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It's all in your Head
Out of the Blue | August 9th 2008
The other day I brought all 4 kids to a nearby children's outdoor garden/place. They have a water feature for the kdis to play in the water, and some hedge mazes, and a pretend Bear Cave to explore and rocks to climb, etc. The admission was over ha read more
Do as I say, not as I do
The Disordered Times | July 30th 2008 by Charlynn
As much as I tout the “accept yourself just as you are” mentality here and elsewhere in my life, I’m going to swallow my pride and admit that I don’t practice what I preach when it comes to me - not lately, anyway. In the mids read more
Viagra & Women: The Sequel
Sexualité | July 25th 2008 by Anastasia
Getting through the initial hurdle of SSRI's takes patience and self-reassurance. Sure the orgasm frequency may be reduced, but is it a crisis? If you're like me (Chances are if you're stressed, experience work-related upheaval and enter a modern-day read more
How to make a sexual sundae…
eve-101 | July 23rd 2008 by trista of eve101
Welcome to “He said, She said”, where we take a common question or topic and see if members of the opposite sex can get on the same page, or if they’ll have to agree to disagree. Today’s Topic: One partner likes their sex sim read more
I’m such a copycat, a.k.a., let’s talk about antidepressants!
The Disordered Times | July 21st 2008 by Charlynn
I was just about to post a reply to Rachel’s thread about antidepressants on her blog, The F Word, when I realized that my reply was going to be a post in and of itself. Why not put it here instead? So I’m stealing her topic. Because ea read more
Please Pass the Paxil
Haiku Daily | July 10th 2008 by Stacy Jackson
Nervous and anxiousHeart-pounding pulse, sweaty handsPlease pass the PaxilJust thinking about people with panic disorders . . . I have had a panic attack before, and it wasn't fun. It felt like having a heart attack or something. I couldn't imagine read more
GlaxoSmithKline faces US scrutiny over Paxil suicide link
Psychiatric Medications | June 14th 2008 by Cicolini
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the UK's largest drug maker, is facing new scrutiny in America in the wake of a British government inquiry that found the company withheld data on the suicide risk of an antidepressant.A US senator today asked the food and drug read more
Depression: A Novel Nutritional Neuroscientific Approach
Neuro-Protective Lifestyle: The Art of Aging | June 10th 2008 by Kerry D. Friesen, M.D.
Depression can be difficult to treat. Even with the most effective medications, a sixty percent response rate is considered exceptional. Worse yet for most people, continued treatment revolves around minimizing side-effects rather than aggressively read more
Economic Hitmen and the Medicated Military: Another Constitutiona…
The Robert Scott Bell Show | June 10th 2008 by Robert Scott Bell
Headline: America's Medicated Army "...according to an anonymous survey of U.S. troops taken last fall, about 12% of combat troops in Iraq and 17% of those in Afghanistan are taking prescription antidepressants or slee read more
Pros and Cons of Meds
alwaysthequietone | May 29th 2008
Somewhere along the line of your treatment, you may get offered the option of taking medication to temporarily alleviate some of your anxiety, and it’s important that you are only taking this medication temporarily! Here are some of the pros read more
Depression Overawareness and Overmedication Week
depression introspection | May 25th 2008
This post kicks off Depression Overawareness and Overmedication Week. Two weeks ago, CLPsych and Gianna, among others, celebrated Bipolar Overawareness Week. To cap off Mental Health Awareness Month, I've declared this last week of May Depression Ove read more
Where you at Obama? Call Me
Birth defects caused by antidepressants | May 22nd 2008 by Julie
Dear Mr. Obama,When we met back in Dec. I gave you a flyer with information about Manie. You told me "I am aware of Paxil and birth defects." Don't you recall this? It was at a middle school here in Waterloo Iowa.During your speech you mention about read more
My Experience Part 2
alwaysthequietone | May 18th 2008
After building up courage to see the doctor and being knocked back, naturally I felt disheartened. I wanted to give up, because giving up was so much easier than my other options. I hid in my room for a few days, weeks…I don’t quite remem read more
2007 REPORTS TELL ALL!!!!!!
Birth defects caused by antidepressants | April 21st 2008 by Julie
Sam again has gone above and beyond being a wonderful person and going out of his way for someone else. Sam sent me another link to another table of reports to the FDA, Medwatch.What was reported this time? It was reports of all the transpositon of t read more
Check This Out
Birth defects caused by antidepressants | April 17th 2008 by Julie
Here is a table made to show all the reports to the FDA from 2004 to 2006 about Paroxetine (a.k.a Paxil and what any other name this posion goes by) The reports are for adverse reactions experienced by fetuses, newborns or their mothers. You can find read more
Chantix
Confessions of a SpoiledMom | April 17th 2008 by Chrissy
I started Chantix last year. I started having wild vivid dreams that would awake me. I was told I was screaming at the top of my lungs. My Dr. told me that it could be related to the "cocktail" of Chantix (prescribed by my family practitioner) and my read more
Good Insurance is a Dangerous Thing or Why I Learned to Stop Worr…
The Robert Scott Bell Show | April 15th 2008 by Robert Scott Bell
US Loses Too Many Lives over Lack of Health Insurance "...estimates that between 18,000 and 22,000 adults aged 25-64 die each year in the U.S. because they lack insurance." I would argue that good medical insurance is a dangerous thing because it ins read more
Pittman, Zoloft, and akathisia revisited
depression introspection | April 14th 2008
I've written about Christopher Pittman, now 19, who confessed to shooting and killing his grandparents when he was on psych meds at the age of 12. He appealed for a Supreme Court hearing but was denied, CNN reported today. He... read more
Angry Blogger vs Glaxo
Women's Bioethics Project Blog | April 9th 2008
An angry blogger in the UK, angry at drugmaker GSK over controversial cases of life & death side-effects (suicide) for depression sufferers resulting from the use of its drug Seroxat--the trade... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs read more
Glaxo Fights Against Public Paxil Trials
Thoughtcrime does not entail death.. thoughtcrime IS death! | April 8th 2008 by Michael Vail
Government attorneys appointed by the Bush Administration have been supporting GlaxoSmithKline in a number of courts across the country in an effort to convince the courts that lawsuits filed by victims of Paxil-induced injuries should be dismissed b read more
Paxil, Birth Defects and Autism
autism prevention blogspot | March 26th 2008 by leslie feldman
Paxil, Birth Defects and Autism May 11, 2007. By Jane Mundy RSS Del.icio.us Seed Newsvine Facebook Over the past few years, LawyersandSettlements.com has interviewed dozens of women who took Paxil during their pregnancy and whose babies were bo read more
Back To Brain
Livedtotell.com | March 20th 2008 by Tammy
I have been examined by two doctors in the last week. Go ahead and skip this entry if it’s boring to read; I understand. My back was examined by a specialist. I had to remove all of my clothes and get into one of those gowns with the ties read more
Drugs make me happy
Infektia | March 19th 2008
Well not illegal drugs. I had to go to the psych ward (emergency room) two days ago since my ordinary doctor couldn’t prescribe a higher dose of my medication. I was there for 4 and half hours total, when you are not feeling well it’s a l read more
Loose Screws Mental Health News
depression introspection | March 18th 2008
I recently wrote about the MOTHERS Act and the unnecessary scare tactics surrounding it. A Dallas-Fort Worth TV station picked up on the story and provided a short one-sided view of the issue, continuing to purport that the bill is... read more
Today's lesson: Paxil and Lexapro are not great antidepressants
depression introspection | March 10th 2008
Dawdy at Furious Seasons wrote a post on an editorial in the LA Times by Summer Beretsky's experience with Paxil. After reading her editorial, I'm reminded that my own experience with one antidepressant wasn't all that unique. Her drug was... read more
Medication: The Cost Effective Therapy
Mental Health Blog | February 29th 2008 by meg
Finally, there’s more research suggesting the need to reduce the over-medicating of mental illness, specifically depression. The study conducted by Irving Kirsch of the University of Hull discovered that the benefits of anti-depressants, such as f read more
Disapprove of Drug Ads? Suffered Adverse Events? Do Something Ab…
Every Patient's Advocate | February 15th 2008 by Trisha Torrey
I’ve told you before about one of my patient advocacy colleagues, Kim Witzcak. Kim’s husband, Woody, a vibrant, successful, energetic young man, committed suicide after being prescribed a drug to help him sleep. Since figuring out the read more
Not until 2006: Lawsuit on interpretation of Paxil' suicide risk…
Patient AdvoCare | February 8th 2008
An inappropriate analysis of clinical trial data by researchers at GlaxoSmithKline obscured suicide risks associated with paroxetine, a profitable antidepressant, for 15 years, according to court documents released last month. Not until 2006 did GSK read more
bipolar poster child
stir-crazy.org: shaking a stick at the state of mental healt… | February 4th 2008
I’ve been avoiding posting about Britney Spears as not to put more energy or attention into that arena because honestly I feel terrible for her. Not because she’s crazy but because hyper-obsessing over every move she makes like it the m read more
Drugs And More Drugs And More Drugs...
untreatable | January 21st 2008 by untreatable
Oh how I hate the medication that comes with a mental illness. Some of them take forever to really kick in to find out they don't work, side effects that have you thinking that a psychotic episode would be a lot more fun and then when you finally fi read more
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