Crazy Meds Bibliography

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The Crazy Meds Bibliography

Know your sources! Don't just trust some random website. Just because it's on the Internet doesn't automatically make it true! Most of my information comes from direct personal experience - mine, Mouse's, that of our friends', and that of the many people who post to various online support groups. It's known in the trade as anecdotal evidence. We also sit on our asses all day long and do a bunch of research. We find a study that is of interest and I put a link to it or an article about it within the page on the med in question. So there are many specific articles and studies that I've referenced throughout this site, either by direct link to the source or by quaint footnotes. However there are a few works that We've built upon as a foundation, and that we also reference to check on certain things. This isn't a static list. Paper is by far the superior medium, expensive though it may be.

This began as just the books I had on hand when I started to put this site together. I've since purchased more, repurchased ones I used to have access to, and now get boxes of neurological journals thanks to a neurologist who really likes the site. I've got some reading to catch up with, and even these pictures are already out of date! Plus I've read some but haven't made use of them yet. So just to give you an idea of what I have now vs. what is on the bibliography...

The first 38" shelf of books

The second 38" shelf of books

The 28" shelf of old medical books.

That really battered one up above, that's a 100-year-old version of the PDR. You think your side effects are bad today? Little wonder why many epileptics chose the accepted the alternative therapy of the day: bland foods, lukewarm baths, isolation from society and celibacy instead of the available meds. Just like the ketogenic diet it supposedly worked better the younger one began. Now how many monks and nuns had religious visions?

We now have the bookstore open! You can buy many of the books featured in our bibliography, as well as books we'd like to have. Look for more of our reviews one of these days. As it is, we'll provide links to buy these books here as well as throughout the site.

I'm finally putting this in order! What is being used the most is up on top.

All those information for patients package inserts that you should never, ever throw away.

Antiepileptic Drugs Fifth Edition René Levy, Ph. D. et al. © 2002. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Practically everything you ever needed to know about how anticonvulsants worked, their side effects and their uses. Based on the major studies up through the end of the 20th century.

Healing Anxiety & Depression Daniel G. Amen, M.D., and Lisa C. Routh, M.D. © 2003. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Kassiane, Mouse and I have all had SPECT scans and have been seen by doctors at two of Dr. Amen's clinics.

These are books I've used in the past, but no longer have access to:

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Created Monday, November 17, 2003

Last updated Monday, May 24, 2010

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All rights reserved. No warranty is expressed or implied in this information. Consult one or more doctors and pharmacists before taking, or changing how you take any neurological and/or psychiatric medication. Your mileage may vary. What happened to us won't necessarily happen to you. Nobody on this site is a doctor, therapist, or a pharmacist. We don't portray them either here or on TV. Only doctors can diagnose and treat an illness. Some doctors tend to get pissed off by patients who know too much about medications, so tread lightly when and where appropriate. Diagnosing yourself from a website is like defending yourself in court, you suddenly have a fool for a doctor. Don't be a cyberchondriac, thinking you have every disease you see a website about, or that you'll get every side effect from every medication. Self-prescribing is just as dangerous. All information on this site has been obtained through personal experience, the experiences of my friends, the experiences of people reported on online support groups, and from sources that are referenced throughout the site. Know your sources! As such the information presented here is not a substitute for real medical advice from your real doctor, just a compliment to it. No neurologists, psychiatrists, therapists or pharmacists were harmed in the production of this website. All brand names of the drugs listed in this site are the trademarks of the companies listed after them in the pages about the drugs, even though those companies may or may not have been acquired by other companies who may or may not be listed in this site by the time you read this. Always read the PI sheet that comes with your medications and never ever throw them away. If you didn't get a PI sheet, demand one. Loudly. Crazy Meds is not responsible for the content of sites we provide links to. We like them, or they're paid advertisements, or they're something you should read to make an informed decision about a particular med. Sometimes they're more than one of those things. But what's on those sites is their business, not ours. Very little information about visitors to this site is collected or saved. And from time to time I do look at search terms used to find it in an effort to make the information I present more relevant. Use only as directed. Void where prohibited.

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