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Too Much Prozac Turns Minnows into Killerstheir mates. Long, Slender Sea Serpent Makes a Rare Video Appearance Similar effects have been seen in humans who take the antidepressant . Common Prozac side effects include a decrease in sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm, according to
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20 Tips for Better SleepReview Your Medications Beta-blockers (prescribed for high blood pressure) may cause insomnia; so can SSRIs (a class of antidepressants that includes Prozac and Zoloft). And that's just the beginning. Write down every drug and supplement
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How to Prevent HeadachesColo., massage and spinal-reflex therapist Maureen Moon. If nothing works, a headache specialist may recommend an antidepressant to regulate pain receptors. What Kind of Headache Do You Have? Migraine The Lowdown About 18 percent of women get migraines
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Stress Relief Tips From Around the WorldKnead the nape of your neck and the surrounding area. "Stimulating pressure receptors releases serotonin, a natural antidepressant ," says Tiffany Field, PhD, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami. Better yet: Get your
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How to Think Yourself Wellneed in order to heal?" Occasionally, they answered with conventional health-related insights, saying, "I need an antidepressant " or "I need to lose 20 pounds." But more often than not, they said introspective things, like "I hate my job
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Emergency Room Visits Seen Rising Among Sleeping Pill Userssleeping pill alone. The remaining 60 percent had mixed it with other medications, such as pain relievers and antidepressants , as well as alcohol. All of the combinations can boost the side effects. In the new study, women users seemed
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Rutgers' Mike Rice Rage: Bad Behavior or a Mental Disorder?Later, when they have calmed down, they can feel remorse, regret or shame. Effective treatments can include antidepressants and cognitive behavior therapy. Wallin admits she is not an expert in IED, but she has witnessed plenty of anger
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Cheap Prescription Drug Secrets Revealed By Consumer Group200 pharmacies across the country to request retail prices for five best-selling drugs: The diabetes drug Actos; the antidepressant Lexapro; the cholesterol-lowering pill Lipitor; the blood thinner Plavix; and the asthma treatment,Singulair; all
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15 Viagra Ups and Downsmight hold promise for women with sexual dysfunction secondary to multiple sclerosis, diabetes, spinal cord injury and antidepressant medications. Altitude Sickness Viagra can help you rise to the occasion, when mountain climbing, that is. The drug has
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Moms on Xanax: Women Say Antidepressants , Anti-Anxiety Meds Make Them Better Moms
More and more people are taking antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, and among that number is a growing legion of women who say these medications help them become
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Brooke Burke-Charvet on Aging Gracefully
exercise. READ ALSO: Brooke Burke-Charvet is Cancer Free "It's like the best medicine in the world...the best antidepressant ," she said of her fitness routine. Brooke-Charvet says she also sees passing her healthy habits on to her children
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Anorexia Can Strike and Kill as Early as Kindergartenchildren from eating. Counselors helped address Sophie's anxiety with cognitive behavior therapy; she takes antidepressants for anxiety. Her family later learned she had rituals from mild obsessive-compulsive disorder. "She folded
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Lena Dunham and 9 More Stars with OCDof Rolling Stone. In the cover story, the 26-year-old creator and star of HBO's "Girls" says she took antidepressants in high school, and was obsessed with the number eight. "I remember saying to my mom when I was little, 'I
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Could Scalp Electrodes Switch Off Depression?Linda Koenig had depression. And the drugs didn't work. Koenig, 62, of Smyrna, Ga., said many in her family had battled depression and she had personally struggled with it for many years. Worse, various combinations of anti-depressant medications didn't provide her with relief. "It was hard to find
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Strep Throat May Cause OCD, and 5 Other Surprising Factssuffer from OCD may also find clinical behavioral therapy and medications such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ( SSRIs ) useful. "Seeking help for OCD was smartest decision I made. OCD can be defeated. I'm living proof," one participant
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Invention Would Track Meds in Mentally Ill Patients, But Is It Ethical?
confidentiality laws, stabbed 38-year-old Jennifer Warren with a kitchen knife after he lowered his doses of antipsychotic and antidepressant medications for an upcoming surgery. Five years earlier, Redd had been sentenced to 20 years in a psychiatric ward following
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Light Boxes Treat Doggie Depression
depression in pets," Marvin writes on his company's website . "Increasingly vets prescribe Prozac and other antidepressants in an attempt to boost their serotonin levels. That seemed rather cruel." The $199 Sol Box can be used by pets
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The Medical Guide to Holiday Moviesuse of certain medications is. Pilots are required to report use of any psychotropic medications beyond common antidepressants and refrain from flying until they are medication-free. Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field recreate the
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Workplace Bullying Common, Could Lead to Medication Use
one in five women reported being bullied at work. And self-reported bullying victims were more likely to use of antidepressants , sleeping pills and sedatives. "A potentially unexpected finding is that the results were somewhat stronger for
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Talk Therapy Boosts Response to Antidepressants
who don't respond to antidepressants , adding talk therapy to patients respond fully to antidepressants , but there's little of patients had been on antidepressants for more than a year before a beneficial adjunct to antidepressant therapy in people who don't
