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Chokes McGee posted:Book recommendations and med type info will be edited in tonight. I’m moving it to second post and my personal story to third. Also considering spending money to sticky the thread. feel free to steal and reformat anything ive posted bookwise my favorite is called "full catastrophe living" by jon kabat-zinn
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Feb 21, 2019 04:52
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I recommend The Body Keeps The Score for ptsd/cptsd.
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Feb 21, 2019 05:13
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just saw this and i like it a lot https://twitter.com/BA5ILEUS/status/1097546064717144065
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Feb 21, 2019 05:22
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i don't know why i thought this was the book thread but i'm gonna reiterate that therapy is good for you and you should get some
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Feb 21, 2019 06:29
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the bitcoin of weed posted:i don't know why i thought this was the book thread but i'm gonna reiterate that therapy is good for you and you should get some  apparently by “tonight” I meant “tomorrow because I just finished financial bookkeeping on mint and am worn the gently caress out so yeah
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Feb 21, 2019 07:49
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Gnossiennes posted:I recommend The Body Keeps The Score for ptsd/cptsd. i read a lot of this book while like weeping openly
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Feb 21, 2019 13:19
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I've seen some posts in here about finding free mental health services in the US, does anyone know if there is anything like that available in Romania? Specifically Bucharest.
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Feb 21, 2019 13:49
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Dumb Lowtax posted:Yo that's like exactly what I said too, what do you mean it's terrible advice maybe i imagined one of the unironic "sever immediately" posts ive seen over it, who knows honestly i dont even know if i read your whole post or not and im not about to go do it now
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Feb 21, 2019 22:12
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it's cool
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Feb 21, 2019 23:12
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Dumb Lowtax posted:it's cool ur cool
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Feb 21, 2019 23:53
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Was having one of my sadbrains depressive episodes so I decided to drink myself into a retarded stupor for 4 days straight because that sure fuckin helps. Good times. Bopped my fuckin head on something at some point apparently  Doin goooooooood
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Feb 22, 2019 00:01
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Mackers posted:Was having one of my sadbrains depressive episodes so I decided to drink myself into a retarded stupor for 4 days straight because that sure fuckin helps. c gonna spam see a pdoc tho don’t self medicate
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Feb 22, 2019 00:51
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smarxist posted:i read a lot of this book while like weeping openly yeah, i still haven't finished it because i keep having to put it down. it both makes me understand stuff and also feel sad and frustrated. but, feeling sad about something is better than being super confused as to why i react certain ways to things. it doesn't always make it easier, though. anyway, i'm hoping as i actually get further into the book that maybe it helps me you know, deal with poo poo  but i really recommend it even for the 1/3 of the book i've read so far, plus it was rec'd by my psych.
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Feb 23, 2019 23:34
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Apparently getting a shrink is very fuckin difficult in Germany. They're all booked to the gills and have no time. Pretty sure I could walk into a psych office in Ireland and get an appointment straight away. But then I'd have to go home. I was honest with my doctor here (about suicidal thoughts etc) in Germany and was informed that "We are actually kind of legally obliged to commit you but you seem coherent" or something. That was fun. Fuckin welp. Guess this continues. Mackers has issued a correction as of 01:33 on Feb 24, 2019 |
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Feb 24, 2019 01:30
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Journey thru Trauma is a good book that puts things in more manageable chunks for me. Like, instead of going "you need your physical life completely in order before you can heal here's the story of an otherwise successful person with psych issues" it appeals to a need to have things in place, but not a need for perfection. Also, I was supposed to be asleep right now. Went to bed a bit before 7 pm to wake up at about 3 am. But there was a late night call from Mom and now my mind can't stop spinning in different directions. When it goes negative I can get myself back to the present in under a minute, but then it's thoughts about a story idea, or coming up with answers to questions I won't be asked. I'm going to double-check with my therapist if I can text message her late at night for moments like this. I.e.: "I would like to get this off my chest. I'm trying to do things right re: my negative thoughts. I'm not doing it very well, but I'm not failing. I want to reach out to people I'm close to but everyone is or should be asleep. So I'm leaving a message for now to see if that will help me any."
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Feb 24, 2019 11:45
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Darkness Visible by William Styron is good. It drives home the dull, plodding, and even self-indulgent misery of depression.
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Feb 24, 2019 13:25
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Mackers posted:Apparently getting a shrink is very fuckin difficult in Germany. They're all booked to the gills and have no time. Texas/Austin has this problem but uh for completely different reasons. Maybe your doctor can get you to lie on a couch while he says “how does that make you feel” in a really thick accent idk also I swear I’m going to edit in book recommendations soon, like any time now, just you wait
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Feb 26, 2019 17:27
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loving finally. Got the book and med list out, also included Bearded Whiteguy's posts about DBT because it's all the rage these days (for good reason, it seems). As soon as the budget rolls over Friday I'm going to sticky the thread.
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Feb 28, 2019 07:13
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Good jobbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb CSPAM thanks you We are a kind of messed up bunch and need that info quite a lot
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Feb 28, 2019 08:18
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Chokes McGee posted:loving finally. Got the book and med list out, also included Bearded Whiteguy's posts about DBT because it's all the rage these days (for good reason, it seems). this is great. thanks so much for doing this
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Feb 28, 2019 12:48
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Good info. One thing my doc told me is that professionals these days generally just refer to atypical antipsychotics as “atypicals” since, oddly enough, people are often kind of resistant to taking drugs called “antipsychotics.” I was put on a few of them for awhile, but they never did anything for me, which makes sense because I AM NOT CRAZY  .
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Feb 28, 2019 16:19
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Found a really really nice therapist and saw her today, one step closer to my ultimate goal of becoming an estrogen golem, heres hoping its that easy to get into a good endocrinologist
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Feb 28, 2019 22:35
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can i post dog pics and videos here? i swear i'll only post one a day
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Feb 28, 2019 23:36
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mekyabetsu posted:Good info. One thing my doc told me is that professionals these days generally just refer to atypical antipsychotics as “atypicals” since, oddly enough, people are often kind of resistant to taking drugs called “antipsychotics.” I was put on a few of them for awhile, but they never did anything for me, which makes sense because I AM NOT CRAZY Atypical antipsychotics aren't just for schizophrenia or anything. They can have different uses. They can be used as sort of supplemental medicine to other anti-depressants. I've been on some kind for quite a while and as far as I know nobody thinks I'm schizophrenic.
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Feb 28, 2019 23:46
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Atypical antipsychotics aren't just for schizophrenia or anything. They can have different uses. They can be used as sort of supplemental medicine to other anti-depressants. I've been on some kind for quite a while and as far as I know nobody thinks I'm schizophrenic. I'm bipolar and was on Seroquel for a few years, never been diagnosed schizophrenic and only ever hallucinated a year later when my Ambien doses went to 20mg which should never have been prescribed to me in the first place Seroquel has been approved for a bunch of conditions fairly recently but when I was on it it wasn't approved for depression so insurance wouldn't cover it and my folks were shelling out $400-$600 a month to keep me semifunctional the interesting thing for me about being on Seroquel was that I had long, extremely vivid and involved dreams several times a week, but holy poo poo was the morning hangover debilitating
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Mar 1, 2019 00:43
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get that OUT of my face posted:can i post dog pics and videos here? i swear i'll only post one a day I say post as many as you want, all day long 
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Mar 1, 2019 01:42
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Atypical antipsychotics aren't just for schizophrenia or anything. Sometimes I wish I could experience the night-and-day difference that some people describe when they finally hit on the right medication(s). Instead, I just very slowly started feeling more functional. Now I can get out of bed and not have daily panic attacks and melt downs, but I still kinda feel lovely all the time.
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Mar 1, 2019 02:02
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Man, goons have brain problems. My drug story is I got on escitalopram (lexapro) from a GP, which helped some with depression. Found a proper psychiatrist who adjusted the dose of that and added buspirone. Diagnosed with general anxiety disorder. At the time, adding the buspirone was like a magic night and day difference. I could just like, sit at my desk without my heart pounding for no reason. Over the years since I feel like I've acclimated so I no longer feel on top of the world, but still way better than worrying about everything (or even nothing) all the time. Also I relate to that tweet about half assing stuff bc I'm a former gifted kid and have perfectionism problems like a motherfucker!
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Mar 1, 2019 04:41
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Yeah if I have kids I'm gonna reward putting an effort in, not "You sure did that thing you find mind-numbingly easy, champ! Way to go!!!" I got a lot of that and I'm a lazy prick with no discipline toward attempting poo poo I might well fail at.
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Mar 1, 2019 05:07
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i was a gifted child and i am now a gifted man
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Mar 1, 2019 05:14
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it turns out my gift was depression
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Mar 1, 2019 05:22
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the bitcoin of weed posted:it turns out my gift was depression I got that once, I lost the receipt and couldn’t take it back 
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Mar 1, 2019 06:05
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Filthy Hans posted:I'm bipolar and was on Seroquel for a few years, never been diagnosed schizophrenic and only ever hallucinated a year later when my Ambien doses went to 20mg which should never have been prescribed to me in the first place Nona refered to seroquil as industrial strength stfu and she was absolutely right, three days of that and I was staring at paint over nothing what’s not in the op (and probably should be) is bipolar with psychotic features. that’s right! not only does your brain meats have a “turbo/shutdown” switch you don’t get access to, but you also get to see/hear things and disassociate randomly! There’s actually a lot of shame involved when people have it and it’s terrible they feel that way because it’s very disturbing when you can’t tell what’s real or not. plussociety has basically confused psychotic with psychopathic and has never bothered to unfuck itself. that being said I’ve heard stories of psychotic breaks and yikes. One woman described herself feeling something behind her, and when she turned around, she was looking at the back of her own head. She spent an hour or two huddled in a corner until someone found her and got her to the hospital Chokes McGee has issued a correction as of 06:28 on Mar 1, 2019 |
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Mar 1, 2019 06:12
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Stinky Wizzleteats posted:Found a really really nice therapist and saw her today, one step closer to my ultimate goal of becoming an estrogen golem, heres hoping its that easy to get into a good endocrinologist estrogen crime golem is a pro tier un
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Mar 1, 2019 06:27
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Accidentally overdosed on Effexor once because I got drunk and forgot I had already taken it that day. Mind loving melted. All kinds of hallucinations, ridiiiiculous paranoia, intrusive thoughts that threatened to override my own It was around the time of the novichok attack in England and that had me absolutely terrified for like 3 days. Couldnt leave the house because I didnt trust myself not to fuckin flip Fetal position thinking "Ive done it now fuuuuuuuuuck" And that was the last time I took effexor lol
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Mar 1, 2019 12:51
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Stoicism is good imo
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Mar 1, 2019 16:35
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Today is officially day one of tapering off effexor. So naturally the people at the lunch table at work start sharing "fun" stories about getting hit as kids. Brought back some nasty memories.
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Mar 1, 2019 18:30
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Goon Danton posted:Today is officially day one of tapering off effexor. So naturally the people at the lunch table at work start sharing "fun" stories about getting hit as kids. Brought back some nasty memories. coming off Effexor is gross so good luck. if you get the brain zaps at least take comfort in knowing you won’t be the first or last
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Mar 1, 2019 19:48
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Lawman 0 posted:Stoicism is good imo it’s ok 
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Mar 1, 2019 19:49
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I missed my appointment with a nurse practitioner two days ago because i was physically sick and now I have to wait two weeks to see her and so I cant get a prescription for those pills that dont let you drink alcohol so that sucks
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