Tag Archives: stress

Taking the Fear Out

Posted on November 16, 2014 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

Trying to Talk to the Doctor (Part II)

Posted on August 2, 2014 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

The Mind without the Spirit

Posted on July 8, 2012 by annecwoodlen

(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 | Leave a comment

Sitting Down

Posted on August 21, 2011 by annecwoodlen

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 | 2 Comments

Doctor-Controlled Diabetes

Posted on January 30, 2011 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

My Friend, Not on Drugs

Posted on October 30, 2010 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

Depression: What Your Psychiatrist Doesn’t Know or Won’t Tell You (part I)

Posted on October 19, 2010 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment