Posted in addiction, addictions, benzodiazapine, chronic pain, depression, detox, fibromyalgia, hydrocodone, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, pain medication, pregabalin, vicodone, withdrawal, tagged klonopin, lyrica, fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia and addiction, chemical dependancy, chronic pain and addiction, dependancy vs addiction, vicodin on May 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
sorry about the formatting. i can’t seem to get this to flow correctly.
i was sharing online about my fibro and of course my history as a person recovering from substance abuse and…what happened when i was treated long-term for pain management. bits of this story are strewn through out my blog. but this is a [...]
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i guess in light of a recent suicide in my community i’m looking at an issue near to my heart and life. suicide. in the ”against medical advice” blogg the author shared an all to common experience of people who’ve woken up in the ER after an incompleted suicide, http://agmedad.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/incompleters/#comment-6509
this is the response i wrote…i need to [...]
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Posted in AA, addiction, addictions, benzodiazapine, depression, detox, fibromyalgia, guafinesin, klonopin, lyrica, melatonin, off meds, pregabalin, quality of life, recovery, sleep, tagged melatonin, lyrica, off meds, fibromyalgia, mental health, psych meds, energy healing, polarity therapy, road blocks in healing, healing, guaifenesin treatment for fibromyalgia on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
my counselor and i began discussing polarity therapy…energy work. i wanted to read more about what exactly it was. i’m very familiar with a variety of yoga, meditation and have had reiki, massage and acupuncture work done…but i wanted to know more about polarity therapy because this is just another area that can use improvement when [...]
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well, i do have a bit of a bee in my bonnet. it’s about the accelerated taper schedule i needed to follow. i don’t harp about my life’s circumstances…the one thing that can drag me down faster than my illness, because it won’t help things and it’s not the topic i’m working with. but i’m [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
this is an article from the “modern healthcare” site:
Congress appears to be nearing agreement on a bill that would prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to otherwise healthy individuals who have a genetic predisposition to develop a disease. A Senate vote on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act could be held Thursday, congressional sources said.
The bill [...]
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this isn’t really news…but it was released again today…from the fiercepharma newsletter:
5. Neurontin fails bipolar med review
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Review the research on epilepsy meds, and what do you find? Neurontin (gabapentin), is no better than placebo for bipolar disorder, according to the Prescribing for Better Outcomes center at the University of North [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged addiction, alcoholism, bipolar, brain exercise, brain exercises, brain fog, brain zaps, chronic illness, chronic pain, depression, detoxing, fibromyalgia, holistic health practices, low functioning, mental acuity, mental functioning, mental illness, off meds, psych meds, rehab, sedintary, side effects of meds, suppliments and diets on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
so many of us that have lived with a diagnosis of mental illness or chronic disorders such as fibromyalgia and chronic pain also suffer from a loss of mental acuity and function. it can be the result of long term use of psych meds, pain meds, benzodiazapines, etc….it can also result simply from atrophy, attributed to [...]
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Posted in FDA, bipolar, drug makers, drug updates, wellbutrinXL, tagged wellbutrin, FDA probe clears generic wellbutrin, generic wellbutrin, teva's generic wellbutrin XL, glaxosmithkline, budeprion XL on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
from fiercepharma:
5. FDA probe clears generic Wellbutrin
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Listen to all those generics makers heaving sighs of relief. The FDA has given the thumbs-up to Teva’s generic Wellbutrin XL, which has been under investigation since early last year. Patients who’d switched from GlaxoSmithKline’s branded form of 300 mg pill to Teva’s Budeprion [...]
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Posted in addictions, alcoholism, benzodiazapine, bipolar, chronic fatigue, detox, klonopin, lamictal, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, recovery, wellbutrinXL, withdrawal, tagged klonopin, neurontin, lyrica, fibromyalgia, wellbutrin, lamictal, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, addictions, alcoholic, laughter, benzodiazapine, withdrawal from meds, personal velocity, healthy living, managing withdrawal and co existing conditions, balanced lifestyle on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
looking at how withdrawal can trigger other disorders like fibromyalgia and considering how to perceive and treat the symptoms. trying to find balance and watching how i can even abuse my own “natural highs”. laughter is a great medicine. remembering the freedoms and habits we came by naturally as children can aid us in how [...]
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Posted in addictions, benzodiazapine, bipolar, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, laughter, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, wellbutrinXL, withdrawal, tagged bipolar, detoxing off benzodiazapine, exercise, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, laughter, lyrica, meditation, neurontin, nutrition, off meds, wellbutrin, withdrawal on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
well…i haven’t written or really been on line for the last few days. i’m a bit rushed this morning but, i guess when you get to feeling better for a bit, things get busy as you paddle to catch up. and there’s just the catching up inspite of not feeling great. the darn fibro alone simply wears [...]
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