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Anxiety and Medication Compliance
No one wants to have a medical illness, especially one that requires that you have to either take pills or use an inhaler on a daily basis or inject yourself. For many, it reinforces the fact that you're "sick" or that you are not able to do what others can. For me, that's one side of the coin, but I think it's better for you, in terms of your compliance with treatment and your self-esteem, to look at the other side.
So, what's the other side of the coin? How about thinking that each pill or injection is proof that you have both the determination to maintain your health and that rather than reinforcing the fact that you're "sick," it means you're a winner. You won't let this stop you, or get you down because you're going to go on with your life and do the things you want.
Need examples? How about the actress Halle Berry who is a diabetic, but decided to be a successful actress and now a mother? How about Lance Armstrong who won the Tour de France multiple times while fighting testicular cancer? How about Bill Russell, the former basketball star, Bernie Mac, the comedian and Karen Duffy, the model, who all have sarcoidosis or Michael J. Fox who is fighting Parkinson's Disease and still is involved in entertainment? Gary Hall, Jr., winner of 10 Olympic gold medals has diabetes and so did Jackie Robinson.
Taking medication to help you control the symptoms of anxiety or depression or any other psychological disorder only makes you better for getting yourself into treatment. It may be anxiety provoking at first and even leave you with some concern, but what do you want to do with your life; live it or be controlled by the illness?
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So, what's the other side of the coin? How about thinking that each pill or injection is proof that you have both the determination to maintain your health and that rather than reinforcing the fact that you're "sick," it means you're a winner. You won't let this stop you, or get you down because you're going to go on with your life and do the things you want.
Need examples? How about the actress Halle Berry who is a diabetic, but decided to be a successful actress and now a mother? How about Lance Armstrong who won the Tour de France multiple times while fighting testicular cancer? How about Bill Russell, the former basketball star, Bernie Mac, the comedian and Karen Duffy, the model, who all have sarcoidosis or Michael J. Fox who is fighting Parkinson's Disease and still is involved in entertainment? Gary Hall, Jr., winner of 10 Olympic gold medals has diabetes and so did Jackie Robinson.
Taking medication to help you control the symptoms of anxiety or depression or any other psychological disorder only makes you better for getting yourself into treatment. It may be anxiety provoking at first and even leave you with some concern, but what do you want to do with your life; live it or be controlled by the illness?
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Technorati Tags: anxiety, medication, diabetes, celebrity, wellness, healthy living
7 Comments:
I THINK THAT THE LUMP THAT HAS DEVELOPED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY NACK COULD BE REALATED TO STRESS. iT'S CLOSE TO MY EAR AND ABOUT HTE SIZE OF A WALNUT.WHAT DO YOU THINK?
hi my name is candy ... about a year ago i got hit by a car and smashed my elbow and hit my head... it has all healed now but ever since this accident i find that randomly my face goes numb starting with my ears then all i see is grey squiggly lines , then i pass out. they last from anywheres between 5 minutes to my latest(1 hour) according to witnesses i am unresponsive my whole body is fraile. i cannot walk and i start twitching. i went to my doctors and i have had several EEG's and ECG's they cant figure out what is wrong with me. i dont know what to do. i am scared. i work in a nursing home and the nurses are scared and its getting so bad that i know the nurses at my hospital! im only 18 and i want to live a normal life is this possible ????
thank you
candy
candy_kaine007@hotmail.com
ive also have a lump on - my right side behind ear, on skull..It was swollen under it for like 3 weeks, i had stress going on, as well as a reaction to the medication- effexor..-or possible overdose.. Crazy migrains, n whole side of right head tender, waiting to get results-on posssible tick bite..if not mri may help
I just noticed a couple of days ago, that i too have this lump on my head, close to mey ear, and it about the size of a marble and it's soar. There are not bites are anything like that. I feel it might be a swollen gland or something but I don't know if we have glands there. I'm kind of worried about it but can't find anything on Web MD that talks about it. I do have a little stress going on in my life so it could be related to that (?) let me know what you find out; i may call my dr. tomorrow if it doesn't go away.
I also have like a cluster of lumps behind my right ear. I went to the dentist and found out that my bottom right wisdom tooth is cutting and may be causing the lumps. I also went to the doctors and they ran blood work one test i know they were doing was to check for tick bites as well. I'm not sold on either because i dont think glands run that high behind the ear. We will see when the blood work comes in.
carolina3580@comcast.net
hey does anybody shake from anxiety or stress?
yes I SUFFER FROM SHAKES AND ANXIETY, STARTED SHAKING AT THE AGE OF 14 STOPPED FOR MANY YEARS WENT THROUGH TRAUMATIC THINGS IN MY LIFE AND STARTED AGAIN, CURRENTLY BEING TREATED WITH, HAVE BEEN ON VOLUME, CLONAZAPAM , AND NOW XANAX, ALSO WAS ON LEXAPRO FOR DEPRESSION, HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTONS, BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ANXIETY, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND WHATEVER ELSE, I DONT THINK THE DOCS KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE ANYMORE
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