Quotes about Medication

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication. Votes: 4

Medication can help us live a happier life. Votes: 4

As soon as we find a cure, we will utilize any of the donations to go toward providing medication to those who can't afford it. That is my goal. Votes: 4

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind. Votes: 4

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it. Votes: 4

I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic. Votes: 4

If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple. Votes: 4

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication. Votes: 4

Medication without explanation is obscene. Votes: 3

Medication should never be considered the only tool for helping a person. Votes: 3

Medication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind. Votes: 3

I think the arts should get big support, but my country has a lot of needs more important than film. Medication, education, food... The poverty is overwhelming. There are simply more important things to be attended to. Votes: 3

Lithium remains the gold standard, but many drugs now treat bipolar disorder. Medication is critical and should be combined with psychotherapy. Compliance is a major problem. Patients believe that once they're better, they no longer need the medication. It doesn't work that way. Votes: 3

Medication alone is not to be relied on. In one half the cases medicine is not needed, or is worse than useless. Obedience to spiritual and physical laws--hygeine [sic] of the body, and hygeine of the spirit--is the surest warrant for health and happiness. Votes: 3

Medication, surgery, and medical tests are all focused on disease, not on health. Prevention is the act of moving away from the disease. Proactivity in health is seeking a high level of wellness and acting in a way that will create that reality in your life. Votes: 3

You don't wanna know the sinner. You don't wanna know the killer. Because it's you. Television is stalling evolution. Medication is stalling evolution. Evolution is stalling revolution. Evolution, revolution. Collaboration, the start of revolution. My decision, the start of revolution. Revolution, the start of evolution. Revolution, evolution. Votes: 3

We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain Votes: 2

But the main thing is that medication, too, is not all the help. Votes: 2

I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes. Votes: 2

Psychiatrists always say, Oh, we're very professional. I use exercise as my medication. Votes: 2

Nausea is an unsolved problem of medicine and marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science. Votes: 2

Some people think my singing is superb. But they're mainly on strong medication and not allowed out much. Votes: 2

I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication. Votes: 2

I don't have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day. Votes: 2

When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications. Votes: 2

The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you threaten its prerogatives. Votes: 2

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication? Votes: 2

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure. Votes: 2

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~ Votes: 2

I can't deal with a lot of spice but I have to eat it. I pay the price - I'm on medication for heartburn, so that's how I deal with it. Votes: 2

I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes. Votes: 2

I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness. Votes: 2

About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. Votes: 2

Since childhood I've always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it's a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication. Votes: 2

Bipolar disorder is a scary disease, but it is manageable. And I feel blessed that I was able to get the right attention and the right medication to deal with my specific illness. Votes: 2

The World Health Organisation has a lot of its medical experts sitting in Geneva while hospitals in Africa have no drugs and desperate patients are forced to seek medication on the black market. Votes: 2

I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you. Votes: 2

I am diagnosed with what's called 'REM behavior disorder.' As far as the disorder goes, there's no cure, but it's going pretty well as far as these things go. I see a sleep doctor, take medication, etc. Votes: 2

People are constantly not feeling, but numbing themselves, either through medication or playing on their phones. If you start feeling bad, it's like, 'Distract! Distract! Put on Storage Wars!' And I know because I'm guilty of it, too. Votes: 2

No amount of love can cure madness or unblacken one's dark moods. Love can help, it can make the pain more tolerable, but, always, one is beholden to medication that may or may not always work and may or may not be bearable Votes: 2

I am a type-2 diabetic, and they took me off medication simply because I ate right and exercised. Diabetes is not like a cancer, where you go in for chemo and radiation. You can change a lot through a basic changing of habits. Votes: 2

Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about this consistently. [Arresting people for] medical marijuana is the most hideous example of government interference in the private lives of individuals. It's an outrage within an outrage within an outrage. Votes: 2

Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it. Votes: 2

We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this--through love, work, family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medication, we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime. Votes: 2

Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication. Votes: 2

If you have a relative who's lost interest in everything and doesn't get out of bed, who doesn't care for things they used to, can't imagine anything that would give them any pleasure, don't fool around with it; get therapy, get help, get medication if that's right for you, or talk therapy, or something. Votes: 2

My eating habits are the only behaviour of mine that are still manic. I can't walk by a restaurant, a bakery, an ice-cream store or a candy store without making a purchase; the amount of calories I take in today are at least five times as many as I took before starting on all of this medication. Votes: 2

If you're in a diabetic or prediabetic state, it's good to have medication to go on for a period of time. But simply by making the changes - get your sleep, 35 grams of fiber and a half-hour walk - your cholesterol will come down, your sugar will come down, and your blood pressure will come down. Only the minority of people can't control it. Votes: 2

When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were put in the last room, furthest away from the nurses' station. You were full of pain, but they wouldn't give you morphine. Nobody told you that you were full of cancer and that it was understandable that you had pain and needed medication. Votes: 2

I invite the entire spectrum, shall we call it, of feeling. Because that is my greatest resource as a film actor. I need to be able to feel everything, which is why I refuse to go on any kind of medication. Not that I need to! But my point is, I wouldn't even explore that, because it would get in the way of my instrument. Votes: 2

There are no healing agents. Votes: 1

Nourish your soul, mediate daily. Votes: 1

Thinking is the soul speaking to itself. Votes: 1

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth. Votes: 1

Encouraging words are good medicine for the soul. Votes: 1

Ambien might have mentally just tossed my salad. WITH CROUTONS. Votes: 1

Iron deficiency can lead to a wardrobe full of crumpled clothes Votes: 1

...someday..., we'll medicate human experience right out of the human experience. Votes: 1

The future goal is the thing which produces character in the present. Votes: 1

You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere. Votes: 1

I'm heavily medicated yet happily manic, I've been stuck on hypo mania for years. Votes: 1

Why do they always prescribe thyroid medicine to go with the mental illness cocktails they whip up? Votes: 1

Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time. Votes: 1

Irony of the day: arthritis medication with a cap that old people can't get off, because of their arthritis. Votes: 1

You'll be surprised how infinitely merciful they [these tablets] are. The prescription number is 96814. I think of it as the telephone number of God! Votes: 1

...all I could think about was how both sets of parents had needed to make their decision, on whether to medicate their child, in a scientific vacuum. (p. 35) Votes: 1

Isn't it obvious in in today's world from people's preoccupation with self-medication, drug and alcohol use, rationalization and avoidance distraction that the truth doesn't just hurt, it's extremely painful. Votes: 1

Day after day, more and more medications are prescribed for depression and addiction, assuming that these things run in our blood, when really they run in our patterns of awareness. Votes: 1

Love in your heart is good medicine for long live. Hatred in your blood is the major cause of heart failure! Love people, get transfused with a fresh blood and you'll live long! Votes: 1

Sandra had studied psychiatry in order to understand the nature of despair, but all she had really learned was the pharmacology of it. The human mind was easier to medicate than to comprehend. Votes: 1

We got through it. Haven made excuses for me to friends, and made an appointment with a terrific doctor, who put me on Effexor, 150 milligrams a day, enough to get my brain straightened out. Votes: 1

The drug I take is called schizophrenia, among other labels, which I desperately want to put away. I want to put the drug of schizophrenia down, and I want to put down the stigma surrounding its label. Votes: 1

Don't let sickness, depression, and disease THUG YOU OUT. Eat healthier, think healthier, speak healthier, and more positively over your life. When you do so, you will soon begin to conquer your life and your health through new found empowerment- mind, body, and spirit. Votes: 1

I now know for certain that my mind and emotions, my fix on the real and my family's well-being, depend on just a few grams of salt. But treatment's the easy part. Without honesty, without a true family reckoning, that salt's next to worthless. Votes: 1

It's difficult. I take a low dose of lithium nightly. I take an antidepressant for my darkness because prayer isn't enough. My therapist hears confession twice a month, my shrink delivers the host, and I can stand in the woods and see the world spark. Votes: 1

If you expand the boundaries of mental illness, which is clealry what has happened in this country during the past twenty-five years, and you treat the people so diagnosed with psychiatric medications, do you run the risk of turning an anger-ridden teenager into a lifelong mental patient? (p. 30) Votes: 1

Suddenly I wanted to get better. Mania wasn't fun anymore. It wasn't creative or visionary. It was mean parody at best, a cheap chemical trick. I needed to stop and get better. I'd take whatever they gave me, I pledged silently. I'd take Trilafon or Thorazine or whatever. I just wanted to sleep. Votes: 1

The term 'deinstitutionalization' conceals some simple truths, namely, that old, unwanted persons, formerly housed in state hospitals, are now housed in nursing homes; that young, unwanted persons, formerly also housed in state hospitals, are now housed in prisons or parapsychiatric facilities; and that both groups of inmates are systematically drugged with psychiatric medications. Votes: 1

I am addicted to prescription pain medication. Votes: 0

Most people do not have access to medication. Votes: 0

moms aren't the best audience for medication humor. Votes: 0

Moms aren't the best audience for medication humor." Votes: 0

Is it time for your medication or mine? Votes: 0

You're probably right; he probably needs medication. That's all. Votes: 0

Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment. Votes: 0

Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart. Votes: 0

Some people receive medication in order to properly deliver films. Votes: 0

People like you are the reason People like me need medication. Votes: 0

Self-manipulation is our medication. Mythology is our drug. The only cure is honesty. Votes: 0

It's very important to distinguish between chemical depression that requires medication and talk therapy. Votes: 0

I always just looked really like someone who will someday be on prescription medication. Votes: 0

Truthfulness itself is almost medication, even when it’s served without advice or insight. Votes: 0

Bipolar is an illness not a hopeless destination it can be maintained with proper medication Votes: 0

We formed the fellowship of the ring when we should've all just gone on medication Votes: 0

There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients. Votes: 0

If you have a disease of the old society, take a dose of Lenin as medication. Votes: 0

I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don't feel bad about it. Votes: 0

Most of the time, writing is a lot of fun, and not a small amount of self-medication. Votes: 0

The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication. Votes: 0

I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it's a controlled substance. Votes: 0

Melting our attachment to self is the most powerful medication for bringing mental and emotional imbalances in check. Votes: 0

In this world there are thousands of healers but none possesses the medication of spiritual ecstasy like dance. Votes: 0

And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit. Votes: 0

My doctor explained that exercise and diet changes might help and that I also might need a medication. Votes: 0

I never take medication for pain. I want to know if the pain is getting better or worse. Votes: 0

Hope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform. Votes: 0

The subset of our population that has not benefited from the advancement of medication is black and brown people. Votes: 0

I don't have to take insulin because I have been able to make these changes and take this medication. Votes: 0

I dont have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day. Votes: 0

I went through about seven years of trying. And through artificial insemination. And through medication. And all of which was unsuccessful. Votes: 0

Colors are important. People are in clinical depression whether they are on medication or not. Neutrals are another form of medication. Votes: 0

What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist? Votes: 0

We need to ask whether, in the long term, some individuals with a history of psychosis may do better off medication. Votes: 0

"Girl, are you on medication?" Nurse Debra asked."No, of course not," Madison answered impatiently."Maybe you should be," Debra muttered. Votes: 0

Maybe depression is the most reasonable response to all the crap around us. Maybe it's the happy people who need medication. Votes: 0

Writing isn’t a career choice. It’s self-medication that over time precipitates the madness it was meant to ward off. Votes: 0

People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction. Votes: 0

I don't take any of the medications I took when I was younger: antibiotics, antacids, aspirin, asthma inhalers, ulcer medication, allergy shots. Votes: 0

It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead. Votes: 0

I realized that I had a serious problem with depression, and I went to a doctor and he gave me some medication. Votes: 0

I think it's a really sad situation when I have to lie to my doctor about what I need a medication for. Votes: 0

That connection between hormones and mood is so important to get a handle on, and it's also really important when you're considering taking medication. Votes: 0

Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece. Votes: 0

If I put faith in medication, if I can smile a crooked smile, if I can talk on television, if I can walk an empty mile. Votes: 0

I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements. Votes: 0

Most diseases are the result of medication which has been prescribed to relieve and take away a beneficent and warning symptom on the part of Nature. Votes: 0

When you're dealing with a very sick person and you're doing something to them, an intervention, be it a procedure or a medication, safety is critical. Votes: 0

Psychotherapy is a practice that many different professional disciplines engage. Psychiatrists are also medical doctors and increasingly offer medication and do less and less actual therapy. Votes: 0

I couldn't guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD. Votes: 0

There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips. Votes: 0

The medication, the hormones and the relentless frustrations of our lives make us bitchy and you're not allowed to be bitchy in public or people won't like you. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, I think depression and anxiety are really hard to live with. And what people don't need is to feel bad about themselves because they decide to go on medication. Votes: 0

Before you take the first dose of any medication your doctor prescribes, you should make it your business to find out more about the drug than the doctor himself knows. Votes: 0

The key to creating health is figuring out the cause of the problem and then providing the right conditions for the body and soul to thrive. It isn't taking another medication. Votes: 0

There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct. It seems, in my family, like a virus that's resistant to any kind of help or care or medication. Votes: 0

There are many types of preventive health care services that are covered, things like blood pressure medication, for example. And women are merely asking that their health be taken just as seriously. Votes: 0

Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long-term complications. Votes: 0

I have been addicted to it, and it's ultimately related to anxiety coping, and it's a form of self-medication, and I was smoking up to 15 to 20 marijuana cigarettes a day with no tobacco. Votes: 0

I believe that the most dangerous drugs that there are right now are the drugs that are legal - Over-the-counter medication. I think the entire healthcare system promotes the use of these drugs. Votes: 0

In certain extreme cases, medication may be necessary. But it is given far too often, too easily, and too readily. Millions of children already are on tranquilizers, for example, and that is absurd. Votes: 0

For years I've had neurological problems. I used to shake a lot and I was on medication - I paid about $700,000 for one year of pills. I was taking 40-odd different ones a day. Votes: 0

I think God gives medication that heals some illnesses. But I think when you deny the reality of evil, you want to use medicine to solve every problem, and it doesn't solve every problem. Votes: 0

Even if her children or grandchildren are willing to spend their own money to keep grandma alive, when bureaucrats control the necessary technology or medication they may decide that it is not for sale. Votes: 0

You know, Joey, the medication has helped settle you down, but you have been a good kid all along. You are naturally good. I hope you know that about yourself. You have a good heart. Votes: 0

He does all research now, but he put me on some medication, Zoloft, and, I tell you what, a lot of people have had pros and cons about it, but it was my wonder drug. Votes: 0