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Crazy Meds

Crazy Meds
Welcome to Crazymeds, where you can learn what’s good, what’s bad, what’s interesting, and what’s plain weird and funny about the medications used to treat depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, epilepsy, migraines, anxiety, neuropathic pain, or whatever psychiatric and/or neurological condition you might have. The information on this site is to help you work with your doctor(s) to find the right treatment options. Too many of us get nothing more than 15-minute appointments with overworked doctors or nurse-practitioners, so we need all the help we can get. We need to talk to our prescribers about the best medication1 to treat our conditions, and not the most profitable ones, or the cheapest ones2. OK, in reality “best” usually translates to “least bad.” If you know the name of the medication(s) you’re looking for, you’ll probably want our list of drugs by name. Antidepressants, like Celexa and Effexor, for the treatment of depression (duh), anxiety, and other conditions. Related:  On the Pharm

NeuroSoup About my art I’ve been painting for around 15 years; although, I didn’t throw myself into it fully until about seven years ago. I work mainly with acrylics, but I also create mixed media art and drawings from time to time. Nootropic Nootropics (/noʊ.əˈtrɒpɨks/ noh-ə-TROP-iks), also referred to as smart drugs, memory enhancers, neuro enhancers, cognitive enhancers, and intelligence enhancers, are drugs, supplements, nutraceuticals, and functional foods that improve one or more aspects of mental function, such as working memory, motivation, and attention.[1][2] The word nootropic was coined in 1972 by the Romanian Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea,[3][4] derived from the Greek words νους nous, or "mind", and τρέπειν trepein meaning to bend or turn.[5] Availability and prevalence[edit] At present, there are only a few drugs which have been shown to improve some aspect of cognition in medical reviews.[citation needed] Many more are in different stages of development.[6] The most commonly used class of drug is stimulants, such as caffeine.[7] Academic use[edit] Surveys suggest that 3–11% of American students and 0.7–4.5% of German students have used cognitive enhancers in their lifetime.[11][12][13] Side effects[edit] Drugs[edit]

Aim for a Healthy Weight - Obesity Education Initiative, NHLBI Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is important for overall health and can help you prevent and control many diseases and conditions. If you are overweight or obese, you are at higher risk of developing serious health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain cancers. That is why maintaining a healthy weight is so important: It helps you lower your risk for developing these problems, helps you feel good about yourself, and gives you more energy to enjoy life. Overweight is having extra body weight from muscle, bone, fat, and/or water. Many factors can contribute to a person’s weight. Energy balance is important for maintaining a healthy weight. The same amount of energy IN and energy OUT over time = weight stays the same (energy balance) More energy IN than OUT over time = weight gain More energy OUT than IN over time = weight loss You can reach and maintain a healthy weight if you:

Hypnosis reaches the parts brain scans and neurosurgery cannot | Vaughan Bell | Science Whenever AR sees a face, her thoughts are bathed in colour and each identity triggers its own rich hue that shines across her mind's eye. This experience is a type of synaesthesia which, for about one in every 100 people, automatically blends the senses. Some people taste words, others see sounds, but AR experiences colour with every face she sees. But on this occasion, perhaps for the first time in her life, a face is just a face. If the experience is novel for AR, it is equally new to science because no one had suspected that synaesthesia could be reversed. The surprising reversal of AR's synaesthesia was reported in a recent study by psychologist Devine Terhune and his colleagues at Lund University in Sweden. When the colour of the onscreen face clashed with the colour that appeared in her mind's eye, she reacted slowly, as if trying to read traffic lights through tinted glasses. But perhaps even more mysterious is why we have the capacity to be hypnotised at all.

The Dab Lab Head Shop Essential First Aid Item: Activated Carbon Activated carbon, in powdered form, should be in every medicine cabinet and first aid kit. It is also known as activated charcoal. It is used around the world as a universal antidote for hundreds of poisons, including arsenic, mercury, pesticides, strychnine, warfarin, hemlock, E. Coli endotoxin, and gasoline. Over 4,000 chemicals, drugs, plant and microbial toxins, allergens, venoms, and wastes are effectively neutralized by activated charcoal, when it is given in sufficient quantities. In 1813, French chemist Michel Bertrand swallowed five grams of arsenic trioxide: 150 times the lethal dose. In 1831, in front of his distinguished colleagues at the French Academy of Medicine, Professor Touery drank a deadly cocktail of strychnine and lived to tell the tale. We witnessed the saving power of activated charcoal ourselves, when one member of our household experienced a severe allergic reaction to an unknown ingredient from a restaurant. Manufacture and Storage Other Uses Related Articles

The Health of It All : Eating Fast Food Eating Healthier at Chain Restaurants Eating at restaurants can be full of pitfalls. How do you know what's healthy and tastes good, as well? Dr. Dr. When we looked at the Nutrition Information for the restaurants listed below, we could not find a single main course item or entree item (excluding kids' meals) that met our criteria. Applebee's Chili's Checker's Dairy Queen Potbelly Sandwich Works Rally's I have to admit that I seldom eat at fast food joints. If you are going to eat at fast food restaurants, use these lists to find the best, healthiest options at the different fast food restaurants. I have kept it pretty straightforward and the only information included is calories, fat, sodium, and fiber. Healthier Choices at Fast Food Restaurants

Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation In February 2007, the American Psychological Association (APA) established the Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation with a charge that included three major tasks: 1. Review and update the Resolution on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation (APA, 1998). 2. The appropriate application of affirmative therapeutic interventions for children and adolescents who present a desire to change either their sexual orientation or their behavioral expression of their sexual orientation, or both, or whose guardian expresses a desire for the minor to change. 3. As part of the fulfillment of its charge, the task force undertook an extensive review of the recent literature on psychotherapy and the psychology of sexual orientation. Same-sex sexual attractions, behavior and orientations per se are normal and positive variants of human sexuality — in other words, they do not indicate either mental or developmental disorders. Note.

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