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I know that came out months ago in the paper. Every is allowed to say how they fell so here I go. If you have never had a member of your family or if you are not a member of MI and so on the you have no I deal the hell one goes threw. Yes its up to your doctor what kind and the amount of med you take but they can't tell how it should make you feel unless they have take-n it. All they can do is tell you what the " side effects are supposed to be". The sites "PatientsLikeMe" is a place where one can go and talk to some one who has not jut read or study about it but who has lived it. And yes we talk about or meds we talk about what side effects one might have, if they think it works for them. We express how we feel what we feel in side. We are thier for each ohter beacause we the "Patients" on that site need some one who has been threw it os one who is going threw it. Just because you give one meds does not make them better right off the bat.No one has to be along and no one should ever be alone that is at lot of what wrong in thid world lots of people think that if you give a pill its "ok we are done have a good life deal with" and some find that by not thinking about it then its not real at least until it happens to someone they know. I have Bipolar I do not care who know I have had good & bad days as well as good meds and bad meds but I don't give up an dits great have someone that I can turn to other then someone that just wants to give me another pill. I have a support group out side of a doctors office, which I love my doctors they do a great job but some times you just need to talk with people who are where you are at

Your physician should be able to tell you why you are taking a lower dose of the drug and if constipation is a side effect if he knows what he is doing. What you are bringing together is a lot of self reported data that is anecdotal,. Given the issues with memory that humans have, how accurate this anecdote is is unknown. These kinds of data can serve as a starting point for more research. Personally, I don't want to know what other people think about my disease. All of us are born alone and die alone.

Web 2.0 will empower the common man to share and discuss medical information, which was closet with medical prfessionals so far. The web sites like patientslike me and myhealthvillage bring the two worlds together for helping people undertstand their health like never before.