tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342544694680738280.post3661087146738129482..comments2023-06-01T04:34:34.526-04:00Comments on Charmed I'm Sure: Popping Pills and PracticeDeborah Castellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16715780448380813436noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342544694680738280.post-25461299989631376012011-02-14T02:15:15.061-05:002011-02-14T02:15:15.061-05:00I'm generally a big ol' lurker but I have ...I'm generally a big ol' lurker but I have to say I appreciate this post. I'm bipolar and when I was unmedicated I was extremely in touch with 'the other realms'. It was a lot easier to see and communicate with non-human entities. Now that I'm medicated its a little like there is a thin wall I can occasionally see through. However, like you, I am a lot more focused and can pull of rituals and magic I never could before.<br /><br />I've heard a lot of behind the hand talk about people not wanting 'mentally ill people' in their circle, ritual, spellwork or whatever as if their brain chemistry was going to leak all over the place and make a mess. *rolls eyes*Reihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443261521755085728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342544694680738280.post-13300162313757366822011-02-09T23:57:29.349-05:002011-02-09T23:57:29.349-05:00I agree. Last February I was in constant pain beca...I agree. Last February I was in constant pain because my wisdom teeth were impacted and I didn't know it. If I wasn't taking some kind of painkiller I couldn't function.<br /><br />On the other hand, I also worry about what I put into my body. Not so much about not trusting doctors or anything. I just don't want to have pills counteracting other pills. I try to go homeopathic remedies whenever I can. This bugs the heck out of the walk-in clinic doctors where I live, because, I kid you not, they don't like to stray from the medical information they get off the web. Argh!<br /><br />P.S. I can have this opinion because I've never had to take a crazy amount of medication over several years. If I did, I'd probably be at the doctor's right now holding my arm out and yelling, "Pump me full of whatever you've got, Doc!" I'm a wuss when it comes to pain. :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268782762158742897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342544694680738280.post-44335444356071980912011-02-09T22:59:32.389-05:002011-02-09T22:59:32.389-05:00*claps* Thank you very much for posting about this...*claps* Thank you very much for posting about this topic. Since I'm chronically ill and a Pagan, this is something I think about a lot. There are times I've felt inferior because I take medication and because of the type of medication I take.<br /><br />It's very interesting that comments from various Pagans regarding medication are virtually the same as the comments I've heard from everyone else (and that includes some people in the medical field).<br /><br />It's all the same ignorance.<br /><br />To add the experience of another "Medicated Pagan": If I'm not taking medication, I'm unable focus on <i>anything</i> because I'm in too much pain. No really. It's not an experience I'd wish on anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342544694680738280.post-85463842903260003442011-02-09T13:21:07.568-05:002011-02-09T13:21:07.568-05:00Not to mention that judging people who take prescr...Not to mention that judging people who take prescription medication is veeeeeeery ableist. Like conflating 'insanity' with 'immorality' (which happens a whole lot), when many many people with mental disorders which may classify them as less-than-sane are also highly moral and dedicated to making sure their neurochemistry doesn't cause them to do harm to others.<br /><br />People with disabilities are everywhere, and the degree to which they are not afforded full participation in our society is shameful. At every turn, we block their access... whether this takes physical form in buildings without handicapped access, or verbal form by criticizing those who take medication.<br /><br />It's BS. It's got to stop.sonneillonvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447574935576261077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342544694680738280.post-22680409466266461092011-02-09T09:17:10.692-05:002011-02-09T09:17:10.692-05:00I hear you, and this is one of my pet peeves as we...I hear you, and this is one of my pet peeves as well. I DON'T understand why it's right to judge anyone else's choices in how they care for themselves or their children. Aren't we Pagan? Doesn't undermining each other defeat the whole purpose?Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141594330508299140noreply@blogger.com