age flake-ball:(

What is this? When did this happen? Perhaps it is as you suggest, and I’ve often felt– that our drug dealers, those releases from external pressure through not the safest, healthiest, or even (dare i?) sanest avenue have gotten certificates and offices now and its all on the up and up if you get your insurance to sign off. I had an experience where i describe how a felt to a secretary (or office assistant or whatever), and then I saw the doctor for only long enough for him to mumble something at me and scribble out a prescription.

I don’t know about you, but I’m not really all that trusting of drugs dealt out in this manner, and I try and avoid such things at all costs. The prescription was not filled. I try exercising, eating right, vitamins if i’m slacking, and, you know, i notice it, i feel better, and I’m not slave to a prescription. Certainly there is a place for such things, but really, there are many cases that I think could be dealt with just as effectively without resorting to medication.

Here is another article some of you might be interested in, detailing alternative options to the drug-boogey man (who’s all too real sometimes)

]]> By: Misty http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157070 Misty Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:30:32 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157070 Wow. This is a PERFECT post. Great topic, excellent writing, and so balanced it makes me feel like MonsterBlogger ;) Good job, lady!!! Wow. This is a PERFECT post. Great topic, excellent writing, and so balanced it makes me feel like MonsterBlogger ;) Good job, lady!!!

]]> By: Grandma frm Ks. http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157067 Grandma frm Ks. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:56:52 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157067 Oh my gosh Amanda D it is so good to hear from you, I miss you girls so much, and yes I will consider it,I mean I know we get up set and I'm really sorry I took it so personal, Thank You So Much, you and Jessica are the best,Sincerely I mean that Oh my gosh Amanda D it is so good to hear from you, I miss you girls so much, and yes I will consider it,I mean I know we get up set and I’m really sorry I took it so personal, Thank You So Much, you and Jessica are the best,Sincerely I mean that

]]> By: Amanda D http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157054 Amanda D Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:50:03 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157054 Hi. Grandma. This is the Amanda from the other blog that you used to frequent. I will call myself Amanda D here so that you can tell the difference from poster number one. the ladies of the other blog requested that i come here and try and get you to come back and join us. We miss you and are sad that you left. Would you please consider returning? Hi. Grandma. This is the Amanda from the other blog that you used to frequent. I will call myself Amanda D here so that you can tell the difference from poster number one.

the ladies of the other blog requested that i come here and try and get you to come back and join us. We miss you and are sad that you left.

Would you please consider returning?

]]> By: Grandma frm Ks. http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157053 Grandma frm Ks. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:42:54 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157053 Hi Ladies, wow what a topic, I'm sure there are so many women who can re-late to this good or bad side of it,I believe a lot of Dr.s medicate people for depression b/c it's an easy fix for a while, here in my state we have a Dr. and his wife in jaij as I speak waiting trial accused of 57 deaths for over medicating, I my self was on an anti-depression for one day, could'nt handle it. I have a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia, the most painful thing I had ever been thru, it started in 1982,for years I was treated for a sinus condition, even had sinus surgery, I was finally sent to a neurosurgeon, who diagnosed me, At first I was put on "Tegrotol" this was almost as bad as the pain, b/c then I was a robot walking around in pain,that was the worst stuff I had ever encountered, then add depression to that,eventically I had what is called Gamma Knife Surgery, the best thing ever invented,but that was'nt until 2000, I said that to say this ,there was times I could have walked in front of a truck b/c I was so depressed of the pain, Thank God some one finally did some thing for me,I knew I used a lot of very potent pain killers, they did no good, and the Tegrotol, I just could not handle,I feel so bad for people who suffer from depression, but I agree, some one has to get to the source, meds only cover it up for a short time,And yes I am one of those smokers you mentioned, and yes I believe they are as bad as any street drug, IMO, my Dr. ask me one time if I would eat rat poison? absolutely not I said, his re-ply was the cicarettes are killing you ,they just are taking longer,as he said just like meds, cigarettes affect people in differant ways, some can smoke and they don't have the problems others do , but they have taken a toll on me, as I am getting older it's very apparant, sorry for the long post,hope theres a lot of feed back on this topic, Hi Ladies, wow what a topic, I’m sure there are so many women who can re-late to this good or bad side of it,I believe a lot of Dr.s medicate people for depression b/c it’s an easy fix for a while, here in my state we have a Dr. and his wife in jaij as I speak waiting trial accused of 57 deaths for over medicating, I my self was on an anti-depression for one day, could’nt handle it. I have a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia, the most painful thing I had ever been thru, it started in 1982,for years I was treated for a sinus condition, even had sinus surgery, I was finally sent to a neurosurgeon, who diagnosed me, At first I was put on “Tegrotol” this was almost as bad as the pain, b/c then I was a robot walking around in pain,that was the worst stuff I had ever encountered, then add depression to that,eventically I had what is called Gamma Knife Surgery, the best thing ever invented,but that was’nt until 2000, I said that to say this ,there was times I could have walked in front of a truck b/c I was so depressed of the pain, Thank God some one finally did some thing for me,I knew I used a lot of very potent pain killers, they did no good, and the Tegrotol, I just could not handle,I feel so bad for people who suffer from depression, but I agree, some one has to get to the source, meds only cover it up for a short time,And yes I am one of those smokers you mentioned, and yes I believe they are as bad as any street drug, IMO, my Dr. ask me one time if I would eat rat poison? absolutely not I said, his re-ply was the cicarettes are killing you ,they just are taking longer,as he said just like meds, cigarettes affect people in differant ways, some can smoke and they don’t have the problems others do , but they have taken a toll on me, as I am getting older it’s very apparant, sorry for the long post,hope theres a lot of feed back on this topic,

]]> By: Amanda http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157044 Amanda Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:53:13 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/04/20/the-red-white-and-very-blue/#comment-157044 I have been surprised over the years, too, of how many friends are on medications. But, you know, I think it's not just mood-alternating meds, it is anything that the pharma-world can make easier for us. If a pill can make me feel good, take it. If a pill can help me loose weight, take it. If a pill can help me sleep...wake up...concentrate...take it. That said, I did have someone tell me the other day that I might be depressed. Maybe so, but I sure don't want to take anything. I have been surprised over the years, too, of how many friends are on medications. But, you know, I think it’s not just mood-alternating meds, it is anything that the pharma-world can make easier for us. If a pill can make me feel good, take it. If a pill can help me loose weight, take it. If a pill can help me sleep…wake up…concentrate…take it.

That said, I did have someone tell me the other day that I might be depressed. Maybe so, but I sure don’t want to take anything.

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