Chemistry and Politics
My personal chemistry situation borders on going out of control - at least in my opinion. Klonopin, now Doivan for my BP issues. I did some research on both and neither seem particularly appealing. Side effects such as anxiety(as if that's just what I needed), heart palpitations, hair loss, lower libido....wow, can it get much better? Oh ya, how about weight gain? After just losing over 80 lbs in the last year that's about the last thing I needed to hear. I'm five days into the Diovan and I already have serious questions whether or not its for me.
I went for a routine workout yesterday and during my cool down I almost passed out - that's never happened before - scared the shit out of me. Of course that just started the carousel of anxiety which precipitated a very quick ride home in the 911. All I really wanted was a nice morning ride in the sports car and a simple, good workout - now that seems at risk. Left a note with my new internist to see what she thinks about working out again. I hope its soon.
The new doc's practice is really unbelievable - excellent environment, with kind people. Shouldn't that be the norm rather than the exception? We'll see how it goes - she's the wife of my psych who's office is literally next door.
I've noticed lately that I have almost no interest in current events which is odd for me. I've really grown to loathe the media. Almost every story seems to be "created" by the media - the smallest of events are breaking news, if there isn't anything "breaking" then they'll find something. IMHO, the media is feeding American paranoia and is proving to be one of the most destabilizing forces in society. Combined with an American president who's concerns seem to be relegated to oil and spinning every one of his moves to maximize its appeal to the American public and I think we have a country in trouble. We are becoming more and more divided, with only the radicals from the right and the left remaining to debate our most important issues. Who stands for a truly United States of America anymore? Can we really expect our current political system to encourage young people who might fit that mold to want to serve? I guess time will tell but I for one am discouraged and concerned about our future.
I went for a routine workout yesterday and during my cool down I almost passed out - that's never happened before - scared the shit out of me. Of course that just started the carousel of anxiety which precipitated a very quick ride home in the 911. All I really wanted was a nice morning ride in the sports car and a simple, good workout - now that seems at risk. Left a note with my new internist to see what she thinks about working out again. I hope its soon.
The new doc's practice is really unbelievable - excellent environment, with kind people. Shouldn't that be the norm rather than the exception? We'll see how it goes - she's the wife of my psych who's office is literally next door.
I've noticed lately that I have almost no interest in current events which is odd for me. I've really grown to loathe the media. Almost every story seems to be "created" by the media - the smallest of events are breaking news, if there isn't anything "breaking" then they'll find something. IMHO, the media is feeding American paranoia and is proving to be one of the most destabilizing forces in society. Combined with an American president who's concerns seem to be relegated to oil and spinning every one of his moves to maximize its appeal to the American public and I think we have a country in trouble. We are becoming more and more divided, with only the radicals from the right and the left remaining to debate our most important issues. Who stands for a truly United States of America anymore? Can we really expect our current political system to encourage young people who might fit that mold to want to serve? I guess time will tell but I for one am discouraged and concerned about our future.
posted by Nicola Lynn at 6:16 AM
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My name is Julia Bean and i would like to show you my personal experience with Klonopin.
I am 36 years old. Have been on Effexor for at least 5 months now. My dr put me on 5 to 10mg per night right from the start, I was on it for approximately 4 to 5 months before a friend showed up at my drs appt to tell him what was happening to me. I was sure I was losing my mind and afraid to tell them what was happening. They discontinued my klonopin on the spot and eventually all those symptoms went away it took months!! I don't recall having any withdrawl symptoms but I may have as I had never been on many meds before!
I have experienced some of these side effects-
Periodic Amnesia that increased as time went on, confusion, blurred vision, Muscle Pain, Left Sided numbness and weakness, pneumonia... plus plus plus
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Julia Bean
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