This father of a young man at the shrine, describes how he had tried both biomedical and Christian treatment to no effect: When the illness first occurred I took him to Ankaful [psychiatric hospital] for his brain to be examined, They didn't explain anything, and prescribed some medicine to give him.
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If you have been prescribed anything by medical professionals, be certain to continue to follow their directions.
In some instances this might be administered via "restricted" cards – which presumably are blocked from use on anything other than the prescribed list.
But taking drugs like these can present a risk to your health, just like anything that isn't prescribed by a doctor".
Her addiction began in 2000 when, after a hip injury, a doctor prescribed her "anything and everything" to relieve the pain.
Anything else? "Yes, he prescribed Valium and Sertraline, a drug I've taken before [a mild anti-depressant, Sertraline is also known to be effective in treating social, obsessive compulsive and panic disorders].
Without over-thinking it too much, I can only guess that because we are living in an increasingly prescribed world, anything that's seen as outside of what's "normal" is seen as deviant and dangerous and is to be stamped out, or at the least, marginalised.
Without overthinking it too much, I can only guess that because we are living in an increasingly prescribed world, anything that's seen as outside of what's "normal" is seen as deviant and dangerous and is to be stamped out, or at the least, marginalized.
