Tag: Amelia
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Prozac Poop-Out
Prozac poop-out. If you know, you know. You know? The general population doesn’t understand how antidepressants work. I don’t mean in the nitty-gritty scientific details kind of way, with pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, metabolites, autoreceptors, etc.1 I mean that most people don’t have a clue about the actual experience of taking antidepressants. The general (mis)understanding is that…
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Idiopathic
More like idiot-pathic The Merriam-Webster Dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idiopathic Urban Dictionary https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=idiopathic If I sat here and thought long and hard, I’m sure I could come up with several more frustrating things than going to the doctor and hearing that this thing that is making you miserable is “idiopathic”. It would take some time, but I’m creative…
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“Is It Depression Or…”
Here’s a fun game. It’s called, “Is It Depression Or…” and this is how you play it: Experience vague symptoms like fatigue, low mood, feeling overwhelmed, and/or general malaise then ask yourself, “Is it depression, or am I feeling this way because ________”. You can fill in the blank with all sorts of options. Here…
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