How medicated are you?

Sofiztikated

So it seems Northern Ireland is the most medicated country in the world (for depression and anxiety.) and we all know the stereotype that Americans seem to be medicated for everything under the sun, but how medicated are you?

What do you take regularly?

Me? currently on:

Buscopan - To get spasms in my urinary tract under control
Antibiotics - Had a bladder stone removed a while ago, and constantly get UTI's for the last 3 months
Painkillers - Ibruprofen for the above
Antidepressants - Was having difficulty sleeping, getting less than an hours sleep at any one point, stress and drpression induced.

SusieBlue

I'm on Anxicalm for anxiety and also a sleeping tablet, of which I can't remember its name. As you can tell, the sleeping tablet is working amazingly as I sit here posting at 3:38am

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

nothing except caffeine.


who cares what medication you on if you need it and it's working? i swear both my parents would rather die than take medication. father especially sees it as some kind of weakness, load of BS

PucaMama

Prozac for anxiety/depression, eltroxin for the thyroid, metformin for PCOS, and also the microlite as a bonus for PCOS. I also use diphene cream for my bad knee.

nokia69

a few pints now and then

Lau2976

georgiecasey wrote: »

nothing except caffeine.


who cares what medication you on if you need it and it's working? i swear both my parents would rather die than take medication. father especially sees it as some kind of weakness, load of BS

I'm the same as your parents. Although I do think it has it's uses! I'd rather just wait it out and do excercises to reduce the pain. I get that from my hippy mother though. She'd rather saw her leg off then take pain killers for it.

FanadMan

Effexor XL and Zispin for depression and Lamictal to control manic episodes. Vallium to help with anxiety problems but only when really needed. And Zimovane for sleep problems.......and just like WhiteRoses said, it's working really well :mad:

Antar Bolaeisk

I'm pretty much against taking any sort of medication and will generally only do so as a last resort, I'm not anti medication and will certainly get all my vaccinations but I just don't like the idea of messing with the body's chemistry, especially on a prolonged basis. Thankfully I've no medical condition that requires me to do so.

braddun

"Comfortably Numb"


Hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again

Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb

I have become comfortably numb

O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on, it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb.

Adyx

Is whiskey a medication? cos I finsished work at 9 o'clock..

BetterThanThou

Don't take anything daily, I suffer from depression and anxiety but I keep that under control by keeping myself busy practically all the time. Once or twice a week I self medicate myself with my "special medicine" that helps me relax for a few hours and get a good nights sleep. Usually eat a lot as well.

candy-gal1

Only The Pill, Vitamin C tabs and Revive for women - must be lucky

biko

Got terrible heartburn there on Saturday so relented and popped some Rennies.
That's it fortunately.

Galwayguy35

The odd Panadol for a headache now and again.

We survived for thousands of years without tablets, nobody knows what damage too many of them could do to the body.

porsche959

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

We survived for thousands of years without tablets, nobody knows what damage too many of them could do to the body.

Yeah, but:

7ofBrian

Copious quantities of Tetrahydrocannabinol to balance me out

Sofiztikated

porsche959 wrote: »

Yeah, but:

I waited FAR to long for that gif to do something.

Penny Tration

Antidepressants.
The Pill.

Occasionally a Panadol for a headache.

I'm also supposed to be on -
Glucophage for pcos.
Zimovane (sleeping pills)
B12 injections.
And some other stuff.

But fcuk that.

The pill and my head meds are enough

ShadowHearth

I am on nothing. I only get cold or soar throat now and then. If that happens I get something from local pharmacy.
I have not visited hospital for the last 12 years. I tend not too look illnesses in me and I can't complain about anything so far.
I do know a lot of people who are just regulars at hospitals and will go there for every little thing...

TPD

No medication thankfully. Was last at a doctor about 9 years ago, to get my ears syringed.

Graces7

Codeine for the constant pain that comes with M.E. eg Raynauds that is sheer agony at night and anti nausea OTC as that too comes with the M.E. Vary it wilh aspiring for daytime use.

Like many with M.E I was wrongly diagnosed for 30 years as being mentally ill and at one stage was taking over 24 tabs a day... benzos, anti depressants, pain killers and other stuff to deal with the side effects of the others.

Was frequently suicidal but when I got a computer and my correct diagnosis I started reading and learned how valium causes suicidal thoughts etc etc etc. Too me a year to get off all meds... the difference was awesome as I got my mind back and my life.

Shudder to remember those days.

I know codeine is addictive but it works and at over 70 am not worried. Have been stable on the same amount for years.
Benzos are bad. Period. I have a small bottle of valium int he house as emergency meds for an old dog but would never take any no matter how desperate I felt.

jester77

I've had a few shots for when travelling, took a limsip about 2 years ago, still have a supply of them but haven't had to use them. That's about it.

Molester Stallone II

Methotrexate

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Supposed to take eltroxin for an underactive thyroid and galfer for my iron but I couldn't be bothered with the 3 month blood tests that go with it.

I take zopiclone for sleeping and I can't get scripts for Valium or Xanax but would take those when I can get them, also to get me to sleep

YFlyer

None.

lukesmom

I'm on

1 antibiotic to clear up an infection
2 cymbalta (snri anti depressant)
3. Mirtazapine (anti depressant)
4. Seroquel (anti psychotic)
The three last meds are a cocktail that helps my generalised anxiety disorder & depression.
5. Balance for nerves its a blend of b vitamins and l-theanine which really helps anxiety and calm you down.

KTRIC

I take one pill to make me larger and one pill make me small and the one that my mother gives me don't do anything at all :pac:

Macavity.

Have been on various anti depressants but am clean from them at the moment. Devil's semen is what I call it. Horrible stuff. Doctor wants me on cymbalta. Have been on zopiclone in the past for insomnia. Various inhalers when I was younger for asthma.

MistyCheese

Nothing, not a damn thing, not even caffeine. I'm severely under medicated.

Irish Stones

georgiecasey wrote: »

i swear both my parents would rather die than take medication. father especially sees it as some kind of weakness, load of BS

Same here.
I'd rather die than going to a doctor or taking a medicine or having a shot of vaccine.
My opinion about doctors and medicine is very very low.

Reiketsu

I have been on antidepressants (sertraline) in the past as well as zopiclone, but I don't need them any more. I've also used Mebeverine for cramps from IBS but I'm alright at the moment so currently off them. Apart from that I take pills for migraines and that's about it.

whiskeyman

Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol...

Shrap

Um, caffeine (4 or 5 times a day), nicotine (hourly), alcohol (some evenings only). The worst powerfully addictive drugs I ever took and haven't managed to give up yet

Wibbs

Nada. The only pills I've taken in my life are aspirin/paracetamol. Never had an antibiotic either.

porsche959 wrote: »

Yeah, but:

Well... Not quite. By far the largest shift in life expectancy has been at the start of life. The vast majority of people make it to 18 these days, go back even 100 years and this wasn't the case. A family of four or five kids could statistically expect to lose at least one of them before their teens. However if you made it to 20, your chances of seeing 70 weren't much lower than today, though far fewer made it to 80 compared to today. In any event this notion that we were all dropping off the twig at 25 is pretty much bunk, though in that period of the middle ages up to 1700 with the various plagues that ravaged Europe few enough saw old age.

Tokyo

cough syrup a couple of weeks ago, that's about it.

Mr. CooL ICE

Nothing. I'm hardly ever sick. Maybe a mild head/chest cold once a year, but that's about it.

In recent years, I was wrongly diagnosed with arthritis and took NSAIDs for a few weeks. I took antihistamines for a few summers but my hayfever has died down recently. I took fish oil while I was doing a lot of running, but just stopped.

Hoop66

Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls . . .

gerrybbadd

Sh*t loads as a result of being diabetic

Insulin: Levemir and Novorapid

Cholesterol: Lipitor and Lipantil

Damaged kidneys: Coversyl Argenine

Hiatus Hernia: Zoton

Anti diabetic Meds: Januvia

Glaucoma: some eye drops, Name escapes me at present

catallus

Hoop66 wrote: »

Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls . . .

:eek:

Choose Life, Hoop, all that stuff might give you an upset tummy!

Hoop66

I've got some Bisodol, be grand.

Fr_Dougal

Coffee, nicotine, and occasionally other recreational type medication.

_Kaiser_

Nothing at all except for the occasional Nurofen or whatever for a headache (talking 2/3 times a year here) or Gaviscon for heartburn

Haven't set foot in a GP's office in years and in general will even only take the above if it gets bad enough. It's kinda surprising I'm so "healthy" really and not even 14 stone given my bad diet, office job/sitting on my ass all day and fondness for driving everywhere.

Maximus Alexander

Usually pop a couple of Lemsip if I get a bad cold. It makes short work of the symptoms, for a few hours anyway.

MagicIRL

Nothing, thankfully. Trying to keep it that way with some better eating habits and exercise.

TheBeardedLady

Iron tablets and Vitamin C as I'm a bit anemic at the moment. For all you non meat eaters out there (I eat fish so can't call myself a veggie), make sure you have Vitamin C with your green veg to aid absorption. That's what I was doing wrong.


Nothing besides from that, luckily.

Pinch Flat

Andrews liver salts

Bassfish

Used to always be fighting some cold or infection until I started religiously taking cod liver oil and a multivitamin with Iron everyday. Haven't had a cold in two years, haven't needed antibiotics in three. My mother needs a fist full of prescription meds everyday so trying to stave that off as long as possible!

Take all the drugs if I have a cold otherwise just the occasional berocca and caffeine

Summer wind

Eltroxin for underactive thyroid. I'm on it 10 years now and my blood tests are always fine but I don't feel any different to when I wasn't on it.

Tony EH

porsche959 wrote: »

Yeah, but:

Wibbs wrote: »

Well... Not quite. By far the largest shift in life expectancy has been at the start of life. The vast majority of people make it to 18 these days, go back even 100 years and this wasn't the case. A family of four or five kids could statistically expect to lose at least one of them before their teens. However if you made it to 20, your chances of seeing 70 weren't much lower than today, though far fewer made it to 80 compared to today. In any event this notion that we were all dropping off the twig at 25 is pretty much bunk, though in that period of the middle ages up to 1700 with the various plagues that ravaged Europe few enough saw old age.

On top of that, human life expectancy is less down to the fact that we have a pill for most "ills" and more due to the lifestyles we've been living since 1400 or so.

In other words, we aren't living daily in our own piss and shit and toiling away for 7 days a week in some dangerous form of labour, while subsisting on a bare level of calories from totally inadequate foods.

Iranoutofideas

Used to have an inhaler for asthma but stopped using it about three years ago.

Use Flixonase for allergies every so often.

That's it. Haven't been in a hospital since I was a baby thankfully. I'm 32 .