Posts by jeeprube

Have you ever been so depressed that you could not force yourself to get out of bed and function? Have you ever thought that you were a burden and would be doing people a favor by ridding yourself from the world? Have you ever felt so dark that there was no way out? Have you ever held the means of killing yourself in your hands and sat on the brink, too indifferent to even cry about it?

I have. I actually went looking for a rope at work one day to hang myself with.

JD can you remind me why you and I argue so much?

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Universal Health Care, Pluses and Minuses

by watson in

jw
friends

it's a little late to be posting something like this, but i hope you can help me a little.

i would really like to review some of the pluses and minuses of universal type health care.

so here are some for consideration.

jeeprube

Seriously, what is it with anti-depressants? They do not teach you to cope, they do not create resilience, they do not give you personal insight. I do believe one builds a tolerance to them, such that, you reach a place of needing them for a minimal level of functioning, but your original behavioral problems creep back untreated, only now you have an expensive habit that just keeps you where you would have been before - no insight into yourself or the real reason for your depression.

Not to be disagreeable with you but I must disagree. The science and chemistry behind anti-depressants is valid. If you suffer from severe depression you are incapable of coping with normal life due to chemical imbalances in the brain. Anti-depressents remove that problem. Of course one must learn to cope with life's problems, anti-depressents aren't a magic pill.

This is why I mentioned Lexapro in the first place. I've been on paxil and other CHEAPER drugs, but I've never experienced the benefits from them that Lexapro provides. It really is a wonderful drug.

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Universal Health Care, Pluses and Minuses

by watson in

jw
friends

it's a little late to be posting something like this, but i hope you can help me a little.

i would really like to review some of the pluses and minuses of universal type health care.

so here are some for consideration.

jeeprube

Jeep has obviously been getting free treatment for the sores on his arm for months. Typical gov't medical services.

I really hate that picture. I layed my mountain bike over and left some skin on the trail. I posted it because at the time it reflected my feelings towards JW's....like a bad case of road rash. Believe me if we could edit our avatars that pic would be gone.

Sorry for the disgusting image!

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Universal Health Care, Pluses and Minuses

by watson in

jw
friends

it's a little late to be posting something like this, but i hope you can help me a little.

i would really like to review some of the pluses and minuses of universal type health care.

so here are some for consideration.

jeeprube

But, as I've said before, there is help out there for those who need it.

Yeah you're right. I'm just trying to communicate my real motive in this discussion. We can do better!

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Universal Health Care, Pluses and Minuses

by watson in

jw
friends

it's a little late to be posting something like this, but i hope you can help me a little.

i would really like to review some of the pluses and minuses of universal type health care.

so here are some for consideration.

jeeprube

A new poll shows that 77% of Americans favor the public option. Evidently the last set of polls had been deliberately worded to inject fear into the minds of those polled and skew the data. Imagine that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/new-poll-77-percent-suppo_n_264375.html

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Universal Health Care, Pluses and Minuses

by watson in

jw
friends

it's a little late to be posting something like this, but i hope you can help me a little.

i would really like to review some of the pluses and minuses of universal type health care.

so here are some for consideration.

jeeprube

When I first started taking insulin, I was put on N and R, both by Lilly. Later, I took the biologically engineered stuff Humulin N and Humulin R. This was roughly $20 a bottle for a lot of years. Somewhere around 2000, Lilly medication started increasing. The last bottle I bought was over $30. I am now on a generic Wal Mart brand Novalin N and Novalin R, and they are $24. So, in the past 20 years, my insulin costs have increased by $4 a bottle.

I'm sorry you have to go through that bro! I'm on Lexapro for my depression. What a wonderful drug, but it costs around $150-200 a month. Because we have health insurance it only costs $40 a month. Without insurance I couldn't afford it, and I would not enjoy the quality of life I have. I know that the drug company that developed costs for the R and D of this drug, and I know they feel like they have to recoup their costs plus a profit before the patent expires. I have no problem with that. But what about all the people out there who are suffering without Lexapro because they can't afford it? There has to be some kind of common ground solution that can help MORE people.

I realize that my thinking on this may be simplistic, but dammit real people are suffering. Maybe I'm too idealistic. I really do believe there has to be some way of making our healthcare system work for everybody. Not just those of us who are lucky enough, or who have worked hard enough to have insurance.