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From My Bed, Buddy
We can’t be mentally ill all the time; sometimes we are just regular people. I have this whole entire blog devoted to the ways and means of treating mental illness, but what else is there? I awoke this morning at … Continue reading
Posted in doctor, drugs, mental health
Tagged addiction, antidepressant half-life, antidepressants, Ativan, BiPAP, catheter, Conditions and Diseases, Dr. Stephen Wechsler, drugs, Health, insomnia, kidney damage, lightbox, lithium, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, nacotic, Obstructive sleep apnea, pharmaceuticals, psychiatrist, psychotherapy, seasonal affective disorder, sleep, sleep apnea, Sleep disorder, therapist
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PPP, DDD and Me
I went to the Empathic Therapy Conference because it included workshops about drugs and drug damage. (All I understand of empathic therapy is that it’s what you do when you accept people as people, not as diagnosable units of sickness, … Continue reading
Posted in CPEP, doctor, drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, mental health, mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, Suicide, Support line
Tagged anger, antidepressants, chamomile tea, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, Contact, CPEP, DDD, depression, Diagnosis, doctor, doctors, drug damage, drugs, empathic therapy, empathy, handcuffs, Hell, insomnia, lithium, lockup, medical model, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, MPLA, NYS Office of Mental Health, NYS OMH, OMH, police officers, PPP, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, psychologist, psychotherapy, self-hypnosis, suicide, The Alliance, therapist, therapy, treatment
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Ativan, Sleep Apnea, and Bad Craziness
N.B.: Ativan is addictive but is not a narcotic. Someone searched my blog for Ativan with sleep apnea: DO NOT TAKE ATIVAN IF YOU HAVE SLEEP APNEA. It could kill you. Ativan, also known as Lorazepam and Temesta, is a … Continue reading
Posted in Community General Hospital, depression, doctor, drugs, mental illness, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, St. Joseph's Hospital, Suicide, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged American medical industry, antidepressants, Ativan, auto BiPAP, benzodiazepine, BiPAP, bipolar, Conditions and Diseases, CPAP, depression, Diagnosis, doctors, Dr. Nasri Ghaly, drugs, FDA, insomnia, Lorazepam, Medical care, mental illness, Mental Illness & Health, narcotic, pharmaceuticals, physician, physician | Tagged addiction, Physicians Desk Reference, psychiatric disorders, psychiatrist, respiratory illness, sleep apnea, Sleep disorder, suicide
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The Undrugging of Annie (Part IX)
All the doctors who knew what they were doing in the treatment of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (both of them) continually iterated “Drink to your thirst.” As long as you drink enough to stay fully hydrated, you don’t need to worry. You … Continue reading
Posted in depression, drugs, mental health, mental illness, patient, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist
Tagged anger, Anne C Woodlen, antidepressants, arthritis, Ativan, brain, chest pain, chiropractor, doctors, Dr. Steve Wechsler, drugs, Health, insomnia, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, pharmaceuticals, urinary incontinence, Vioxx
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