#functional medicine doctors

[katsy-kitty]

ok I'm gonna be vulnerable for a moment

I'm prescribed Xanax* and while I know it can cause amnesia when taken in too large amounts, what happened yesterday is a bit different

I took one pill in the late evening because I'd only slept for less than 3 hours the night before and wanted to fall sleep earlier and also was feeling anxious. I waited for some time and decided it hadn't done that much of a difference, so I took two more. So, three pills in total - not that much.

Well... I don't really remember going to bed, but:

I woke up in my bed fully clothed - not bad; I sometimes do that even when sober

I left the computer, music, the TV, and the bathroom light on - not THAT hard to imagine; has happened before when sober

I apparently forgot to take my daily evening medication, which is a bit of shame because it improves my sleep quality and also should be taken daily

THERE'S A WHOLE HUGE 1KG PACK OF SALT ON MY DESK IN THE LIVING ROOM

MY BRA IS ON THE KITCHEN COUNTERTOP

THE MILK WAS OUT OF THE FRIDGE EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T EVEN USE IT (also it was my last one and I doubt it's still good so RIP milk...)

I HAD SOME DRY, USED TEA IN A TEA INFUSER AND NOW IT'S JUST FUCKING ALL OVER THE DISH DRYER AND THE COUNTERTOP FOR SOME REASON

THE MICROWAVE DOOR WAS OPEN BUT I DON'T REMEMBER MICROWAVING ANYTHING (I WOULD have noticed because the light is on in the microwave when the door's open and I have a long corridor leading to the kitchen with the microwave at the end of it - that's how I noticed IN THE MORNING WHEN IT WAS LIGHT, so at night it would be extra visible)

I'd opened a pack of crisps, left one on the countertop and just left the rest OPEN on the countertop without eating almost any of it (I know this one doesn't seem that bad, but I'd never leave crisps wide open because they get stale)

THE SCARY PART: I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT HAPPENING

THANKFULLY, when I checked in the morning, I DIDN'T MAKE ANY TUMBLR POSTS WHILE BEING A ZOMBIE (so all the deranged posts from yesterday are just me)

1.5 year ago, when I was doing reeeaaally badly, I took way more and then went to a birthday party of a person close to me, where I met some of his friends whom I'd only heard about before and had been excited to meet, AND I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PARTY OR THE PEOPLE I MET EVEN THOUGH I ACTED AND TALKED NORMALLY AND IT WASN'T APPARENT TO ANYONE THAT I WAS FUNCTIONALLY A FUCKING ZOMBIE. And I cannot ever recover these memories afaik. Do you know how fucking scary it is to not remember what you did the night before? What if I did something reprehensible? What if I was outside and broke the law and got arrested? What if I did something extremely reckless? I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON I WAS WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS MYSELF AND HAD MY NORMAL VALUES AND OPINIONS OR IF I TURN INTO A DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSON. All I know, because someone close to me has told me, is that I am meaner and more egocentric. I DON'T WANT TO BE MEAN

btw for anyone wondering: amnesia IS a legitimate side effect of Xanax and not something specific to me. I'm not sure if all leaflets list it (I'm not in the US), but you can check Wikipedia for more info

*generic Xanax, to be exact, which is the same in effect btw

PS. I don't abuse Xanax anymore and even when I did, it didn't ever any feel-good effects for me; I only used it to numb myself / make myself go to sleep. I don't even see why people use it recreationally (apparently) because if I wasn't extremely anxious, like having a panic attack, it wasn't very helpful or pleasant to take.

All of the above doesn't mean that I am against Xanax. I think it's a great medicine for panic attacks because it (a) works, (b) acts extremely fast for something that's a pill ingested through the mouth.

But it's extremely important that people don't abuse it, and that's why doctors should be responsible when prescribing it and inform patients of the side effects and the harms of abusing it.

Xanax is also very addictive and the addiction is hard to break (not from personal experience this time). And abusing it can lead to long-lasting (I'm not saying "permanent") cognitive impairment even once you've stopped taking it.

[daz4i]

funniest (/s) irony about my pains is that the only painkiller that actually helps (mostly, not entirely) likely also makes them worse in the long run. i just love having a body and being alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[wishmemel]

everyone say they’re proud of me - i had a doctor’s appointment today to talk about me wanting to get tested for adhd / possibly anxiety too?

IT HAPPENED AND IM GETTING REFERRED TO A PSYCHOLOGIST ON MONDAY

[thenarrativefoil]

hey did you know that when your body gets all the basic components it needs to function your fatigue and inability to ever wake up disappears???

[tchotchkez]

damn y'all work really does got me Tired About Eyeballs

[cawareyoudoin]

Hey guys, uh, medical question: can you develop an unwanted reaction like, say, headaches, after months of taking a type of medication and being fine? Asking for myself.

[bloughjobs]

The more I learn, the further and further I move away from conventional medicine. I don’t even pay for health insurance any more because the truth is that most of the time, the best doctors can’t accept it anyway because insurance companies won’t approve of their “off-label” methods.

If you have access and the financial means to, one of the best things you can do for yourself is to find a functional medicine doctor. Dentist too. The difference in quality of care is immediately blatant.

I’ve learned so much in the last few years that have deeply and irrevocably changed the way I view medicine. At this point, I’ve almost completely given up on allopathic medicine after a lifetime of witnessing it repeatedly fail so many others, including people I hold dearest to me.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: NO ONE in the world is going to care about you or your family as much as you do. It is the responsibility of each and every one of us to openly seek out answers ourselves, to advocate for each other, and to be able to recognize when we are being swindled by an industry that really exists to profit from our suffering.

And just learn about plants, man. Plant medicines (including and beyond the psychedelic versions) are the answer to possibly everything.

The answers are out there, and I’m learning every day.

[ninarossfunctionalmedicine]

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[may-or-may-not-be-me]

Getting weaned off a medication for a chronic condition is like wow. I know the withdrawal is making things more exaggerated but how did I LIVE like this

[itsallwearecalledtodo]

oohhhh found out about functional "medicine" "doctors" and now I have a new thing to be soooooo angry about

[supercantaloupe]

people who don't have allergies seriously don't understand how much of an issue they can be to live with

[lightpinkuie]

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[batboybisexualism]

absolutely love that my pharmacy, instead of giving me the daily inhaler I need to not have constant asthma attacks, gave me another round of the emergency steroids I took last week to help me heal from the week and a half I went without my daily inhaler and that are really dangerous to take more than once, all while giving me no update on whether or not I'll be able to get said daily inhaler that my doctor is fighting my insurance about

[theloveinc]

Weighted blanket helps with depression anxiety and insomnia

Also you can train your brain and rewire these neuron paths to be more optimistic.. One way to do so is to count 5 blessings every day no matter how small... Like I'm happy I have a roof above my head.. Etc. Do that everyday and you'll feel happier

that one line in hairspray in the song Miss Baltimore Crabs when tracy is like, "um. thank you?"

LMAOOO i have a weighted blanket and i don't really like it, unfortunately!!! i think because it doesn't match the size of my other blankies and constantly falls off me at night... but i don't really mind since i usually have a comfortable amount of weight on me, anyway<3

and i also actually have a gratitude routine, too! i'll def bump it up to five, but i already do at least three blessings per day whenever i'm writing my daily schedule. it's really disappointing bc i don't think it's made me any "happier" (which, hmmm), per se, but it has helped like. put a lot of situations into perspective, i think? like i'm less hung up abt the little things bc it's easier to just be like "well. this will be over soon" or whatever.

but it's not made me like. any more content or confident, which i think is my real issue, at the moment. i used to write down a daily affirmation, too, and do it in special colors and all that... but that planner had water spilled on it and the replacement i got didn't have any space for them (although did include it's own) so i stopped (hence why i switched to the gratitude journal/list)... but just today i was searching for a little journal so i could start them up again. maybe even do some bulleting, too.

but that's just to say i've tried everything here! tho i appreciate the suggestions!

[iianazelko]

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