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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
When someone says they react badly to normal doses of almost everything, take it as information about their body rather than as a personality trait.
Bodies differ in how fast they break a medicine down. Give two people the same dose and one of them may be holding far more of it for far longer,…
Whether a medicine works can turn on something as ordinary as taking it with food or moving it to bedtime.
Vilazodone is the clear case. On an empty stomach a good deal less of it is absorbed, and the nausea it can cause is easier to sit with overnight…
If a medicine leaves you wired, restless or with a pulse that will not settle, report it rather than tolerating it quietly.
The antidepressants that act on noradrenaline as well as serotonin can raise blood pressure and put nerves on edge, and with some of them that grows…
The same medicine can be dangerous given one way and safe given another. Slow release is not a marketing word.
Bupropion was pulled from the market over seizures and came back once a slow release form existed, because what drove the risk was the sharp peak…
When someone tells you they have been hurting themselves, keep your face steady and stay curious. Alarm closes the conversation, and you need it open.
There is more about low mood and hard feelings than the practices: the low mood and hard feelings area has the themes and the courses too.
A visible flinch teaches the person that this is not something you can hear, and the next disclosure goes elsewhere or nowhere. It can also make the…