Symptoms of a Drug Prescription
Tips for YOU
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Awareness is key!
YOU are in charge:
- Recognize your symptoms
- Research different options
- Discuss all your options
- Holistic self-help plan vs traditional medication management
What is the right treatment plan for YOU?
- Discuss pros and cons
- Decide if this is the best treatment for YOU
- Know side effects
- Analize yourself
What can YOU do before taking any medication:
- Recognize your symptoms
- Research different options
- Discuss all your options
- Holistic self-help plan vs traditional medication management
What YOU can do if taking medication:
- Know how YOUR medication should be taken
- Verify if YOUR medication pill can be cut, opened, or altered in any way
- Realize cutting or altering a medication can change how the drug is released into your body
- Be Aware of misinformation regarding medication
What should YOU question?
- Who is the right healthcare professional for YOU?
- What is the right treatment plan for YOU?
- Do YOU have any underlying conditions?
- How to know when treatment plan is working for YOU?
What YOU should be aware of?
- Even though someone holds a professional medical license, does not mean they have all the answers
- How to take a prescription drug
- Facts about the prescription drug
- Possible alternative self-help treatment
- YOU are the only one that truly knows you
- Recognizing warning signs regarding an inappropriate medical treatment plan
- Any withdrawal that may occur, even with over-the-counter pharmaceutical products
- Sensitivities to food and products
- Reactions to smells
- YOUR triggers
- YOUR warning signs
- YOUR sensitivies
- Be Aware of YOU overall!
Be Aware of Foods You Eat and Drink
- Determine if a food or drink have a negative effect on you either physically or mentally
YOU should
- Realize there is no quick fix
- Recognize that everyone is different
- Know that what works for someone may not work for you
- Be prepared for ups and downs as long as there are more ups than downs
- Question the pros and cons
- Research
- Look
- Understand
We acknowledge when living with a mental illness, there are…
- No quick fixes
- No miracle cures
- And even though wellness may take a life-long commitment, it shouldn’t be life consuming
Websites YOU should visit for more information on medications:
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.”
Albert Einstein
Note: All information in “Nikki’s Story” are based on detail journals covering seven years of Nikki’s life on prescription drugs.
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