Meds?

[*bratcat*]

 

[TygerEyez]

I am on them.

I'd rather not say (been warned that telling your problems is bad... and well if I said what I was on, then y'd know! sillies!)

I think they're helping.. they keep me grounded at times, and perk me at others.

Weird and wonderful side affects?... Um... I'm not sure. *chuckles*I was always strange, even before this! lol

 

[cactiphile]

I was on various meds for about 2 years,
all the different forms of antidepressants
(seretonin uptake inhibitators mostly)
basically trying each one for a couple of
months finding that the side effects made
life unbearable and that they didn't help
with my problems (OCD) anyway.
The side effects varied but mostly they made
my brain go to sleep (running at about 20% of
capacity), lethagic, gave me extremely
vivid nightmares, and a strange form of
impotency, I could get hard but took
me about 2 hours to cum. My wife needless
to say lost interest before that point.
If any had actually helped with the problems
I might have put up with the side effects
(apart from the sexual ones).

I now live medfree and just try to cope with
the way my brain works by willpower
(not often that successfully.)

Cactiphile (sad and deranged)

 

[Mistress]

I need my fucking meds back....

 

[SexyThang]

Wow.

I didn't realize so many people were on Meds so young.

 

[Mistress]

Yep! Been off of them for over two months and it's killing me........Ugh, I really really do need them back! I hate being broke, who in the hell can aford $300 a month for meds when they have no ins and no job/just starting a new job?

 

[Wizard]

Being a kidney transplant pt. I have taken about 30 pills everyday for about 15 years now...........Most all are anti rejection drugs which I will take the rest of my life.

I take a few blood pressure pills cause kidney failure will cause high blood pressure.

I take a few over the counter vitamins to replace stuff my body don't make.

Gets to be a drag when you have two large handfulls a day to take but ya know it sure beats a pine box and thats where I would be if I didn't take them........

 

[teresafannin]

My fiancee takes Paxil & once I have a complete physical to rule out any physical problems, I will begin anti-depressants. It has been 18 months since my son was murdered & I don't seem to be making much progress. Emotionally, I am all over the map & think it is time for something to help me level out. I take melatonin to help me sleep, Ambion on the really bad nights. I thought I could do this on my own, but it isn't happening. My fiancee really hasn't noticed any side effects from the Paxil.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Who is on them? Nope
What kind are you on? Thank god, life
How long for? Till I die
Do you think they are helping?"Its life, we all get through it somehow"
Any weird and wonderful side effects? I think so, I have fallen in love twice

 

[Andra_Jenny]

Have you seen the Television commercials?

The list of side effects always scares me away from the cure!

 

[Wizard]

In my case the side effects are bad, but it is better than not taking them....................

 

[BlondGirl]

In my case the side effects are bad, but it is better than not taking them....................

Wizard,

I had a patient once who was a kidney transplant patient (post 12? years) and he was up for a second transplant. While I was waiting for transportation to return him to his floor, we had lots of time to chitchat (you know how slow things move in a hospital!). This guy pulled out pictures of his family--especially his daughter--who had been born about a year or so after his transplant. He knew that his daughter's life only occured because of that previous transplant and he was so obviously deeply in love with that child. Just one of those patients that grabs your heart and won't let go. I wish I knew how he as doing now!

Another time (as a student), I got to watch a kidney transplant occur. Since I was a nobody, I was able to watch both surg's. It was incredible. This couple was a wife to a husband--incredible match. (Everybody was excited!) They removed her kidney and then flushed the organ with water. It looked like a simple piece of meat--like something you would find in the meat case. Immediately after that, it was rushed over the the room next down the way to her husband where it was quickly hooked up to the blood vessels. The doc announced that it was time...to see if it was successful. The ureter (pee-tube that comes out the bottom) was placed over a bowl and we all did a countdown before the clamps were removed. His new kidney immediatly swelled up and blushed beautifully and urine instantly began to drip out. We all cheered. It was really awesome.

If you have not told your family that you want your organs donated, do so--the paperwork you sign means nada in the U.S.--your family still decides and they need to know what you want. (I have discussed this with my young son--at 8, he knows that if he dies, I will try to donate his no-longer-used body parts to people who need them--he knows that he will continue to be an asset to this world even after his death. He also knows my wishes--if he is ever faced with that decision during a panic sticken day of horror--he already knows what to do when he is approached in that little room outside the ICU.)

Sorry to drag the topic away--back to the drug discussion.

 

[Guest]

When I take the green ones I think I'm Licci~Nicci. When I take the red ones I think I'm BlondGirl. When I mix them all together who knows who the fuck I am. Whatever!

 

[BlondGirl]

When I take the red ones I think I'm BlondGirl.

HEY--If you really think you are me, get your ass over here and CLEAN THIS HOUSE!!!!!! Pronto.
And give me some of those red pills to pass out to people near here. I need my lawn mowed and my dog bathed and .....

 

[Ask For More]

Forgive me for being ignorant but what exactly are meds?

 

[SexyThang]

I'm assuming prescription medication.

With so many people taking them these days, I wonder how people ever managed to make it through life before there was such a treasure trove to choose from.

I understand the anti-rejection drugs and all, but so many young people on meds for depression, etc..

 

[Guest]

Meds are whatever does it for you. SexyThang ate a rock a dog shit on and fell in love with KID ROCK1. Shit happens.

 

[SexyThang]

Oooh..another no mind with no balls that's hiding as a troll.

Yay!

 

[*bratcat*]

CONGRATS!!!

 

[SexyThang]

Hell, I've lost count But it's soooo nice to be so special, don't ya think?

**blows a kiss**

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[lilfrk]

Who is on them?
I am.

What kind are you on?
An anti-inflammatory called Daypro for pain control with my fibromyalgia. An anti-depressant called Elavil for minor pain control, sleep enhancement, and depression that comes with my fibromyalgia. Allegra-D for my allergies. Serevent and Albutoral inhalers for my Asthma.

How long for?
Until they no longer work and I have to find new ones that do.
Do you think they are helping?
So far they are and I've been on them 6 years.

Any weird and wonderful side effects?
Dry mouth, craving sugar and a moon face.

 

[Mistress]

Up until two months ago I was on:


Celexa : Depression
Neurontin: Anger mood swings/hyper activity
Wellbutron: Depression,and to bring back the orgasms celexa took away. Only it then put me into sexual over drive!


I still need my fucking meds.....

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Celestiale]

I've been on one for the past three years...Effexor XR...It works WAY better than Prozac or Paxil without any of the yuckky side effects.

And if I get my islet transplant next year then I will have to be on anti-rejection drugs too...but that will be way better than taking a shot 3 times a day!

OMG...how did you get into a program?? I am diabetic too and would love to hear any info you've got! Mail me if you have some time! That is just so exciting!!! I don't know anyone who's taking that path. I'm on an insulin pump now and still very brittle...

Also, let me just *warn* you about the effects of going OFF of Effexor. It is SHEER HELL and I actually have written documentation from when I went off of it last year. In the documentation, there's also other people's experiences that mirrored my own. If you are interested, I'd be more than happy to send it to you!