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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 20325" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>docs and nurses still call it drug therapy. </p><p>I am not sure anyone should make it feel more comfortable. </p><p>Drugs are like fire and need to be used with caution and respect. They are serious business. If someone hears us talking about the "drugs" our child is taking, then they should be enough in the conversation to know the "drugs" are being Rx'ed. ANd if they know the drugs are being Rx'ed, then they must know there is a reason. </p><p></p><p>But, yes, for the record, when I am speaking about non Rx'ed substances I usually use the word "drug" and when it is a Rx'ed drug, I usually use the word "medication" ---but not always. ANd I used to tell my husband, did you take your happy pill today, meaning his antianxiety medication, and I tease my son about his steroid drops and sometimes say to him lets juice your eye. and when I take MY steroid, I say hmm, time for my feel good pill, and when I take my anticancer immune trashing drug I say OK trash my immune system, do your job. and when we see someone out in public who has an especially flat affect we wonder if they took too many happy pills, or chill pills. and whether they are Rx'ed or not. (I mean come on, when someone has a car accident and their car is totaled and they step out and look at the car and shrug.....and do not even get a LIL upset- you hafta wonder) </p><p></p><p>Truth is people can be abusing and or misusing drugs whether they get them by Rx from the doctor or not.....and the word medication well- if the neighbor comes over and steals some of our medication.is it then a medication or a drug? </p><p>How about if the neighbor comes over and borrows it instead or stealing it? Borrowing it becuz he has a Rx for it but has not gotten it in yet thru his medications by mail. Then is it a drug or medication?</p><p>Is it a medication or a drug if you are not entirely honest with a doctor when you get a Rx for something? Is it medication or a drug when you are Rx'ed something but then you start to alter the dose to suit yourself without discussing it with the doctor? </p><p>Bottom line is medications are still drugs, no matter what pretty name you put on it. ANd truth is "chemotherapy" conjures up images of cancer, but drug treatment is considered a chemotherapy.....a therapy using chemicals--drugs. </p><p>and pharmacology is study and use of drugs. </p><p></p><p>No matter what name you use, there are still going to be people who are against it, still going to be people who disagree, or misunderstand.....still going to be people who think others are too quick to use medications, people who are too cavalier about medications. Using a pretty name will not change any of that.</p><p>And you can call the disorders and illnesses and symptoms by all kinds of names, but, same thing, there is still going to be a lot of misunderstanding, fingerpointing, denial, blame, etc. call it mood disorder, call it bipolar, call it mental illness, mental challenge, chemical imbalance, brain disorder, neurorological disorder.......bottom line is it still sucks, it is still difficult to have, difficult to live with or around.......whether you call it "whacked out" or neurological brain disorder. </p><p></p><p>ANd people are only going to be informed properly if they want to be. If they do not want to become educated you can name something anything you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 20325, member: 1697"] docs and nurses still call it drug therapy. I am not sure anyone should make it feel more comfortable. Drugs are like fire and need to be used with caution and respect. They are serious business. If someone hears us talking about the "drugs" our child is taking, then they should be enough in the conversation to know the "drugs" are being Rx'ed. ANd if they know the drugs are being Rx'ed, then they must know there is a reason. But, yes, for the record, when I am speaking about non Rx'ed substances I usually use the word "drug" and when it is a Rx'ed drug, I usually use the word "medication" ---but not always. ANd I used to tell my husband, did you take your happy pill today, meaning his antianxiety medication, and I tease my son about his steroid drops and sometimes say to him lets juice your eye. and when I take MY steroid, I say hmm, time for my feel good pill, and when I take my anticancer immune trashing drug I say OK trash my immune system, do your job. and when we see someone out in public who has an especially flat affect we wonder if they took too many happy pills, or chill pills. and whether they are Rx'ed or not. (I mean come on, when someone has a car accident and their car is totaled and they step out and look at the car and shrug.....and do not even get a LIL upset- you hafta wonder) Truth is people can be abusing and or misusing drugs whether they get them by Rx from the doctor or not.....and the word medication well- if the neighbor comes over and steals some of our medication.is it then a medication or a drug? How about if the neighbor comes over and borrows it instead or stealing it? Borrowing it becuz he has a Rx for it but has not gotten it in yet thru his medications by mail. Then is it a drug or medication? Is it a medication or a drug if you are not entirely honest with a doctor when you get a Rx for something? Is it medication or a drug when you are Rx'ed something but then you start to alter the dose to suit yourself without discussing it with the doctor? Bottom line is medications are still drugs, no matter what pretty name you put on it. ANd truth is "chemotherapy" conjures up images of cancer, but drug treatment is considered a chemotherapy.....a therapy using chemicals--drugs. and pharmacology is study and use of drugs. No matter what name you use, there are still going to be people who are against it, still going to be people who disagree, or misunderstand.....still going to be people who think others are too quick to use medications, people who are too cavalier about medications. Using a pretty name will not change any of that. And you can call the disorders and illnesses and symptoms by all kinds of names, but, same thing, there is still going to be a lot of misunderstanding, fingerpointing, denial, blame, etc. call it mood disorder, call it bipolar, call it mental illness, mental challenge, chemical imbalance, brain disorder, neurorological disorder.......bottom line is it still sucks, it is still difficult to have, difficult to live with or around.......whether you call it "whacked out" or neurological brain disorder. ANd people are only going to be informed properly if they want to be. If they do not want to become educated you can name something anything you want. [/QUOTE]
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