bookofjoe: BeyondTheMedspeak: Prescription Creep

kept by moonpiper sep 11

The piece shows how fragmented mental‑health care has led a friend to accumulate five anxiety medications, illustrating the trap of prescription creep.

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Effective self‑driven work needs both productivity tricks and attention to bodily chemistry—medication, isolation, chemicals, and energy—to sustain intrinsic motivation and avoid burnout.
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