Over the counter...

[Verres]

You really can buy all sorts of medical stuff over the counter these days. I take......a lot. I never thought it that strange, until earlier I was reading American Psycho and discovered my routines are scarily like his. At least in the pill popping sense.

So....what do you all take in the way of over-the counter type stuff? And do you think its wise? Am I doing long term damage? Am I just worrying over nothing?

My typical day involves:
multivitamins
codliver oil capsules
St John's Wort
'paracetamol plus' (for hangover)
co-dydramol (painkillers for recurrent back probs. Am perhaps a little addicted)
'pro-plus' at regular intervals to keep me awake
'sleep aid' (sleeping tablets, surprise surprise) for insomnia

(all in addition to anti-depressants and the occassional line of coke. well, occassional/frequent. depends)

I need opinions/advice. And you lot seem to be a fair cross-section of society, so...

[Agathon]

Nothing. Seriously.. I almost never take pills. I think my intake is about 6 tylenol a year.

Frankly you seem like a drug fiend to me.

[Verres]

I am not a drug fiend.























I am a drug addict

[Lawrence of Arabia]

well vitamines and drugs are different...

[Agathon]

"fiend" sounds cooler. It gives the impression that you'll never be stopped.

Let me tell you about my caffeine intake - a lot.

Add to that the shakes I have from packing in fags last week.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

i hate fags.

[Jon Miller]

I occasionally have a few vitamens (Rarely, only if I feel I am missing something)

and am on daily medication for my high blood pressure

but very little otherwise...

Jon Miller

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
i hate fags.

I love them, but they're way too expensive now and I am getting shfated by the tax people this year among other things.

So that's the end of me smoking.

[Whaleboy]

If it's not healthy, it's certainly not uncommon. It's probably not doing you a world of good but you're my age, as long as its not like this a decade from now I shouldn't think there'll be much of a problem?

The multivitamins and codliver oil is good for healthy joints, skin and commercials .

[Dr Strangelove]

Re: Over the counter...

Originally posted by Verres
You really can buy all sorts of medical stuff over the counter these days. I take......a lot. I never thought it that strange, until earlier I was reading American Psycho and discovered my routines are scarily like his. At least in the pill popping sense.

So....what do you all take in the way of over-the counter type stuff? And do you think its wise? Am I doing long term damage? Am I just worrying over nothing?

My typical day involves:
multivitamins
codliver oil capsules
St John's Wort
'paracetamol plus' (for hangover)
co-dydramol (painkillers for recurrent back probs. Am perhaps a little addicted)
'pro-plus' at regular intervals to keep me awake
'sleep aid' (sleeping tablets, surprise surprise) for insomnia

(all in addition to anti-depressants and the occassional line of coke. well, occassional/frequent. depends)

I need opinions/advice. And you lot seem to be a fair cross-section of society, so...

Multivitamins are pretty inoccuous, as is St. John's Wort.
Why cod liver oil? Are you constipated?
I don't know what co-dydramol or pro=plus is. so I won't comment. Most OTC pain killers in the US are either basically tylenol, aspirin, ibuprofen or naprosyn. I wouldn't take paracetamol with them, as it works basically by the same mechanism. Take one or the other. Actually I don't think that paracetamol is even avail;able in the US because of its side effects. It's certainly no more effective than ibuprofen or naprosyn, so why not ditch it?
I see no reason to take OTC sleep aids and stimulants. A better solution would be a life style change.

[Space05us]

So....what do you all take in the way of over-the counter type stuff? And do you think its wise? Am I doing long term damage? Am I just worrying over nothing?

I took tylenol for a bad headache I had a few months ago. Then a couple years before that I took thera-flu because I had the flu real bad.

multivitamins
codliver oil capsules
St John's Wort
'paracetamol plus' (for hangover)
co-dydramol (painkillers for recurrent back probs. Am perhaps a little addicted)
'pro-plus' at regular intervals to keep me awake
'sleep aid' (sleeping tablets, surprise surprise) for insomnia

(all in addition to anti-depressants and the occassional line of coke. well, occassional/frequent. depends)

You can easily replace the vitamins with a bowl of cereal every morning. As long as you're not starving you're more than likely getting more than enough of everything you need, all of the food nowadays is fortified. What do you take St Johns Wart for if you're on anti-depressants? Why do you take anything for hangovers? Just drink water and your hangover will dissappear, its caused by dehydration. You really shouldnt take pills to keep you awake, or pills to get to sleep, just fix your sleep schedule. As for the coke, seek help.

That cuts out everything except the prescription drugs. Im a miracle worker!

[Verres]

The insomnia is a constant battle. I don't take pro plus after 4pm so I doubt it affects my sleep patterns - but i still dont get enough sleep even on the sleeping tablets, so I often need it to stay awake. Plus my energy levels are usually 0.

I took st johns wart before I started on my anti-d's for the second time, and find it works well in combination (they're not sssri's)

[BlackCat]

My main source of drugs are coffee, cigarettes and red wine. Last time drugs was nessecary is more than 10 years ago, and only because the doc thought it was a good idea.

[Space05us]

I took st johns wart before I started on my anti-d's for the second time, and find it works well in combination (they're not sssri's)

Its probably just the meds working. If the the St Johns wasnt doing anything before you started the meds, its most likely still doing nothing. But you know your body best, so its really your call as to whether or not it helps.

[Jon Miller]

one thing.. I didn't think lines of coke were over the counter?

Jon Miller