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The doctor could not actually see into my inner ear-for that I would have needed a CT scan, but since I was paying out of pocket, I declined.\u0026nbsp; I felt terrified, I had never felt this dizzy in my whole life.\u0026nbsp; I also started to experience other symptoms; an increase in anxiety and tingling in my hands and feet.\u0026nbsp; It did not even occur to me that I could be taking the wrong pill.\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003eI felt out of sorts, just didn’t feel normal that whole week, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003euntil I was out to dinner while visiting my sister in Florida, a week and a half after I had started the new pill.\u0026nbsp; It finally dawned on me that that could be the source of my problems.\u0026nbsp; We looked it up online when we got back to her place, and it turned out I was taking Lipitor, the cholesterol drug, for that time.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003eI was frightened but also relieved that I was not going crazy or had something more serious.\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003eI got in touch with the pharmacist who was more than apologetic, offering to make it up to me in several ways.\u0026nbsp; I still am not sure if I will continue to get my medicine there.\u0026nbsp; Some of you may be shocked that I am even considering it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003eThe reality is, mistakes are made, whether big pharmacies or small.\u0026nbsp; But my first thought was that I wouldn’t sue, knowing that this pharmacist, the owner, is a fellow believer (It’s my understanding to not bring fellow believers to court when disputes can be settled outside of it, 1 Corinthians 6:5-7).\u0026nbsp; I suffered some discomfort, but all in all, I will be okay.\u0026nbsp; This decision is not meant to make others feel less 'holy' or shamed for what they would do, I am simply stating my decision.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003eWhat would you do if your pharmacy swapped the wrong medicine?\u0026nbsp; Has this ever happened to you, and what came of it?\u003c/span\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/feeds/374809395798428394/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/2011/10/touchy-topic-tuesday-wrong-prescription.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2992458009156144390/posts/default/374809395798428394"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2992458009156144390/posts/default/374809395798428394"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/2011/10/touchy-topic-tuesday-wrong-prescription.html","title":"Touchy Topic Tuesday:  Wrong Prescription."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"meg"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09546619783461331433"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"29","src":"//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQL7twZTeVtE2hJkjT88LZPQZSB1wEGnttPaiLX5oQi6DHVW6PZqsK_RqoE5he6wtRnoJ2sOFfSSvWC0JvjaPm7nZ_t83cfPF5OkdtPC8Q5BLSgPfSTDQJDAMTZrXcQ/s220/IMG_5218.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992458009156144390.post-4791798768602209851"},"published":{"$t":"2011-09-27T13:28:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-09-27T13:30:15.101-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Medicine"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"anxiety"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Anxiety about Anxiety Medicine."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003eToday is Touchy Topic Tuesday!\u0026nbsp; (And welcome to my new blog design, courtesy of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.funkyfaithdesigns.com/\"\u003eFunky Faith Designs\u003c/a\u003e! )\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003eI want to tell you a story about a girl.\u0026nbsp; This girl thought anxiety medications were bad.\u0026nbsp; She said they were being pushed by greedy pharmaceutical sales people and prescribed by doctors who were cozy with drug companies.\u0026nbsp; She thought they were for people who were weak-minded, looking for excuses and shortcuts to fix their problems.\u0026nbsp; She liked to judge people who took them, without knowing their situation in full.\u0026nbsp; That is, until she herself suffered a disabling nervous breakdown and was put in a psych ward.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nI’m sure you guessed by now that this girl is me.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nWhen I first started taking medicine four years ago, I felt guilty about it.\u0026nbsp; It went against everything I learned and everything I believed, and I felt weak and like I had somehow failed.\u0026nbsp; \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nBut there are a few things I learned in the years since I began the medicine:\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n1) Sometimes you need to just get stable to get help.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The medicines were meant to help regulate chemicals in the brain so that you are able to function in a normal capacity again, even if for just a time.\u0026nbsp; A counselor once wisely told me that my ailment didn’t mean it was a life sentence.\u0026nbsp; \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n2) The brain is a physical organ.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Unfortunately modern science has not yet discovered how to regularly test the chemical levels in the brains for people seeking mental health treatment.\u0026nbsp; Therefore, psychiatrists seem to be taking a stab in the dark as to which anxiety or depression medicine would best work for that patient, but one thing is for sure:\u0026nbsp; the brain can suffer dysfunction just like any other organ.\u0026nbsp; As I always say, anything that can go wrong in the body, probably does in someone.\u0026nbsp; Considering we live in the age of anxiety, it is certainly more prevalent to find people suffering these ailments, and we are more open to talk about it.\u0026nbsp; But just like someone suffering high blood pressure or high cholesterol needs to take a daily pill, so do people who are not efficiently regulating chemicals.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n3) Doctors do at times overmedicate.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Yeah, we all know the doctor who gave out the vicodin like it was candy.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; I still believe in some conspiracy because our health system is profitable, and where profit is to be made, there is greed.\u0026nbsp; However, I don’t think we should throw the baby out with the bath water.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n4) Counseling is effective at rewiring the brain.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Getting to the root of the issue is priority.\u0026nbsp; Why am I having this anxiety, and how do I cope when faced with it?\u0026nbsp; Counseling operates to help an individual learn these coping skills that are lacking, and sometimes train the brain to rewire itself so that medicine is no longer needed.\u0026nbsp; This is my hope for my own brain some day.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nWhat is your take on anxiety and depression medications?\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/feeds/4791798768602209851/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/2011/09/anxiety-about-anxiety-medicine.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2992458009156144390/posts/default/4791798768602209851"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2992458009156144390/posts/default/4791798768602209851"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/2011/09/anxiety-about-anxiety-medicine.html","title":"Anxiety about Anxiety Medicine."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"meg"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09546619783461331433"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"29","src":"//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQL7twZTeVtE2hJkjT88LZPQZSB1wEGnttPaiLX5oQi6DHVW6PZqsK_RqoE5he6wtRnoJ2sOFfSSvWC0JvjaPm7nZ_t83cfPF5OkdtPC8Q5BLSgPfSTDQJDAMTZrXcQ/s220/IMG_5218.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});