Anxiety & Mood
Is Anxiety Addictive?
Suffering from anxiety is a serious problem. It can drastically lower your quality of life, make it difficult to focus on everyday tasks, and may cause health problems as the stress of that anxiety takes a toll on your body. It can even lead to other health disorders, like depression. No one wants to experience more
Treating Depression without Medication – 8 Tips on How to Beat Depression without Medication
4. Spend time with people who care about you and can help you. It’s often hard to be around people when we feel depressed, but it’s often just what we need. If you want to beat depression without medication, you need human contact, even when you’re at your worst. Find friends and loved ones who more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – October Health Goal Wrap-up
Getting Healthier is my goal, and the goal of this site. I don’t want to be the Always Sick Chick, but the Rarely Sick Chick. That, however, takes some work and discipline, and it’s not always easy. In fact, it’s rarely easy. My health goals for October were basically met with one exception: I didn’t more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – October Health Goals
Since starting my “Getting Healthier in 2011″ series, I have accomplished the following goals for my health: Getting allergies under control – I used to have allergy attacks on a very regular basis. Now they only come rarely…very rarely! Lost 10 lbs of body fat, and people are noticing! Heck yeah! Elimination of acid reflux more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – My Health in September
Sooo…last month I was lazy. I did my August health goal wrap-up, but never came up with September health goals. Blame the start of school, plus stomach bugs followed by nasty colds…oh, and I was just too tired to think about it. Oddly enough, I got healthier without any goals. I lost 5 lbs., and more
Warning: Antidepressants might make you WORSE – signed: the FDA
I got my Prozac dose upped today. Instead of 40 mg (which I’ve been taking for about 3 1/2 years), I’m moving up to 60 mg because, well, the Prozac stopped working. With my usual paperwork that I receive with all medications outlining risks, benefits, side-effects and drug interactions, I received this handy piece of more
Suicide Prevention Week: The Terry Wise Story
When things seem so bleak and hopeless, there is always a light at the end of it all. In this case, Terry Wise, a suicide attempt survivor, tells her story of loss – loss of her husband, loss of her love for herself, loss of her will to live. But it’s also a message of more
Suicide Prevention Week
Yesterday, I learned that this week is Suicide Prevention Week. Let me begin by stating that if you or a loved on is in crisis, please call 9-1-1, go to the emergency room or call: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. There’s help available, and there is hope! Life is worth living. Please don’t more
Amy Winehouse: Addiction, Mental Illness, and Early Death
Update (Oct. 26, 2011): Amy Winehouse’s blood alcohol level was 4 times the legal limit at the time of her death. Her death has been ruled the result of alcohol poisoning. Update (July 25, 2011): Amy Winehouse was found dead in her bed, alone, with no sign of drugs nearby. She was reportedly receiving treatment more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – June Health Goal Wrap-up & July Health Goals
I usually do my wrap-up at the beginning of every month, but here it is, the 12th, and I have yet to do my wrap-up or create new health goals for July. If my goal is “getting healthier”, then I’m seriously behind this month. I also seriously lapsed on my June health goals shortly after more
