Mr. Anderson
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Depends what meds. A lot of psychiatric meds take time to reach therapeutic levels. For example, SSRIs take like a month.
Meds for ADHD/ADD/Autism seem to be a lot more "we have some ideas but different people respond differently." This is before you consider adverse effects and adverse drug interactions. So it's often a bit of try something and see what happens. It's a bit more... calculated than that sounds, but usually you start with the golden standard and go from there. Different doctors have different opinions. Work closely with your psychiatrist and make your follow up appointments. Get labs done as ordered. There's quite a bit of side effects that need to be monitored that, if they are not addressed, will cause permanent issues. Stuff like EPS and TD. But trust your provider. The side effects can sound scary, but that's why we have a process for monitoring and followup. To catch issues early and change medication as needed.
I read this and all I can think of is that one old commercial that just starts off with the daughter just outright asking her mom "Do you douche?"
Have you tried moisturizing?
As someone who ran themselves into the ground and drove while tired for a semester, I get it, but PLEASE don't. Idk how I am alive. I'd go to bed at midnight and wake up at 4:30am 3 days a week. I'd be fine on the road, but once I got on the highway I'd be going 80mph and slowly my vision would start to close up. This is bad. DON'T do this. Get to sleep earlier. It's gonna be difficult to go to bed at first, but after a few nights your body adjusts to the new schedule.
So number 1: Always tell your doctor what supplements you are on. There can be some bad drug drug interactions. Doctors are generally pretty open to using reputable supplements these days, but can provide you better knowledge on them.
I also want to put out "natural" is a crock of shit. Everything is natural. Chemicals are what make up nature. Aspirin was derived from the bark of wood 400 years ago. The difference is we made it so you don't have to chew nasty ass wood bark.
Natural stuff has side effects too. If you want it in simple terms, remember Arsenic is natural too, as is Cyanide. We can isolate the compound that makes grapes taste grapey and derive it from vinyl gloves using chemistry. What you have to worry about is these processes are imperfect, and what could've been left behind?
That's why the FDA exists. And fun fact, supplements are NOT evaluated by the FDA until people start reporting deaths or serious illness and can show it was derived from that supplement. There is zero validation to those claims. This is why it's important to be extra sure of your supplements' source. One famous case was a weight loss pill found to have near lethal levels of arsenic in it. People were experiencing hair loss and finger nail loss. That's when the FDA stepped in.
I also want to mention that hypertension is no joke. There's a reason they call it the silent killer. You can't really feel that your blood pressure is chronically high. We don't have receptors for that. However, one day, after years of getting pounded by its own blood, the vessels in your brain burst, or a clot dislodges, and you have a stroke.
So there's a reason why doctors would throw pills at this problem. The idea is to get it under control now while you work on changing your behavior. some people, however, never do and end up on them for life, until it gets worse then the dosages need to be upped or more invasive interventions, such as a CABG, need to be performed.
My suggestion, and this ISN'T MEDICAL ADVICE, look at how you can control your cholesterol through diet and lifestyle modification, and take the statin until you nail down that behavior. You got a doctor. That's a great resource. Work with him. Don't know what your time or financial situation is, but he can provide you reference to other resources to help modify your behavior.
You are absolutely right! Medication isn't some magic fix. Lifestyle changes and prevention are. But pharmacological interventions can be a valuable tool. And while a lot of people will put medications and supplements into separate categories, they're really just two sides of the same coin. As for removing meds? Talk to your provider before you do. Stuff like beta blockers can have rebound hypertension. Tell the provider your concerns. If your blood pressure is going too low, they will probably discontinue it.
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