harpsicalbiobug: vampireapologist: badchristiannightcore: whoweargoldintheirhair: PSA: COUGH MEDICINE + SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAN KILL YOU. I am apparently very very lucky that I had a low dose of both. Google tells me that what I had on Saturday was serotonin syndrome and it can apparently kill you. The culprit is dextromethorphan, which is a cough suppressant and …
Tag Archives: medication
commanderfraya: rhythmic-idealist: commanderfraya: i think amidst encouraging people to take their meds and trust their therapists we should also keep in mind that bad medication combinations and bad therapists do exist if your mental health medication is making you feel numb/out of sync with the world/sad/paranoid/any number of other things (im just listing some that …
editor-c: mythicallism: me when someone tells me shit like “you know all these meds are actually worse for you they turn you into a zombie ://”, “you should try yoga”, “why dont you exercise more”: @eckcro
hymnofamedicaloddity: rarara-riot-grrrl: vetmedirl: princess-xion: simonbitdiddle: gandalfkorv: adistasteformath: I honestly hate how art and media have kind of romanticized the idea of like “going off your meds and being your true self again” because like I started taking antidepressants and like immediately got a new job, found a place to live, improved my relationships with people in …
kimbergoat: tevil-666: mintykiwi: whatbigotspost: dogs-of-peace said: I am regularly disgusted by what I see in my Facebook feed. ____ Ah yes. I had to listen to an “inspirational speaker” whose main message was “exercise and just stop taking pills!!!” a few weeks ago through a work event. Yay. Lovely. fixed it Perfect fuck you I’m gonna eat a …
littleblackchats: sauntervaguelydownward: showerthoughtsofficial: When medication says “do not operate heavy machinery” they’re probably mainly referring to cars, but my mind always goes to forklift. It has honestly never occurred to me that this warning was about cars and not construction equipment SAME
slatestarscratchpad: Lots of people seem to agree with me about making FDA approval easier, but every so often I flirt with a much crazier position – I think we need to overhaul the prescription system, with less of an emphasis on making people get constant prescriptions from doctors every time they want to take drugs. …
nudityandnerdery: dietcokereba: queenspritzee: puke-ahontas: edgebug: sincerely, a person who has been on prozac for 9 years this is in response to some shitty stuff i’ve seen on my dash recently. it’s super simplified, so if you’d like to know some more indepth stuff on how exactly it works, google it—OR BETTER YET actually talk to …
circuitbird: footstepsinthefrost: Why is the blame for romanticizing mental illness lodged at teenage girls documenting/trying to cope with their struggles with mental illness and not grown men who make movies about how medication is evil and schizophrenia is magic powers. I’m just gonna reblog this every time I see it.