I feel so bad that I’ve been talking so much lately about people having so much trouble getting off of benzos or quitting drinking but I haven’t provided a solution. This is where things get difficult because your doc has to agree that you are in fact suffering from withdrawal symptoms and not just the [...]
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Pill popping.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on December 20th, 2011
Well, I had my first checkup in six months and it was such an incredible feeling to sit there beaming and in good health. My blood pressure was up a bit so we went through my list of supplements to see what may have been wrong. It turns out that my arm and shoulder workout [...]
Google saved my life…kinda.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on December 14th, 2011
Well, a reader requested that I explain just how I got myself out of the black pit of depression and got over and through all of my addictions. I have myself so worked up about this that I barely even know where to start. I wish I could recount everything that happened for all of [...]
OMG…what’s happening to me?
Posted by redheadlaw7 on December 14th, 2011
That was the question I asked myself over and over along with asking every medical professional around “will I ever be normal again?” And no. It’s not happening to me right now… so stop worrying mom. But while doing some research over the weekend about panic, depression and anxiety, which I tend to do sometimes [...]
Whine and play or wine and play?
Posted by redheadlaw7 on December 8th, 2011
Every time I hear that phrase I think that you drink the wine so that you don’t have to deal with the whining. And just so people who are not familiar with what this is, like my mom, God bless her, this is when moms meet up for a play date with their children and [...]
Postpartum bipolar.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on December 6th, 2011
Everyone’s heard of postpartum depression but how about postpartum bipolar? My husband shot me a link to this article on the very day that I received a message asking about how to help a woman who is currently suffering from a little more than the baby blues. If you are currently experiencing thoughts or feelings [...]
Alcohol is depressing.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on November 21st, 2011
Literally. It is. If you are anything like I was throughout college and grad school, you’d think that adding alcohol to the mix would make life less stressful, would take the pressure off of socializing, would help you sleep, and was just plain old fun. But having suffered through several long bouts of depression and [...]
Now THIS is crazy.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on November 17th, 2011
According to prescription data it looks like one in four American women took medication last year to treat a mental disorder. Let me repeat that. One in four. You can include me in that twenty five percent. And while you’re at throw in at least of few of my female relatives and even more friends [...]
Everyone else gets to…why can’t I?
Posted by redheadlaw7 on August 18th, 2011
These are the famous last words spoken right before somebody does something they shouldn’t just because of a sense of entitlement. It is a very shortsighted attitude and probably sends more people down a slippery slope of over indulgence than any other. This is the attitude that I believe leads to addiction. And who am [...]
Public service announcemnet.
Posted by redheadlaw7 on July 13th, 2011
Okay…the father in law is in town and is a total health and fitness freak…kinda. Well he exercises a ton, tries to eat whole foods as often as possible, takes his multi and gets tons o’ sleep. But the one thing I was so shocked to find out that he doesn’t read the inserts on [...]
