SELF MEDICATING

If you've been taking an anti-depressant, especially an SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) for some time and want to quit, you'll want to prepare for certain withdrawal symptoms. Self-medicating depression and panic attacks delays recovery.

A personal journey of discovery in the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and to the recognition of the use of alcohol as a self medicating tool. This article shares the tools and tips that have brought forward a healthy lifestyle and self worth.

The medical industry has and will continue to impact us all in every way possible. Many feel that it's a disgrace how health costs have become.

Self medication of a Manic Depressive can be a dangerous situation and should be addressed with your physician immediately.

Feeling bad and wanting to feel better is perfectly human and understandable. Unfortunately, a couple of common substances people use to relieve their depression actually makes things a lot worse.

A brief glimpse on the process of self medication.

After a lifetime of suffering from depression, I finally got honest with myself - and my therapist. With her help, and the aid of anti-depressants, I was able to accept myself for who I am: a person with depression, not a person defined by depression.

Al is one of a growing number of people harmed through self-medicating made possible through Internet-based Web "pharmacies" that act more like prescription drug mills. More Americans are bypassing the usual routine to order potent drugs for themselves.

American society has come a long way. Still, mental health issues have many labels attached to it. Many are unkind and not true. Addicts in recovery must ask themselves if they were self-medicating a mental illness.

Just because you have a prescription for your medicine doesn't mean you're safe from harm.

REBT is a therapy that you can practice yourself, once you understand the basic tenets of it. It is especially helpful in dealing with and eliminating persistent irrational emotions, such as anger and fear, and helps those with low self esteem.

People today are exposed to crosscurrents of conflicting messages about what to expect from committed relationships. Does our media prompt people to embrace their monogamy and commitment or pursue self-destructive and impulsive behavior?

The actor's open use of prostitutes reveals a lot about what's driving him. Yep, it's a monumental lack of self-respect.

The long term effects of stress can impact your physical and psychological health, and your social relationships. Exercise, avoiding self-medication, and actively maintaining friendships will help you fight the negative effects of stress.

New advances in "flavor customizability" have made a Children's Tylenol that seems more candy than medicine. This brings medicine closer up the scale from "punishment" to "reward" and just follows a bad pattern in the way of non-prescription medicine.

The average parricide is one who has been severely abused physically, sexually or verbally through their entire early childhood and view murder as the last alternative . When there is no abuse present, what would drive a child to kill their parents?

Every month painful periods were a way of life for me. When I was 27 I made the hardest and best decision to change that.

Angelica, often called garden angelica or wild parsnip, can be used as a treatment for colic, gas, sour stomach, heartburn, improving circulation, warming the body and relieving stomach and bowel cramps.

A compare and contrast of films by Robert Aldrich on nuclear war, neo-Vietnam interst in the '80s an cinema as propaganda.

So you broke up and it's over. Now what do you do? Break ups make you feel helpless, like you won't ever stop crying, and what you really need is a guide on how to get over your relationship.

The "Seven Keys to Weight Loss Freedom" that are laid out in this common-sense, realistic, and easy to understand book are working for me, and they can work for you too!