Our culture has become obsessed with popping pills at every possible opportunity. It is no longer just a Tylenol for a headache, but now a pill to make you sleep, to make you wake up, to make you happy...and one to make you slightly less happy. We have pills to cure cramps, backpains, swelling, acne, obesity, depression, anxiety. We simply overlook anything we could be doing in our lives to cause the problem, and turn to the bottle( the pill bottle, that is). For absolutely every obstacle we may face in our life, there is a way to escape, or at least feel like your escaping the real way that you feel. It sounds awfully abnormal to me. To feel pain, sadness, and joy are all parts of being a real human being. By camoflauging them with medication we aren't able to truly understand who we are. Instead of looking after the problem, we just cover it up. Whenever something remotely strange happens to our bodies we rush to the nearest doctor for a prescription, or anything that "might help". Not to mention the outrageous list of side effects wrapped around each bottle we consume. There are several pills for something as common as acne, and the list of possible side effects makes it seem hardly worth it. Some side effects of Accutane, a popular acne medication given to teens: Depression ,chapped lips,dry skin, itching and rashes,dryness of nose and minor nosebleeds,joint and muscle pain,irritation of the eyelids and eyes,temporary hair thinning,intestinal symptoms,urinary symptoms,heeadaches,increased sensitivity to sunburn, and decreased night vision.Hah, like THOSE symptoms will make you any more attractive. Some young children are also being pushed into a lifestyle of pill-popping at a young age. When a child is just being themself, young and energetic, everyone is quick to jump to conclusions. There MUST be something wrong, so the kid is diagnosed as having "concentration issues", and is immediately put on meds. Instead of the old fashioned way of dealing with things such as therapy, pills have become the cure-all. Some people are taking so many different types of pills a day, they can hardly keep up with them. The herbal tablets available at drugstores aren't a whole lot better. I think we'de like a little bit more of an explination as to why we NEED to take an echinicea tablet, a garlic tablet, an evening primrose oil tablet, and a green tea tablet EVERY morning.
"I'm Feeling A Bit Too Happy Today...Pass The Pills"
Our culture has become obsessed with popping pills at every possible opportunity. It is no longer just a Tylenol for a headache, but now a pill to make you sleep, to make you wake up, to make you happy...and one to make you slightly less happy. We have pills to cure cramps, backpains, swelling, acne, obesity, depression, anxiety. We simply overlook anything we could be doing in our lives to cause the problem, and turn to the bottle( the pill bottle, that is). For absolutely every obstacle we may face in our life, there is a way to escape, or at least feel like your escaping the real way that you feel. It sounds awfully abnormal to me. To feel pain, sadness, and joy are all parts of being a real human being. By camoflauging them with medication we aren't able to truly understand who we are. Instead of looking after the problem, we just cover it up. Whenever something remotely strange happens to our bodies we rush to the nearest doctor for a prescription, or anything that "might help". Not to mention the outrageous list of side effects wrapped around each bottle we consume. There are several pills for something as common as acne, and the list of possible side effects makes it seem hardly worth it. Some side effects of Accutane, a popular acne medication given to teens: Depression ,chapped lips,dry skin, itching and rashes,dryness of nose and minor nosebleeds,joint and muscle pain,irritation of the eyelids and eyes,temporary hair thinning,intestinal symptoms,urinary symptoms,heeadaches,increased sensitivity to sunburn, and decreased night vision.Hah, like THOSE symptoms will make you any more attractive. Some young children are also being pushed into a lifestyle of pill-popping at a young age. When a child is just being themself, young and energetic, everyone is quick to jump to conclusions. There MUST be something wrong, so the kid is diagnosed as having "concentration issues", and is immediately put on meds. Instead of the old fashioned way of dealing with things such as therapy, pills have become the cure-all. Some people are taking so many different types of pills a day, they can hardly keep up with them. The herbal tablets available at drugstores aren't a whole lot better. I think we'de like a little bit more of an explination as to why we NEED to take an echinicea tablet, a garlic tablet, an evening primrose oil tablet, and a green tea tablet EVERY morning.
