Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.

23 Feb 00 - 11:19 AM (#183383)
Subject: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Rick Fielding

2 Alka-seltzer tablets at 3 am. to counter the effects of extra-spicy spaghetti sauce.

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23 Feb 00 - 11:27 AM (#183390)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: katlaughing

Shoulda had the haggis!

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23 Feb 00 - 11:30 AM (#183392)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

I Buprofen, you Buprofen, We Buprofen...

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23 Feb 00 - 11:40 AM (#183403)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

Creep Speaks:

PUBLIC EDUCATION

"The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe

level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality."

H.L. Mencken

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23 Feb 00 - 11:50 AM (#183411)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: catspaw49

I like to start the day with a nice mix of atenolol,prinivil,lasix,lanoxin,procardia,aspirin,vitamins E,C,B-6,B-12,folic acid, and a tylenol chaser. At this point, I'm generally too full to eat breakfast.

Spaw

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23 Feb 00 - 11:53 AM (#183415)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: katlaughing

Uh, Spaw, you forgot the mycoxafalin!**BG**

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23 Feb 00 - 11:58 AM (#183422)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

Once he gets that mycoccyxfalling in him, he's a hard man to keep up with...

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23 Feb 00 - 11:59 AM (#183423)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

Lithium everyone. I prozac that soon we will be aspirin the government to malox all our drugs witch hazel lot of ramifications for freedom of thought. In our approach to this we must b complex. Do you see dramamine?

troll who will now take his morning meds.

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23 Feb 00 - 12:00 PM (#183426)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: MMario

ingest drug of choice. collapse. repeat as necessary.

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23 Feb 00 - 12:09 PM (#183432)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

When drugs are illegal, only outlaws will push drugs...hmmm...the ones in the white coats, or the black?

A

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23 Feb 00 - 12:11 PM (#183434)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Little Neophyte

After drinking too much the night before at a party I held at my house, I was told tomato juice would help me feel better. So I went to the refrigerator and pulled out an already opened bottle of tomato juice. I poured myself a nice cold tall glass of the stuff. I was so dehydrated I downed the entire thing only to realize it was mixed with vodka for the Caesars we were making the night before.

Then there was the time I had a terrible stomach ache and thought I should take some Kaopectate medicine. I was pretty young and had no clue how much to take. I started drinking it from the bottle only to realize it was Calamine lotion which has the same pink colour.

Bonnie

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23 Feb 00 - 12:12 PM (#183435)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

Well, at least you don't have to worry about poison ivy.

troll (BG)

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23 Feb 00 - 12:14 PM (#183440)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: catspaw49

Well Bonnie, it would soothe irritations.......

Spaw

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23 Feb 00 - 12:20 PM (#183443)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

Spaw, I don't think that's what Irritated Bowel Syndrome is really about, man...better get a second opinion.

A

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23 Feb 00 - 12:22 PM (#183446)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Mbo

My father, as a teenager, once mistook a bottle of vanilla for cough medicine when he had a cold. He swears it worked wonders!

--Mbo

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23 Feb 00 - 12:35 PM (#183460)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

Sure. It's 90% alcohol. When yer sloshed ya don't care if ya got a cold or not.

troll

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23 Feb 00 - 12:38 PM (#183462)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Mbo

Um...it was vanilla extract, not RUM extract!

--Mbo

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23 Feb 00 - 12:39 PM (#183464)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: GUEST,Peter T.

Take 2 Rick Fielding albums and go to bed with a good book, or someone who's read one. Repeat as necessary.

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23 Feb 00 - 12:41 PM (#183468)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

M. Beau. It's STILL 90% alky>

troll

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23 Feb 00 - 12:42 PM (#183470)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

I don't think 90% of those who have heard Rick's albums are alkys...do you?

A

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23 Feb 00 - 12:44 PM (#183474)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: GUEST,Seamus Kennedy

Catspaw - lasix? My money's on you in the Kentucky Derby.

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23 Feb 00 - 12:46 PM (#183476)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

Don't know. Ain't met all of 'em yet.

troll

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23 Feb 00 - 12:53 PM (#183483)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: catspaw49

Yeah....has that effect Seamus. Stuff makes me run like hell....to the john.

Spaw

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23 Feb 00 - 02:35 PM (#183586)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Duckboots

My, My, what that boy gets up to while I'm not around to monitor him. Knowing Rick all to well, I'm sure he put this in as a reaction to all the "something of the day" posts. Didn't Art Theime do that with condoms a year ago?
However, just to throw a monkey wrench into his satirical plans, I'll ask a serious question. Two out of three people that I know are currently on some form of anti-depressants. Most have regular office jobs and certainly credit work pressures for much of their depression symptoms. My doctor offered me that option but so far I'm staying drug-free, other than wine and detective novels. Are there any Mudcatters who'll 'fess up to being big financial supporters of the "Prozac" industry?
By the way, Catspaw, when we met you and heard all that "rattling" we thought it was simply hunger pains!

Duckboots

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23 Feb 00 - 02:39 PM (#183587)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: wysiwyg

See me for info on seasonal affective disorder and homemade lightboxes, also workplace modifications to fix lighting problems.

It's a SAD story but will lighten your load. Of whatever.

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23 Feb 00 - 02:43 PM (#183591)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: GUEST,Allan S.

Gin and Rose's lime juice Heloed me get through 70 years

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23 Feb 00 - 02:46 PM (#183595)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Peg

some of my favorite drug combinations:

coffee and ibuprofen
marijuana and coffee
marijuana and ibuprofen
hashish and Red Stripe beer
chocolate and single malt scotch

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23 Feb 00 - 03:02 PM (#183607)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Molly Malone

150 mg of Zantac, 64 oz of water, a prenatal vitamin, and 2 extra strength tylenol...BEFORE you drink.

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23 Feb 00 - 03:06 PM (#183609)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

I like Peg's style...I'm moving up there.

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23 Feb 00 - 03:10 PM (#183612)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

Duckboots. Without going into the gory details, I have suffered severe depression for most of my life. Six years ago, after a family crisis, I went on anti-depressants. The change had beendramatic. I am a nicer person to be around and I like myself a lot better.

Like you, I self-medicated with booze for years. Booze is not the answer. If you have been diagnosed with depression, get help. There are alot of different therapies out there and not all of them rely on drugs. The stigma of mental illness is slowly fading and as more and more of us come out the walls are coming down.

Depression is a disease. It can be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Find out! It is not a moral weakness. It is a disease and it is treatable.

As you can tell, this is a topic that I view with some passion. If There had not been the stigma, I might have sought help sooner and some of the bad things in my life would not have happened. I do not hide my condition. I am rather an advocate for openness about mental illness.

If you need someone to talk to, e-mail me.I'll listen.

troll

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23 Feb 00 - 03:13 PM (#183616)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: catspaw49

Hi Boots....... yeah I could see Rick's idea, but the problem was the same as Art's too...The subject was too tempting for a joke or two. And like Art's condom thread, although the point may have been missed, its infinitely better than the threads its lampooning. I like Peter's thoughts, but the other stuff.........Oh well. The song of the day crapped out before, but now its back in a new and more hideous incarnation. Medication was cute, but not blatant enough. Tell Rick to opt for a series of "of the Day" postings next time. Socks, cloud, fruit, furniture, plumber's helper, etc......Start them all at the same time. Might work.

Spaw

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23 Feb 00 - 03:16 PM (#183619)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

Peckerhead of the Day, for Spaw. Beanpole, cat-turd and eclair, bad haircut and "bodily function" would all look good. Leave out bodi;y function -- it would get too many contributions.

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23 Feb 00 - 03:24 PM (#183620)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Molly Malone

Boy, talk about a misplaced post. I put a hangover prevention between depression posts....

Almost as bad as the guy who sent a "Got Milk?" cookie basket to a woman who was in the hospital....with breast cancer.

OOOOOOOOps.

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23 Feb 00 - 03:33 PM (#183623)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

Don't worry Molly luv. I'm not as sensitive as some.Like Spaw for example. Ya gotta be careful what you say around him or his feelings get hurt. What a sensitive guy! The way he emphatizes with others should be an inspiration to us all.

But then again, maybe not.

troll

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23 Feb 00 - 04:16 PM (#183644)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: sophocleese

Advil and Clavulin, believe it or not things are improving in the house. I may actually get to sleep all through the night tonight. "Mo-o-o-om!" Then again maybe not.....

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23 Feb 00 - 04:42 PM (#183658)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Jeri

I took Prozac for about a year to prevent migraines. It worked pretty well and even though I wasn't depressed to begin with, I felt a lot better about life. It quit working on the headaches and I went off. Got a new Dr who put me back on - at more than twice my previous dosage. After a week, I had every nasty side effect in the book. I was on Amitryptoline (another anti-depressant) for migraines earlier in life. I felt half dead for the entire time. Funny, but the same chemical imbalances in the brain that contribute to depression also seem to contribute to migraines. Now I take an herb, feverfew, which works just as well at preventing migraines as the drugs did, but has no side effects.

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23 Feb 00 - 04:46 PM (#183661)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

Way to go, Jeri!!! Feed it right, keep it bright, and stay away from guys in white coats...they may be zookeepers!

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23 Feb 00 - 05:00 PM (#183668)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: McGrath of Harlow

Here's some medication for you: Pills to Purge Melancholy

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23 Feb 00 - 06:20 PM (#183690)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Abby Sale

No folk medicine???? How abouut pills of white mercury?

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23 Feb 00 - 06:30 PM (#183692)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Micca

hey 'Spaw, was that a healing thread? naw just the lint from the pill bottle!!!

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23 Feb 00 - 06:57 PM (#183701)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

That white soft stuff is just about right, Spaw -- you know what to do...

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23 Feb 00 - 10:30 PM (#183818)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Little Neophyte

Sometimes I wonder what comes first, just like the chicken or the egg.
Does the chemical imbalance cause the depression or does the depression cause a chemical imbalance.

Little Neo

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23 Feb 00 - 10:38 PM (#183822)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

Since I've had it since I was a small child, I would guess that the chemical imbalance came first, but I don't know for sure.We still have a lot to learn about depression and its causes.

Of course, my Dr. also says I'm paraniod. But thats just 'cause she hates me.

troll

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23 Feb 00 - 11:54 PM (#183857)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Hagbardr

Duckboots, I was diagnosed with depression in high school and placed on Zoloft. I stopped taking it four days later.... four days without a minute of sleep. I took Paxil once, and threw up. I use full spectrum light bulbs which more closely simulate natural light. They're about $5 a pop, but they work wonders for your mood, reduce eye strain, and last about twice as long as regular bulbs. My depression is more seasonal though, I have no symptoms in the summer.

Hagbard

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24 Feb 00 - 01:05 AM (#183887)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Duckboots

Thanks for the concern Troll and Hagbard, but I have to say that very shortly after leaving a job that had become seriously unpleasant due to understaffing I felt a lot better. It's a rather frightening prospect to try and reinvent yourself at forty, but after having spent 15 years in high rise offices, surrounded by many equally frustrated, harried and unhappy people, I welcome the opportunity to try and find something more satisfying to do with my life. My doctor explained that if I went on the right medication, I'd be able to return to work in a few weeks, and things would "appear" much better. I guess I'm taking the long way around, but I think for myself, it's the best way.

The "wine and detective stories" cure was meant as a joke. I guess I've been married to Rick long enough that I occasionally throw out the same kind of lines as he does, without realizing they might be taken more seriously than their original intent.

Rick believes that one must "create one's own environment as fully as possible" to be happy. For years he played in bars, and tells me that he was not a contented person, constantly frustrated at the musical ignorance of his audiences, but unwilling to let go of the large-for a musician-paychecks he was earning. He only plays now where people value folk music and supliments that with teaching two days a week. He gets VERY involved with his students, and when someone makes real progress, he is ecstatic. I guess I'm looking for a job where I feel I can "make a difference",-although I wouldn't mind one that pays more than his.

Duckboots

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24 Feb 00 - 01:12 AM (#183889)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: wysiwyg

Hi Duckboots,

I found that beginning around age 40, a natural opportunity to reinvent myself had begun, and when I talked to other women they were having the same experience. I would like to welcome you to the sisterhood of wild women who don't worry (the over-40 class), and you know what? Just about everything you look forward to will be surpassed by what actually unfolds. This is an excellent time to be an excellent woman doing excellent things. You go girl!!!

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24 Feb 00 - 01:22 AM (#183893)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Bugsy

My wife went to the doctor and said to him -"Doctor I've forgotten my Contradictory pills!"

He said, "Mrs Bugsy, you're ignorant."

She said, "No, I don't think so Doctor, I only missed the one!"

Cheers

Bugsy

whosaysifyoudon'tbelievemeyoumustnotknowmywife.....

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24 Feb 00 - 06:41 AM (#183940)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

"Boots. So glad to hear that your depression was job related and not internal. Stress can certainly trigger depression. Sounds like you are well out of a bad situation.

I'm with Rick on working bars.YUCK!

stay well

troll

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24 Feb 00 - 08:24 AM (#183964)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Micca

Duckboots, I was lucky enough to have a chemistry teacher when I was about 23yo explain this to me in words of one syllable(all I could absorb at the time) He said the choice is a job you dislike, that will bore you you rigid, and pays you lots of dosh to do what you like when you are away from it, or a job you enjoy and can get involved in but that will never make you rich, I opted for the second and It is still enjoyable, I became an administrator for 8 years and made dosh but not too much and was stressed out to almost breakdown level, then they did me the biggest favour ever, they made me redundant, I could claim my pension , and now I work part-time, with students again and I am enjoying life, my stress level dropped by about 99,999% overnight.
You spend 1/2 your wakeing hours at work, if you are not enjoying it, get out.Plan and scheme and do it in your own time and when it suits you but life is too short for Crap eating.

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24 Feb 00 - 08:51 AM (#183971)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

You said it , Micca! yer lucky. It only took you eight years. It took me nearly thirty.

troll

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24 Feb 00 - 09:09 AM (#183976)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

I wish I had ee cumming's text "I Sing of Olaf, Brave and Big" to hand...:

"...Who said, upon what once were feet,
'There is some shit I will not eat'."

Some poets understand this endless dichotomy of fortune and heart.

"My love, she speaks softly
She knoews there's no success like failure,
And that failure's no success at all."

A

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24 Feb 00 - 09:34 AM (#183983)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: catspaw49

Really hung up on "Love Minus Zero" lately, aren't you Amos? LOL!!

Spaw

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24 Feb 00 - 09:38 AM (#183987)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: wysiwyg

What would you name the medication necessary after eating the Sh*t Sandwich of Life?

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24 Feb 00 - 09:38 AM (#183988)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Little Neophyte

Hi Duckyboots
11 years ago I left the my job working as a hospital administrative dietitian because I could not fit into the mold of job descriptions, policy and proceedures.
I decided I was going to reinvent myself. I spent a few years drumming up all kinds of business plans that never got off the ground and I would take on different kinds of work to explore other avenues.
I went through career counselling assessments which summarized things I already knew about myself and gave me no specific answers or clear direction to follow. I've been through 15 years of psychoanalysis sometimes going 2 times per week. My psychiatrist would often fall asleep in the middle of my session. He basically offered me a safe place where I could freely talk through my issues with myself.
I found trying to figure out what I wanted to do was like trying to find an 'earing in the haystack'.
What did help was understanding what I did not like to do. I began to carve away all the things I did not enjoy doing and as I did that, I started to understanding better what kind of things did interest me. I am still working on this.
The tools that I have found helpful are:
The Artist Way, by Julia Cameron
Journalling my feelings every day
Letting go of thinking I have to do something spectacular to show my worth. This last one was probably my biggest discovery. When I finally realized I need not do anything impressive to prove my worth, I started to really see what kinds of work I find fulfilling.
Finding work that makes me happy has been a major theme in my life. If you ever want to chat about this over a cup of Starbucks, I would be more than happy to.
Luv Bonnie

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24 Feb 00 - 09:52 AM (#183996)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: annamill

Praise, let me give you my prescription. A warm fire, a glass of wine (or whatever warms your insides), a warm friend, and warm music. Cures most my ills. Certainly after a hard day of life.

Love, annap

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24 Feb 00 - 11:01 AM (#184037)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

'Lil Neo Good luck on your quest.I think you'll find that getting there is more that half the fun.

troll

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24 Feb 00 - 12:01 PM (#184086)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: wysiwyg

Thanks, annap and Micca,

I will administer same to Hardiman when next he ingests.

Actually a lovely image is coming RIGHT NOW of how this prescription occurs every week at our lovely church, when we co-lead the Sat. night service, and are together in the Arms of another (the Physician Himself) for just that prescription. Sometimes that service becomes work, but you have given me words not only to remind us, but to translate this image for others when they need to hear it.

I owe youse one, which I'll *repay* some Saturday night with "I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers."

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24 Feb 00 - 12:27 PM (#184108)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Bill D

Peg....and I thought I was the one who had discovered Chocolate & single malt scotch!...wonderful combo...(as long as I don't have to take my Relafin for my pinched nerve or some Temazepam to get to sleep, or Codine based pain meds*grin*)

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24 Feb 00 - 01:26 PM (#184123)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Bert

Hey Art,
Your buddy wouldn't be the one who had a thread dedicated to his hemmorhoids would he?

Bert.

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24 Feb 00 - 01:27 PM (#184125)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Molly Malone

It's amazing how many times Viagra comes up in a thread here. :P
Ok, here it is again...
The final verse to The final verse to Maids When You're Young
I say give 'em Viagra
Fi Diddle di agra
Give 'am viagra
fi Diddle ie ay
I say give 'em Viagra
And he'll be all UP AND ATTUM'
And all the young maids
Will want to bed that old man.

And they'll get their fallorum
Fi diddle di or um
They'll get their fallorum
Fi diddle di ay
They'll get they're fallorum
And the girls won't ignore 'em
And all the young maids
Will bed that old man.

PaulKnight 1999

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24 Feb 00 - 02:22 PM (#184153)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: wysiwyg

Uh oh, I just remembered another folk remedy, which may be why there are so many folk,and some of them acidic--

Birth control? A slice of lemon, inserted as a barrier. No guarantees but goes well with fish. (IYKWIM.)

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24 Feb 00 - 02:50 PM (#184167)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: catspaw49

And I suppose that would explain why all the lakes......

Spaw

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24 Feb 00 - 02:52 PM (#184170)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Bert

Not THAT old one again Spaw! Even 'I' can rememeber that one;-)

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24 Feb 00 - 02:58 PM (#184174)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: wysiwyg

You jokin' on a Newbie? Cheap, lame-o, c'mon, don't leave me out, nyaahhh nyaahhh.... sniffle.... c'mon!!! I can't get it in the Forum search can I? I'm not going to read every deathless word you've ever posted to get it!

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24 Feb 00 - 03:30 PM (#184190)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Troll

Why is taking Viagra like a trip to Disney World?

It's a two hour wait for a two minute ride.

troll who doesn't need it thereby robbing Spaw of a straight line.

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24 Feb 00 - 03:50 PM (#184202)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: wysiwyg

Zat what we're spawsed to do?

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24 Feb 00 - 03:58 PM (#184209)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: catspaw49

Its OK Troll......I don't think we need anything straight between us, I'm not that kind of guy.

Spaw

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24 Feb 00 - 04:02 PM (#184211)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: Amos

Viagra! Viagra!
I love you, Viagra! Your only an hour awaaay!

From "Little Annie Fannie Gets Old", a new musical coming soon to a bathroom cabinet near you...

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29 Apr 00 - 03:32 PM (#220083)
Subject: RE: Medication of the Day. Feb. 23rd.
From: wysiwyg

For an alternative way to improve brain chemistry, Click to See This.

See me for details.

~Susan~

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