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		<title>Comment on my adventures with methylprednisolone (and birth control too while I&#8217;m at it) by Advaita</title>
		<link>http://kitchentables.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/my-adventures-with-methylprednisolone-and-birth-control-while-im-at-it/#comment-3059</link>
		<dc:creator>Advaita</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>if somebody have insomnia, you  can try newest insomnia killer - pranamat - acupressure mat, write in google company name &quot;advaita lifestyle&quot; ;) or go directly  to site of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.advaitalifestyle.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cure insomnia&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if somebody have insomnia, you  can try newest insomnia killer &#8211; pranamat &#8211; acupressure mat, write in google company name &#8220;advaita lifestyle&#8221; ;) or go directly  to site of <a href="http://www.advaitalifestyle.com/" rel="nofollow">cure insomnia</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on my adventures with methylprednisolone (and birth control too while I&#8217;m at it) by Chris</title>
		<link>http://kitchentables.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/my-adventures-with-methylprednisolone-and-birth-control-while-im-at-it/#comment-3058</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was disagnosed with Bi-Polar disorder in Feb. 1993. Here&#039;s what happened in January of 1993: I had a troublesome sinus infection that I couldn&#039;t shake. At first, my doctor prescribed an anti-biotic and a decongestant. But that wasn&#039;t enough to battle the infection. I went back and he prescribed: a stronger anti-biotic; an antihistimine;a steroid; and continued the decongestant. I experiened a Major Manic Episode, with a Brief Psychotic Disorder (BPD). I was not able to sleep for 12 days (which I&#039;m pretty sure led to the BPD). By day 12 I begged both my wife and my best friend to put me in a medical facility because I was going to die if I dind&#039;t get medical attention - and I am absolutely convinced that I would have. My heart was racing and by then I was emaciated (dropped over 20 lbs. in a week), my mind raced franticaly, and toward the end of the episode, all  of my senses were so frazzeled, that light, sound, and even mild aromas were physically painful. 

It was then that I began checking the side effects of my medications.... one of which was &quot;Frank Manifestation.&quot; I had never heard of that before, but I know exactly what it means now. All of the medications were apparently interacting to form a near lethal concoction.

Perhaps I already had a predisposition toward bi-polar disorder, perhaps not, but my brain chemistry has been substantially, and permanently, altered. After spending years trying to &quot;sort out my personal issues,&quot; I began therapy with a new psychologist and described the onset of my disorder. I was surprised when he asked &quot;how do you know you weren&#039;t poisoned?&quot;

So there it is. I had in fact been poisoned. I briefly thought about lawsuits, but I have never been a litigious person, and frankly I don&#039;t want to waist a minute of my time, and attention to such an undertaking. But I would certainly be willing to join a class action lawsuit.

After all these years, I have only recently began hearing about other people who were apparently triggered by some mixture of steroids and antibotics / whatever...

But today I&#039;m okay.... aside from having to manage a chronic mental illness, my life is full. I have a beautiful family and rewarding job. During those 12 sleepless nights, the oly thing that brought me solice was visualizing stained glass windows (my first job when I was 15 years old was at a stained glass studio). Now I have a small stained glass business and I am able to sell my work.

I have NEVER written in a blog before, but your stories were compelling.... Thanks for letting me share.

Chris</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was disagnosed with Bi-Polar disorder in Feb. 1993. Here&#8217;s what happened in January of 1993: I had a troublesome sinus infection that I couldn&#8217;t shake. At first, my doctor prescribed an anti-biotic and a decongestant. But that wasn&#8217;t enough to battle the infection. I went back and he prescribed: a stronger anti-biotic; an antihistimine;a steroid; and continued the decongestant. I experiened a Major Manic Episode, with a Brief Psychotic Disorder (BPD). I was not able to sleep for 12 days (which I&#8217;m pretty sure led to the BPD). By day 12 I begged both my wife and my best friend to put me in a medical facility because I was going to die if I dind&#8217;t get medical attention &#8211; and I am absolutely convinced that I would have. My heart was racing and by then I was emaciated (dropped over 20 lbs. in a week), my mind raced franticaly, and toward the end of the episode, all  of my senses were so frazzeled, that light, sound, and even mild aromas were physically painful. </p>
<p>It was then that I began checking the side effects of my medications&#8230;. one of which was &#8220;Frank Manifestation.&#8221; I had never heard of that before, but I know exactly what it means now. All of the medications were apparently interacting to form a near lethal concoction.</p>
<p>Perhaps I already had a predisposition toward bi-polar disorder, perhaps not, but my brain chemistry has been substantially, and permanently, altered. After spending years trying to &#8220;sort out my personal issues,&#8221; I began therapy with a new psychologist and described the onset of my disorder. I was surprised when he asked &#8220;how do you know you weren&#8217;t poisoned?&#8221;</p>
<p>So there it is. I had in fact been poisoned. I briefly thought about lawsuits, but I have never been a litigious person, and frankly I don&#8217;t want to waist a minute of my time, and attention to such an undertaking. But I would certainly be willing to join a class action lawsuit.</p>
<p>After all these years, I have only recently began hearing about other people who were apparently triggered by some mixture of steroids and antibotics / whatever&#8230;</p>
<p>But today I&#8217;m okay&#8230;. aside from having to manage a chronic mental illness, my life is full. I have a beautiful family and rewarding job. During those 12 sleepless nights, the oly thing that brought me solice was visualizing stained glass windows (my first job when I was 15 years old was at a stained glass studio). Now I have a small stained glass business and I am able to sell my work.</p>
<p>I have NEVER written in a blog before, but your stories were compelling&#8230;. Thanks for letting me share.</p>
<p>Chris</p>
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		<title>Comment on dELIAs joins the likes of Abercrombie in exploiting its female customers by sandrar</title>
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		<dc:creator>sandrar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog.  :) Cheers! Sandra. R.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post&#8230; nice! I love your blog.  :) Cheers! Sandra. R.</p>
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		<title>Comment on my adventures with methylprednisolone (and birth control too while I&#8217;m at it) by Scrinch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scrinch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just tok myself off the methylprednisolone (steroids) after hearing a faint girl talking to me last night that I knew wasn&#039;t real. The first time I took steroids it was prednisone and I ended up in the ER with rapid breath, seeing and hearing things that weren&#039;t real, hyperactivity, not eating and itchy skin. All from an anxiety attack and was then diagnosed with Bipolar. This time they gave them to me for allergies and I told the Dr. that I am Bipolar and had a REAL scary reaction to prednisone and she said that this new stuff was weaker and wouldn&#039;t do that. Withing 18 hours I was calling her and she said &quot;STOP TAKING THEM NOW&quot; . I too was left with the feeling of wanting them for the energy boost and &quot;good&quot; feeling during the day, but hearing the voices actually scared me so much that I dumped them into the trash. Never again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just tok myself off the methylprednisolone (steroids) after hearing a faint girl talking to me last night that I knew wasn&#8217;t real. The first time I took steroids it was prednisone and I ended up in the ER with rapid breath, seeing and hearing things that weren&#8217;t real, hyperactivity, not eating and itchy skin. All from an anxiety attack and was then diagnosed with Bipolar. This time they gave them to me for allergies and I told the Dr. that I am Bipolar and had a REAL scary reaction to prednisone and she said that this new stuff was weaker and wouldn&#8217;t do that. Withing 18 hours I was calling her and she said &#8220;STOP TAKING THEM NOW&#8221; . I too was left with the feeling of wanting them for the energy boost and &#8220;good&#8221; feeling during the day, but hearing the voices actually scared me so much that I dumped them into the trash. Never again.</p>
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		<title>Comment on dELIAs joins the likes of Abercrombie in exploiting its female customers by Chelsea</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chelsea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 13:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you dumb....tight is slang...it means &quot;cool like spandex&quot;

my god.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you dumb&#8230;.tight is slang&#8230;it means &#8220;cool like spandex&#8221;</p>
<p>my god.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Fan Fiction, Fantasies, &amp; Francesca Lia Block by storytime &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Really deep thoughts on internet fan communities</title>
		<link>http://kitchentables.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/fan-fiction-fantasies-francesca-lia-block/#comment-3054</link>
		<dc:creator>storytime &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Really deep thoughts on internet fan communities</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] wrote about Witchbaby on a previous blog, check it out. Also, can you spot the inside joke in this [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on dELIAs joins the likes of Abercrombie in exploiting its female customers by blahblah</title>
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		<dc:creator>blahblah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>tights just a slangy way of saying cool.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>tights just a slangy way of saying cool.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>daily amusing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really makes you think, doesn&#039;t it?</description>
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		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>right on!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>right on!</p>
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