medicine
The medicalization of mental illness has given rise to many forms of pharmacological relief that restore chemical imbalances in one's brain.
I Was Afraid of the Stigma
I procrastinated making my appointments for quite some time now merely because I hate the doctors and it doesn't matter what it's for. Whether it's for the dentist, the gyno, my annual physical, I hate it; all those white rooms and medicine smells give me anxiety. But, given these trying times, I couldn't put it off for much longer so I made my appointment for my physical which I was long overdue for, and with all these apps I didn't even have to call! I also hate making phone calls, go figure, and having that nervous shrill phone voice that everyone has. I had quite a few things to ask my doctor and one of them being about finding a psychiatrist so the time was now honestly.
By Billie-Jules5 years ago in Psyche
Psychiatry and Real Life
Psychiatry is optimistic about antidepressants. The debate has been won, it is said, as more evidence from better trials comes out in support of their use. I’m not so sure. I support their use very reservedly, and have some thoughts about translational problems from clinical trials into real-life prescribing. The gap is larger than us doctors seem to realise.
By Nick Birthday 5 years ago in Psyche
Protect Us From Covid-19
COVID-19 by and large spreads through respiratory droplets from one individual to some other while respiratory. These droplets cross into the air when you cough, sneeze, chortle, shout, or sing. Those droplets can land or breathe into the mouths or noses of human beings close to you.
By jorge pacheco5 years ago in Psyche
Medicated
I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder back when I was in high school, but I felt like my relationship with mental illness started many years before that. When I was 8 I was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome and it became a permanent part of my identity. At some point I remember doctors (or maybe therapists?) throwing OCD into the mix as well. I felt like I had a laundry list of things that described who I was and defined who I would be. My days were full of routines and rituals in between playing make believe on the playground and trying to disguise my ticks as part of my charming personality. I learned early on how to try to conceal the things about who I was that might be different or embarrassing. Some, I couldn’t, so I would get mildly teased or I’d become an annoyance to friends and family. For the most part, I was a normal kid, but from a young age my mind seemed to buzz to the point of explosion and I was constantly figuring out and adjusting my plan of fitting into the mold I thought I needed to fit into.
By Trish Felecos5 years ago in Psyche
Pain
I sometimes wonder why they call them pain pills, it NEVER fully kills the pain, it only numbs it temporarily. After a few hours, give or take, it resurfaces. This time it has returned with a vengance stronger than the last time. Ingest one more pill, that should definitely get the job done. Except it does not.
By Spiritual Wizard 5 years ago in Psyche
Benzo withdrawal
It began with running low on a prescription and turned into a nightmare. So where do we begin? Well let's start with having your primary care physician manage some serious psychiatric medications. Bad idea, and something I wish I would've known sooner because it could've prevented this whole disaster. So what is this disaster you speak of? The disaster was running out of benzodiazepines to find out that my primary care physician could not prescribe them. At first, I thought nothing of it. I'll figure it out, but I wasn't able to. Now I'm without this medication and my body has grown dependent on it. I'm starting to experience a nightmare of symptoms. I'm at work and I can't sit still. Not just a normal anxious feeling either. I can feel this in my head, like this terrible gnawing feeling of I have to move.
By Cameron Bremner5 years ago in Psyche
