Pharmaceuticals

[edit the sad parts]

I am taking anti-inflammatories for the second time in a month. Boo-hiss! This is probably the third time in my entire life that I have ever taken prescription meds...they are irritating the hell out of my tummy.

[Tweek]

Yes; since 1991

[lillerina]

Injected every 12 weeks for the rest of my life.

[Eravial]

Birth control is the only long-term thing I have going now. I sometimes get short prescriptions for yeasts and UTIs and whatever, but currently under normal circumstances that's it.

[A.K.A. Z]

I used to take anti-depressants but I got into drug treatment and used Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for the combination of depression and substance abuse.

I still drink a little bit and occasionally get depressed but not at all in the same way I used to and I find it easy to apply the techniques and basically just shift myself into a different gear. That's not to say that medications don't work, they just didn't work for me personally because of other issues.

[Neko]

Thinking about my anti-depressant prescription lately. I only really need them when I'm PMSing because, somehow, in my adulthood just before menstruating I become suicidal. This never used to be the case. When I was younger I wouldn't act differently before my period. It had no effect on me emotionally. But now I just go batshit insane and self-direct so much seething hate. It took a while before I realized it went along with my cycle.

I'll bring it up when I go see my doctor for a prescription renewal.

[monk]

I take a thyroid pill, and I will take it everyday for the rest of my life.

[The Other Lizard]

I take neurological meds to prevent headaches. I've been on this medication for four and a half years. I hope, and my doctor thinks it's realistic, that I will be able to get off them within the next year or two, and be headache-free. I'm also on the birth control pill, if that counts.

[Eater of Socks]

I take loratadine for my hayfever and a preventative for my asthma. I have been for years, but I should prolly try and wean myself off them; I don't like being dependent on medication.

[Aum]

I no longer need prescription medications thanks to herbal medicine. I'm not talking over the counter stuff, but visiting a trained herbalist.

[Aelwyn]

i'm on the same stuff as neko, hopefully not for the long term though & some stuff for my stomach that i have to take 3 times a day, probably for the rest of my days.

[Mathmo]

I'm on birth control (Cerazette) and sometimes take Loratadine in the summer for hayfever (although that's not really prescription - or rather, you can get it on prescription but the doctor says "you know, buying it over the counter is actually cheaper ...")

ETA: anti-hayfever stuff is SO CHEAP in the UK. £1/week if you buy the cheapest / buy when there are BOGOF offers on which there often are. I have vague memories of being in NZ and it being really expensive.

[Sonic#]

I don't take anything. Save for the acne medication I took all through high school and part of college, I've not ever had any prescriptions that have lasted longer than a couple of weeks.

[Bork]

Not on anything right now. Probably should be on acne meds and antidepressants, but neither has really ever helped much.

[Meperidine]

I'm planning to be on birth control until they make some kind of single-use baby-maker-nuke.

I'm also on antidepressants at the moment. We'll see if they stick.

[dwarp]

I'm on birth control, that's it. I haven't been on any other prescription drug probably since I started college. Oh...well I did have nose-drops for my allergies, but now they've turned over-the-counter so yeah, nothing else.

[newlydiscovered]

Absolutely nothing at the moment. Have been on the pill on and off for most of the past 7 years and will probably go back on soon because my skin is nicer when I'm on it.

I've taken various antibiotics over the years too, but nothing long term.

[Rainbow Dolphins]

I picked no, but I have been before because I forgot about my birth control. I'm not sure if it counts as prescription medication anyway (I have an implanon). I have been on various short-term prescriptions before, though (steriods, antibiotics, antihistamines).

[ArtificialAmore]

I've been trying to clear up my acne and finally went to a dermatologist (because, srsly, almost 25 and still having acne is not cool), and so I'm on a twice daily medication to try and curb the acne.

I also have an as-needed inhaler for the reactive airway disease (which is basically asthma, but it's not constant).

But I'm off the birth control because we're trying to have babies!!

[Spike]

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[kelsa]

Nope. I take crampbark and devil's claw occasionally and use garlic for everything else.

[Nachos]

Unfortunately yes. I take thyroid pills, antidepressants and anti-anxiety. However I'm reducing my anti-anxiety dose right now and AM NOT ANXIOUS! Hurrah!

[StarsInUrEye]

I have been on antidepressants off and on. currently off forever. Now I'm just on my birthcontrol which I will be on forever because i'm so done having kids. I don't need anymore crazy baby daddies.