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The Perception of Powerlessness
So the days and nights went on, indistinguishable from one another, and I went to a neuropsychologist who told me that depression is triggered by the perception of powerlessness. Then he told me to take more pills. Antidepressants pills were what had … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Depression, disability, drugs, God, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Onondaga County, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged antidepressants, depression, Dept. of Social Services, God, Kathy Hart, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Onondaga County, PNIE, power, powerlessness, psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology
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Under a Waning Moon
Around 1982, Dr. Jenifer Rich prescribed lithium for my bipolar depression. She failed to monitor it. She should have checked lithium levels every two months, kidney function every six months, and cardiac function once a year. I didn’t know; I … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Health Care, Mental Illness & Health
Tagged antidepressants, bipolar, chronic renal failure, DDAVP, death, dehydration, depression, diabetes mellitus, diagnosis, dialysis, diarrhea, diuretics, drugs, end-of-life, endocrinology, GFR, glomerular filtration rate, HCTZ, health care, holistic, hypokalemia, immune system, kidney failure, kidney infection, lithium, low potassium, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, nephrology, pharmaceuticals, physicians, psychiatric disorders, psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology, suicidal feelings, urine output, values
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