Posted by ronaldo on December 19, 2006, at 13:25:14
I am curious. Just how much does it cost the average American to experiment with so many different drugs? Do the insurance companies pick up the whole tab? or does the average babbler dip into his/her own pocket to supply the large variety of drugs that the average babbler seems to try? How many different psychotropic drugs has the average babbler tried in his/her life? Your sensible reply might be there is no such thing as the average babbler.
How many anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, stimulants, mood-stabilizers, anxiolytics, neuroleptics and the list goes on and on...?
Your immediate reply might be well it really is none of my business. You are probably right but my curiosity has burnt a hole in my discretion. I would also like to know, if you will indulge me a little further, what is the contents of the average babblers medicine chest? How many different types of psychiatric medicines lurk in the dark recesses of your bathrooms?
In my own cabinet I have: Tegretol, Largactil, Amitriptyline, Risperdal, Lithium, Seroquel, Trazodone, and last my own favourite, Zyprexa. These are just what I have collected over the last 5 years or so. Most are still within date. I expect I should take them back to the chemist to be destroyed. Most of them I will not use though Trazodone might be good for sleep, so might Amitriptyline.
I reckon my medicine cabinet is pretty empty with comparison to most.
My main question is how many different types of pills does the average babbler get through in a three month period? Again it may be none of my business but one reads in the posts on this board of so many suggestions to add a bit of this or add a bit of that. Whence comes the money to pay for all this? How much does it cost to be a fully fledged acceptor of all the suggestions for medication?
Someone tell me to go and get knotted if I have been too indiscreet. But my curiosity still burns at more than a 1000 watts.
....ronaldo
P.S. I don't know whether a trigger should be applied to this post. Maybe it is not so good to embark on a trip down memory lane via an excursion through your medicine cupboard. Perhaps we all have far too many medicines, and memories, in our possession. We should not be tempted to abuse them.
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