how was your day?

[slunken]

that's funny i was thinking about how much i dislike outkast at lunch today.

[toase]

are they back together?

I like that "ms. jackson" tune, mainly because of the owl

[slunken]

oh man hey ya makes me think of summer 2001 no doubt. i was a camp counselor and all the little dirtbags were singing that song.

[null123]

Hey ya was 03 you fake

[toase]

isn't that a beatles cover?

[yo soy el mejor]

this coke be making me belch like a 12 year old

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Charmbag

Hey ya was 03 you fake

i meant miss jackson.

i was thinking of hey ya earlier. an honest mistake.

[slunken]

to be honest those songs are all the same to me
i'm sorry miss jackson/bombs over baghdad

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by hnibos

The fall always make me feel more in tune with my depression.

right? about a week before that cold snap it hit me hard.

[slunken]

the moon is void of course right now everybody look out

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by Order 66

my doc diagnosed me as bipolar and gave me lamatril.. anybody have experience with lamatril


[looks in ericas direction

i'm on it. i know i literally referred to a recent depressive episode in the above post, but it's actually working out fantastically. i still have breakthrough symptoms (feeling the occasional effects of depression/mania without it getting full blown), but it's done wonders.

i take it along with Wellbutrin. at first it was really weird feeling energetic and motivated without being manic. or responding to bad things with sadness rather than not being able to get out of bed. yeah i do have an occasional episode but it doesn't interrupt my life for a week at a time. i'm doing really well in all my reasonably difficult classes, so i guess that counts for something.

it was the first cocktail they put me on since i was baker acted last year and i consider myself extremely lucky that the first thing they put me on worked exactly as intended. so if this doesn't work, don't be discouraged, there are a lot of options.

[slunken]

The Moon makes a complete circle through the twelve signs every 28.5 days and spends approximately 2.5 days in each sign.

There is a time, however, when this connection is interrupted and we "float" between signs. This is the time we call the void-of-course Moon. It starts after the Moon has made its last major aspect (1) to the Sun or planets and is still within the sign, and the Moon is considered void of course until it enters the next sign.

it was for about 11 hours today (one hour left).

the quote above sounds kind of hokey i guess but its actually a strange phenomenon imo

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Charmbag

Yeah just had a two minute conversation and got a bottle of thirty. Paid for too much parking time

fuck ethics amirite

[null123]

My brother has a very lunar chart maybe I should try to talk to him now

[null123]

Originally Posted by reprise85

fuck ethics amirite

The first time I came in she asked me about my history of anxiety and stuff and I was like yeah I've had severe anxiety since childhood it just is more manageable sometimes than others but ya know I don't have social anxiety anymore like I did as a teen, blah blah blah and she was like okay well since you don't have PTSD (not sure how she knows that anyway) you have an anxious brain and you should just get on antidepressants forever cause if you're this old and still so anxious for no reason you're pretty much gonna be like this forever

I was like okay prescribe me those but give me ativan too cause that's what i'm actually gonna take

[Dogfighter28]

whats ativan and what does it do

[null123]

It's a benzodiazepine like xanax or klonopin only it has a longer half life, lasts 8-12 hours and for some reason works better for me than those others. It's to relieve anxiety, when I take one it makes me feel calm and positive and able to appreciate life.

[Dogfighter28]

i have mild anxiety and also what i believe to be an essential tremor so i was thinking about trying beta blockers has anyone done that

[Dogfighter28]

actually my worst thing is performance anxiety and i've heard of people using them for that as well

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Charmbag

It's a benzodiazepine like xanax or klonopin only it has a longer half life, lasts 8-12 hours and for some reason works better for me than those others. It's to relieve anxiety, when I take one it makes me feel calm and positive and able to appreciate life.

If one medicine worked for everyone we'd only have one medicine. Klonopin worked best for me, but I am def better off without benzos. They never helped me except to sleep, and in retrospect they slowed me down. However, not some people can't function without them or need a small stash "just in case", like if they have a panic attack. If I could keep a few without eating them I would keep maybe 5 around for emergencies.

Originally Posted by Dogfighter28

actually my worst thing is performance anxiety and i've heard of people using them for that as well

absolutely, beta blockers like propranolol are used for anxiety.

[butthurt]

Has anyone here ever tried 5-HTP? I've read that it works for anxiety, but I have yet to try it.

[reprise85]

anecdotally, i've known a friend who takes it and says it did nothing. my psychiatrist seems to take it - i've seen a bottle out in his office before.

[Trotskilicious]

i'm not making fun but this board is so incredibly mentally ill

i think honestly the whole fan base is for the most part. bill's lyrics are some kind of clarion call for the mentally ill

[null123]

Yeah, plus I think message boards in general attract people who aint quite right

[Trotskilicious]

dunno about that

[dreams of glass]

I'm perfectly normal

[fuzzyroes]

Whos that chick in your avatar man?

[hnibos]

Compared to when I was 16-22 I'm doing so much better. I'm sure some of you remember the things I'd post and all those chat rooms. Haven't been on meds since I was probably 21. Maybe there's nothing wrong with me.

[reprise85]

[slunken]

spent the morning trying to get a bird out of the house.