Who's NO-medicated here?

[SarahB]

Anyone else out there that takes nothing?
I take a multi-vitamin daily and that's it. I tend to think there's too much focus in western medicine on pharmaceuticals rather than wellness from a holistic sense in regards nutrition, exercise, and taking care of one's emotional well-being.
(I admit. I do take ibuprofen 2 days a month though. ;))

[arcos]

1. just my dose of THC

;)

[HEAVYHEART]

5. right on arcos

:thumbsup:

[HEAVYHEART]

2. Me No medicated

lol

[ogradda]

3. me

no meds here. i hate pills.

[Theres-a]

4. nothing

except starbucks and marlboros

[Cobalt Violet]

6. Nothing here!

Because I can't afford it.

[MikeG]

7. Does Maxwell House count?

[msgadget]

8. Me

I don't even take vitamins....uh, because I forget! :eyes:

Edit: are we counting caffeine? Caffeine doesn't count!

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. I'm only on C2H6O.

[SarahB]

13. Carbohydrates.

That's too hard for me. :P

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. Specifically, ethyl alcohol.

:toast:

[SarahB]

23. oops, bad nursing student

:spank:
I was think C6 H12 O6! :dunce:

[prolesunited]

10. And there's some here who

do all those things and still have to take medication. I'm a non-smoking, exercising, not overweight vegetarian and I have high blood pressure and asthma. What do you recommend?

Although you do have a point, there's a certain smugness to your post. There's others here I'm sure that take as good (or better) care of themselves than you and may still be forced to rely on Western medicine. You make it sound as if we have failed if we do.

[HEAVYHEART]

11. ...

Aw come on now.. This is the Lounge. Lighten up will ya? Sarabelle's just having fun like everybody else.

:-)

[SarahB]

20. Not a big deal.

To the anti-SarahBellers, I refer them here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2262075&mesg_id=2263344
I'm not losing sleep anytime soon.

[SarahB]

16. Oh, I agree.

My daughter has mild asthma and sometimes needs her inhaler as well. I'm a nursing student. I work in medicine. I'm not anti-medicine. I just definitely believe in taking responsibility for lifestyle choice first and foremost. It sounds like you do as well.

Any "smugness" is probably from having intimately dealt with people who have abused prescriptive medicine instead of dealing with the wellness aspect first and foremost. I apologize if I came across that way. :)

[Momgonepostal]

12. I'm on cold medication today

but don't have any on-going prescriptions.

[SmokingJacket]

14. Nothing here.

No prescription coverage.

Probably wouldn't anyway.

Sometimes I think I'd like something for anxiety... but being anxious in today's world is probably a very sane response.

Sigh.

[Zomby Woof]

15. *raises hand*

I rarely even take aspirin. NyQuil only when I have a bad cold (and that's rare indeed). The only medicine I have been prescribed since my childhood was antibiotics.

I don't even take vitamins... I try to get those through food when possible.

We're an overmedicated society, and Big Pharma reaps the benefits.

[AlCzervik]

17. a multi vitamin and thats all.

[StopTheMorans]

19. a multivitamin

oh, and i'm currently drinking some whiskey :evilgrin:

[newsguyatl]

21. heavily medicated here

and thankfully so, else it wouldn't be a pretty picture.

[NMDemDist2]

22. clean and sober and unmedicated for 13 years now

I drink 5 shots of espresso in the morning and take the occasional Tylenol for muscle ache and I smoke 1/2 pack of tobacco a day

that's it, no allergy meds, no chronic pain meds, no mood elevators, no booze, no THC

espresso water tobacco

boring huh?