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Tag Archives: stress
Taking the Fear Out
Bob Savage, night nurse. I cannot see his face but his large, dark bulk appears out of the night’s darkness in my room at Crouse Hospital. He moves swiftly and silently, leaning over my bed to whisper “What do you … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative therapies, Health Care, Holistic, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health
Tagged amygdala, Bob Savage, comfort, Cortisol, Crouse Hospital, diabetes mellitus, Diana Sponsler, fear, high glucose, medical massage, myalgic encephalomyelitis, nervous system, opiate withdrawal, oxycodone, stress
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Trying to Talk to the Doctor (Part II)
Dr. Kelly, Back to your first email—I have been worked up by three allergists and four rheumatologists in the Syracuse area. The allergists all say “This is beyond my area of expertise—out of my territory.” The rheumatologists tell me there … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Medical care, physician
Tagged allergyl, chrong fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome, diabetes mellitus, Dr. Sarah Myhill, drug reactions, immunology, ketogenic diet, ME/CFIDS, myalgic encephalomyelitis, Rheumatology, stress, upstate nephrology clinic
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The Mind without the Spirit
(I have no idea why this won’t post in 12-pt. font. Sorry ’bout that.) In Dr. Andrew Weil’s 7-page paper, “We Have Happy Pills, Anxiety Drugs, and Therapists Galore: So Why Are We More Stressed and Depressed than Ever?” he … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, God, Health Care, Holistic, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Power, Spirituality, Values
Tagged Andrew Weil, antidepressants, anxiety, depression, doctors, family, God, godlessness, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, mind, pharmaceuticals, Physician, power, psyche, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapy, relationships, soul, spirit, stress, therapy, values
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Sitting Down
The story, as told by my grandmother, was that her younger brother Dick drove home from the swimming hole at dusk in an open buggy, wearing a wet wool bathing suit. He caught a cold that turned into pneumonia, and died … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, Depression, drugs, God, Health Care, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Spirituality
Tagged allergies, antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, Dale Avers, death, depression, diagnosis, diet, Diet (nutrition), doctors, Drug, drugs, end-of-life, Faith, Ghaly, God, Health, hypersensitivity, immune system, insulin, Medicine, modern medicine, patients, penecillin, pharmaceuticals, Physician, pneumonia, sleep, stress
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Doctor-Controlled Diabetes
During the drugging years I had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, type II; the doctor had said, “Over weight and over forty.” It was diet controlled, that is, I progressively kept eliminating from my diet all the things that were pushing … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged carbohydrates, celiac disease, control, control freak, diabetes, diabetes mellitus, diet, dietician, doctor, Dr. Nasri Ghaly, Dr. Paul M. Cohen, drugs, endocrine, Glucophage, glucose, health care system, insulin, Joslin Clinic, persistent poly pharmacy, Physician, psychologist, sickness care system, side-effects, stress, Upstate Medical Center
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My Friend, Not on Drugs
My friend—who is one of the most laid-back people I know—is angry. He went to a new doctor for a routine annual physical. His blood pressure was high, so the doctor—a young man—prescribed blood pressure medicine. When my friend went … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Health Care, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals
Tagged anger, Blood pressure, Conditions and Diseases, diagnosis, doctors, drug pushers, drugs, Health, Hypertension, medication, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, panic attack, patients, Pharmaceutical drug, pharmaceuticals, Pharmacy, Physician, physicians, psychiatric disorders, stress, vitamins, white coat hypertension, Xanax
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Depression: What Your Psychiatrist Doesn’t Know or Won’t Tell You (part I)
Depression is anger born of powerlessness and turned inward by people with a certain genetic predisposition. Depression is not your fault but you can beat it. It is triggered by an interaction between your genes and your world—“depression via a … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Depression, Mental Illness & Health, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged alcoholism, anger, antidepressants, bipolar, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, doctors, drugs, Gene, genetic, Health, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Mood, National Institute of Mental Health, NIMH, NYS Office of Mental Health, power, powerlessness, psychiatric disorders, psychiatric peer support, Psychiatry, stress
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