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more about #pills missmonster: I am not a fan of prescription meds, but just for me. You can take 'em by the handful if they work for you. All I know is anti-depressants me me more ... more » NewsBunny: I finally got treatment for anxiety and depression at the age of 32. I'm 35 now. My anxiety was getting so bad that I could no longer anchor a news... more » some obscure reference: I've been taking antidepressants for nearly 15 years. My mother still occasionally asks me if I'm ever going to try to get off of them. "I dunno, Mo... more » HannahPhineas: I fell into a dark pit in 6th grade, and it took me until my junior year in college to get over the shame of being depressed to get help. I would cry... more » nessalicious: Having been prescribed Xanax and Valium in the past I can see where she's coming from as they are highly addictive. However I think the most important... more » BlondeGoddess: Antidepressants are in total other league than benzos. Antidepressants (which I take in a low dosage to prevent debilitating migraines) have so many s... more » emfish55: I can't begrudge anyone the help of anti-depressants or anti-anxiety drugs. In fact, after years of treatment with stints and cholesterol-lowering dr... more » stacyinbean: I guess what I don't understand is how it's perfectly natural and acceptable for a man to take a pill to get an erection in our society, but drugs tha... more » cantankasaurus rex: my mother is bi-polar, but refuses to take medication. she thinks its a sign of weakness and that everyone should be able to get through like by "just... more » BeckySharper: Using a drug for medical reasons is 100% different from abusing it or developing an addiction. One can develop into the other, obvs, but prescription ... more » shorty63136: Ha. I wish a brisk walk was the cure-all. Having been on both anti-anxiety and anti-depressants, I can say that they both work wonders when taken for ... more » Notes from the underwhelmed: I heart Lisa Carver. I still have some old copies of Rollerderby tucked away somewhere, I think. That being said... I have to say this: I get very fru... more » BetteD: I have both huge respect and a healthy wariness of anti-anxiety drugs--they gave me back my mother, and then took her away again, then gave her back o... more » hollygirl: Are you equating Xanax abuse with maintenance anti-depressants? because the former is dangerous, progessive and unhealthy, and the latter is something... more » Flackette Goes Retro: Thank you, Sadie. It's very important to remember that the experience of this writer, who seems to have become hooked on the Rx drugs to the point of ... more » lalaland13: I don't know if Xanax is always evil. For a while, I had a prescription for it, for when I just could not calm down enough to function. I took it a ha... more » krismry: I know I must be the only person on the face of the planet who does not believe in the benefits of exercise. I have sat down at work at the end of wha... more » sybann: There's nothing like an ex-smoker... I have an addictive personality too - I identify so much with what she's saying. I barely take aspirin or antihis... more » hydrogen_jukebox: After being in a relationship in which I wasted almost a year of my life playing tent pole to a sad sack - who would scam doctors and make me drive hi... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: I was told by one of my psychiatrists in the past that "the medication just allows you to get to the place where the real work can begin," and the lon... more » -
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Escape From Valley Of The Dolls: One Writer Overcomes Demon Xanax
If you know Lisa Carver's writing, you know she's all about owning her experience. The only one she's ashamed of? As she tells Salon, her unglamorous dependence on prescription drugs. As a pill-popper, her account leaves me with mixed feelings. More » -
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Plan B's Advertising Pleases Us, Pisses Off Conservatives
We're liking this Plan B commercial currently in heavy rotation on cable television because it's realistic — depicting women waking up alone and having to deal with morning-after bullshit on their own. More » -
