RA>These are very good and sensible things to do.  I especially think it is
  >a real good idea to do the research you did.  Another good thing to do is
  >ask the pharmacist about medications the doctor has prescribed.  They
  >frequently know more than doctors about prescription drugs.  One thing I
  >always do is read the patient inserts that come with some medicines
  >because I tend to have abnormal reactions to medicines and they contain a
  >lot of other useful information.
I read the inserts too.  And I also always check to make sure the
pharacist has included the insert.  If he hasn't, I ask for it.
  > SB> My friend went through all sorts of emotional difficulties in her 
ate
  > SB> teens and very early twenties, and made a number of mistakes while
  > SB> trying to grow up.
RA>I went that road, too--a lot of people do.  Luckily, most of us sooner or
  >later from our mistakes and figure out that if we do things differently,
  >we'll likely get a different (and hopefully better) result.
I've noticed that people with a traumatic childhood have trouble getting
it together younger than about 25; and often not even then.  My friend
made the mistake of marrying an abusive husband while still a teener
(repeating familiy patterns?), but then divorced him, and her current
mate is absolutely lovely.   Because she married so young, and had
babies so young; she has a grown child now.  Folks, when they meet her,
absolutely refuse to believe she has a grown child.  "What did your
husband do?  Rob the cradle?" they ask her.  "Yes," she smiles.
RA>I'm glad that it did.  She is surely a better, wiser, and more
  >compassionate person for having overcome the difficulties presented by
  >her childhood environment.
I've noticed that people with real traumas in their lives tend to fall
into one of two categories:  they are either very compassionate and
understanding people; or they are very bitter.  There doesn't tend to be
a lot of inbetween behavior.
                    Sondra
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