tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post6706047176682073565..comments2023-11-14T20:22:36.929-08:00Comments on Knowledge Is Necessity: Meds and Wellness: Like Rolling a Rock Uphill?John McManamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-67997688045171114882009-03-15T17:48:00.000-07:002009-03-15T17:48:00.000-07:00Hi, Anonymous. I read you loud and clear. Nearly a...Hi, Anonymous. I read you loud and clear. Nearly all of us, I am convinced, need an assist from meds. The catch is finding meds that work for us. It certainly doesn't help when they diagnose us wrong. Ironically, even though people are less resistant to antidepressants, they have the potential to do us the most harm. I'm playing with the idea that mood stabilizers should be prescribed before John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-10283626525430840512009-03-15T17:13:00.000-07:002009-03-15T17:13:00.000-07:00I am a former RN who is now living with Bipolar II...I am a former RN who is now living with Bipolar II. I refuse to say I am Bipolar II.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, because of my background, I tend to regard the meds prescribed for 'mood stabelizing' as necessary evils. For one thing, most of them are repurposed anticonvulsants. My previous contacts with them were with either patients who had too much in their bloodstream and were therefore very sick or withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com