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If you take a medication for a psychiatric condition, you may have experienced troubled sleep — insomnia, daytime sleepiness, or…
Kids and Migraines: How to Help
For teens and children with migraines, feeling stressed is a significant migraine trigger — both during the stressful time and afterward. Those who suffer from migraines need to be aware and vigilant with their self-care to help decrease the number of migraines.
I was living in a tunnel vision of dark depression and bipolar disorder, and there was barely a glimmer of…
If a core goal of our nation is to have the healthiest population possible, then we need to rethink, regroup, and restore our commitment to health practices and processes that are aligned with this mission.
I started taking the pill when I was in college, not as a method of birth control, but because it…
Medications Perpetuate Diagnosis
Medications Perpetuate the Diagnosis: As a registered nurse with a sincere passion for what I do, I’m very frequently in…
11-Year Old’s Terrifying Journey with Asthma Drug Singulair and Psychiatric Side Effects
We are all aware that medications have side effects. We hear the long list rattled off at the end of…
Fibromyalgia Taught Me To Fight for My Health
My mother would often declare that I am as stubborn as the Minnesota winter is cold and that I do…
When my 15 year old son, Gary, was screaming in pain from complications from Crohn’s Disease in the ER, a…
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