Across
- 5. Medicine in liquid form, often measured with a syringe or cup
- 6. A bad reaction like rash, swelling, or difficulty breathing
- 8. Supplement to help you fall asleep
- 11. Medication used to treat depression
- 13. Feeling worried or nervous
- 14. Unwanted reaction that can happen from taking medicine
- 16. What the pharmacist checks to avoid mixing unsafe meds
- 17. Tools to deal with stress or tough emotions
- 18. Feeling better doesn’t mean you stop this without talking to your doctor
- 19. This professional prescribes your meds
- 21. Class of meds like sertraline, fluoxetine, citalopram, escitalopram
- 22. Trouble falling or staying asleep
- 23. This can happen if you stop meds suddenly
- 25. The part of the body most psychiatric meds affect
- 27. When a medication causes tiredness or low energy
- 28. Time it can take for antidepressants to start working
- 29. Taking too much medication at once can cause this emergency
Down
- 1. Talking with a trained professional to get support and advice
- 2. Something prescribed to help you feel better
- 3. An allergy medicine that is also used as-needed to treat anxiety
- 4. A healthcare professional who teaches about medications
- 7. Common side effect of medication causing hard stools
- 9. Common side effect relieved by taking medication with food
- 10. ADHD stands for Attention-Deficit ___ Disorder
- 12. A cheaper medicine with the same ingredients as the brand name
- 14. Type of ADHD medication often taken in the morning to avoid difficulty sleeping
- 15. Chemical in brain that is low in depression
- 19. A tool used to organize and remind you to take your meds
- 20. Taking your medicine how it is prescribed
- 24. Medicine form that is usually round or oval-shaped
- 26. How much medicine you take at one time (ex. two tablets)