The word "psychotropic" is defined as "affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug." Basically, this isn't just taking an Tylenol if you've got a headache or Zyrtec for allergies. It's way more complex than that. Read More »
medication
Chill Pills (pt. 1)
By warrior-poet - Posted on January 29th, 2009
Tagged: ADD
• Adderol
• adhd
• adolescents
• Children
• hyperactivity
• learning disorders
• medication
• pharmaceutics
• psychology
• psychotropic drugs
• Ritalin
• teenages
depression: Is it genetics or is it your brain?
By minuet1965 - Posted on December 11th, 2008
For the longest time I have wondered if depression is an inherited trait or is it something chemically wrong with the wiring in your brain. Read More »
Mental health: Question to progressive U bloggers
By minuet1965 - Posted on December 4th, 2008
HI
I have a question to progressive u bloggers. Have any of you taken anti depressants?
If you have did you feel it caused dependency? My mother asked the question because she says she feels more productive on it. When she forgets to take it she can't get anything done and she wonders if she's dependent on it. Read More »
The greatest blessing: My husband smokes again
By whispers awnesty - Posted on November 21st, 2008
Crazy right? How can a person be so happy about her husband taking smoking up again to the point of calling it a blessing? Well, in one word- Chantix. Read More »
The FDA's Little Black Box
By sawaboof - Posted on July 12th, 2008
Tagged: Accutane
• Adverse Affects
• Antiepileptics
• Birth Defects
• Black Box Warning
• Epilepsy Drugs
• FDA
• medication
• Risk of Suicide
• sawaboof
• Side Effects
• suicidal tendencies
• Suicided Risk
• Warning Labels
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
• Better future
antidepressants are the shit...oh wait, they're not
By randomness - Posted on February 29th, 2008
I'm on my fourth antidepressant in 5 months. Let's see here....Lexapro, Effexor, Prozac, and now I get to experience the joy that is zoloft. YAY!!! Read More »
Thank God for antidepressants!!! :-)
By missjoannaleigh - Posted on February 26th, 2008
Tagged: antidepressants
• Anxiety
• depression
• happiness
• healing
• medication
• mental health
• Personal freedom
• Better future
So if you read my last blog, you'd know that the past few months have been really rough. And if you haven't, then... my boyfriend's in the Army and was deployed to Afghanistan about 6 weeks ago. It has been extremely difficult to deal with for so many reasons. I have bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (but nothing too severe) and take a mood stabilizer, which helps in general. Read More »
Charlie Bartlett: a movie review
By Jilpooh - Posted on February 23rd, 2008
Last night I went to see Charlie Bartlett. It was surprisingly good. But don’t take my word for anything I like every movie I see. I’m the type of person that chuckles at all the right times and laughs at all the wrong ones. It was similar to Juno, but a lot deeper. Anton Yelchin was fantastic. And it was overall hilarious, but the dark side is what has stuck in my head. Read More »
