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brain zaps aren't a thing I've heard of and I'm on escitalopram and plan to be until my doctor tells me otherwise or i die, but for my edification can someone describe the sensation? im on wellbutin too and know there is some seizure risk if i stop taking that suddenly. let's say im kidnapped by a very dumb ransom seeker and i cant take my antidepressant. what could i expect from possible brain zaps?
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Mar 12, 2019 18:06
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would the zaps make you an issue if you were, say, driving a car? btw, thanks for the answers. It is making me inclined to keep my appointments so i can continue taking my drugs as prescribed
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Mar 12, 2019 20:01
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:waiting on my psychiatrist to contact me with a prescription for a new antidepressant because the max doses of fluoxentine and welbutrin aren't fuckin doin it I just took a continuous week off of reading the trump thread and a more-or-less news sabbatical. poo poo did wonders for my mood, tbh obviously checking in with your doctor is the right move, but unplugging for a bit may help, too.
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Mar 13, 2019 00:13
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i am not an optimist by any stretch, but i got some serendipitous help professionally by reaching out to a buddy this fall to see if he knew of any job prospects in his part of the country in a field he knows nothing about. he knew a guy who was looking and i had a job offer a few weeks later. it might be a downer to hang around with successful pals, but maybe they can point you in the right direction? good luck either way, friend
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Mar 13, 2019 20:04
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Moist von Lipwig posted:Bupropion is really good. Sadly, it makes me gain weight like crazy so I can't be on it but it really is the best antidepressant in the group of S/N/DRIs. that's a bummer. i know it was previously known as the "hot and horny" drug because it didnt kill libido and cause weight gain. dont know how true it is, but it seems to be working ok for me
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Mar 17, 2019 20:49
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succ posted:Anyone have success switching careers after college? I'm 30 but I really hate my current line of work and it requires more education to advance or get higher pay. What sort of work are you in now and what sort of work do you think you'll like doing? My wife went from doing low level book keeping to being a nurse at 30, but we were living in a place where our house cost like 25 grand and we could survive on a newspaper reporter's wages while she went back to school.
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Mar 27, 2019 18:38
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coincidentally i put the "this is chvrches" mix up on spotify (never really listened to them before) today while I was working. glad the lastgirl signal was lit sufficiently and they came back for at least a little bit. neat
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Mar 27, 2019 20:55
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Goon Danton posted:I wondered the same thing for far too long because my anxiety and depression didn't let me see them as a real possibility. Yes, it's okay to ask for meds. The only ones that really get abused are benzos but you probably don't want those in the medium/long term anyway. tbh, benzos are really good at what they're good at. i have them for acute anxiety and probably take ativan once a month to deal with severe tics brought on by bad, bad stress. i wouldn't be afraid of being prescribed them, just be cognizant of what they can do (kill you or ruin your life). i get zero refills and gotta ask my gp for a refill every couple years (they give me 30 at a time, which seems like overkill based on my usage). my mom, otoh, apparently takes 2 ativan a day per doctors order which seems crazy to me, but I'm not a doctor, so what do I know
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Apr 2, 2019 22:07
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echinopsis posted:lol i have a woman who takes 8 clonazepam 0.5s twice a day and she normally picks up weekly but she’s going away for 5 weeks so is getting 784 of them when she comes in on friday. the locum doctor signed off on it so it’s gotta be ok jesus christ 
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Apr 2, 2019 22:34
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when my computer has problems i turn it off then on again. i have no opinion on coding languages. but i have stopped reading the teump thread, but still read the gently caress the police thread, so my blood is still at a high simmer but not a full boil
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Apr 4, 2019 17:06
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Chokes McGee posted:
without insurance my daily meds (buprenorphine and escitalopram) would cost me more than that. With insurance I pay around $40.
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Apr 5, 2019 19:20
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Frog Act posted:I have a masters degree and I’ve been unemployed for a year applying to jobs both in my field and in the field of “has a GED” i applied for jobs for a year from afar (trying to facilitate a move across country as my wife has a job ((nurse)) that is easy to get work wherever you land). it took me 14 goddamn months to get an interview promising enough to travel for. so far as i know, I only got that interview is because a friend of a friend referred me to it and the guy interviewing me had a high opinion of newspaper reporters because he was one too. I got the job, and that was after my wife had already relocated. I set a drop dead move date of Thanksgiving and I started at my current job a couple weeks before that. had I not gotten this offer, I very well could be jobless myself. i dont know if it is at all helpful reading that, but I am familiar with the absolute soul crushingness of applying for scores and scores of jobs and coming up empty. I have a bachelor's degree, a good reputation, and some OK awards in my field, and a Pulitzer-prize winner as one of my references. I got three phone calls and one interview, and I applied for everything from working the front desk at an office to running communications for planned parenthood in my state. there were things I thought I'd be a shoo-in for and couldn't even get a call back or reply when I reached out to touch base. poo poo is dehumanizing and I wouldn't wish that poo poo on an enemy.
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Apr 22, 2019 17:32
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nikosoft posted:This poo poo sucks, fam. that's brutal and im sorry you and he (and others) are going through this. please take your own advice and make sure you're taking care of yourself too. best of luck and i hope his issues are addressed quickly and without too much additional stress
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Apr 24, 2019 18:22
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i just realized i have been putting off booking a flight next month because i dont know if my work will reimburse my wife for it if i die before then. that's new. i slept until 3 PM today. time to talk to a doctor about some fun new wrinkles in my journey with bad brains lol
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May 6, 2019 02:00
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Equeen posted:I loving hate interviews. I had one yesterday, and while it wasn't a trainwreck, I definitely struggled with keeping my anxiety down. Probably didn't help that I had to talk to 7 people for a relatively low level position. I use ativan. Ativan, ask your medical professional about it today. No, really, I have a prescription for lorazepam and I took one before my last job interview and did fine.
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May 8, 2019 15:14
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Equeen posted:I actually have been thinking about talking to my doctor about being prescribed Xanax again. Was the best sleeping aid I ever had. But I don't have insurance right now, and I already paying about $100 a month for my lexapro. sorry friend  i do have insurance and my lexapro costs me roughly $1/day out of pocket. we need real goddamn healthcare in this country
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May 8, 2019 15:49
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i was looking to move from the midwest to the northeast where my wife and i are originally from. i applied for dozens and dozens of jobs that I was very well qualified for, over qualified for, and a few moonshots. because my wife is a nurse and will find work wherever we land, we decided id do the job hunting first. 15 months later without any job offers, she took a job and i followed a couple months later. through a friend of a friend i got an interview and a job just a few weeks ahead of my drop dead move date. it was the most soulcrushing experience of my working life and i dont envy anyone going through it 
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May 8, 2019 16:45
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having to fly to france for work next month sent me into a mini mental meltdown this past weekend. I know the feeling and it is awful. It brought on some terrible thoughts and now I get to go back to the doctors I too like my job but I dont know if I could handle all that traveling
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May 8, 2019 20:16
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Mackers posted:know the feeling. pretty sure I spend more time wrecking myself with anxiety than I do failing at socialising. poo poo, 5 years ago i flew to china with nothing but a passport and a promise someone would pick me up. now im a goddamn mess
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May 8, 2019 20:28
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angerbeet posted:*surreptitiously opens borked.txt* I mean, hey! job well done on that
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May 9, 2019 02:07
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Addamere posted:8 months without self injury kudos!!!
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May 9, 2019 19:11
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Oddly enough, buproprion seemed to keep me awake or at least I kept me awake while taking it for the first couple months. My pcp suggested I take it in the am and it's been fine since.
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May 11, 2019 00:11
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my landlord says we will get our keys at 3 PM on monday (assuming the city approves following the walkthrough). we need to be out of our current rental by the end of the day Tuesday. lmao it is gonna be a stressful as poo poo. we were supposed to move in may 1 but it is new construction and they missed deadline. hopefully i can track down the landlord we were going to rent from but their lease terms were super hosed up like we needed their permission to have ANY guests. we told them to pound sand and give us our refundable deposit ($500) back and they just hosed off with it
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May 11, 2019 23:41
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my saint of a grandmother, who was born in the 30s and still goes to Latin mass, was told by the nuns to just lip sync the hymns when she was a girl. my family are just the worst singers. the only song for my voice is doing the spoken word breakdown in an r&b song
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May 19, 2019 00:44
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no ethical labor under capitalism, etc. etc., but i know how you're feeling. i took a job where i basically have to check my morals at the door because it was the only company to offer me work and i was moving across country. i figure after i put a year in, ill look for something a bit less militaristic and inhumane
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May 20, 2019 17:49
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that's a bummer, though I will say I was under a lot less anxiety having a job to provide a paycheck than moving cross country without one. I was a couple of weeks away from doing just that since my wife and i set a "you're moving, with or without a job" to Thanksgiving last year, and I got hired at the beginning of November and started a bit ahead of turkey day
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May 20, 2019 18:25
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What I found on the subject was this verbiage from section 1 of the rules for getting (not maintaining) a security clearance: No negative inference concerning the standards in this section may be raised solely on the basis of mental health counseling. . . . However, mental health counseling, where relevant to the adjudication of access to classified information, may justify further inquiry to determine whether the standards of subsection (b) of this section are satisfied, and mental health may be considered where it directly relates to those standards. Someone at clearencejobs.com said a diagnosis of bipolar or schizophrenia can make the government look at you as a security risk. the good news is the DoD apparently wont see any diagnosis. According to them they only ask, "In the last seven years, have you consulted with a health care professional regarding an emotional or mental health condition, or were you hospitalized for such a condition?" If you answer yes, they ask the medical professional you see "Does the person under investigation have a condition that could impair his or her judgment, reliability or ability to properly safeguard classified information?" if they answer no, that's the end of questioning. That's for military and civilian contractors. Here is the link to the dot mil site. If you dont want to click the link, I can c/p the info and PM it to you or something https://www.militaryonesource.mil/h...urity-clearance e: it sure sounds like you're ready to address a health concern of yours and you are pretty awesome for realizing that. It sure doesn't look like seeking treatment should sink your clearance since you already have it. Eat This Glob has issued a correction as of 20:34 on May 21, 2019 |
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May 21, 2019 20:31
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that sounds super exploitative and i totally get your frustration. i hope this all leads to something better in the future for you
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May 22, 2019 15:31
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I'm on the fence about getting my MA in history because i want to teach a bit at the college level though it sure is an expensive way to get paid terribly. i do writing and (non-academic) research for a living and that poo poo is a skill that should be compensated for, particularly for an educated person and them trying to guilt trip you into providing more free labor is horseshit, imo though the project sounds cool as hell to me because the rapid political ascendancy of black folks in the post war years and the systematic disenfranchisement after the north rolled over just isnt taught at all, much less enough reading your experience isnt exactly pushing in the direction of going back to school though, particularly as my wife inches up towards six figures of debt as she progresses academically/professionally in the health care world lol
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May 22, 2019 16:04
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that is a handsome fox. thanks for sharing it and your story
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May 24, 2019 03:17
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keep that in mind next time you have an appointment 
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May 24, 2019 16:28
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yeah my father in law had a great caseworker who helped him and by extension his wife a great deal
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May 24, 2019 17:08
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pretty sure dsa does discounted memberships for people that cant afford it, but I think the only real perk of being a member is you can vote on chapter policy and that's about it so far as I know. Meetings and gatherings are all open to my knowledge. It's not weird at all to go say hey and meet some like minded folks
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May 24, 2019 17:55
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Chokes McGee posted:Yeah good art is good art but maybe don't watch really depressing films if you're inclined towards being really depressed i fuckin' love listening to sad poo poo when im way down in the dumps. for reasons passing my understanding (though I'm sure someone has studied it) it makes me feel better. maybe sad-rear end movies do the same for other folks
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May 28, 2019 21:39
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FactsAreUseless posted:This is very fair and totally valid, but I have met too many people who hesitate over fear their friend might "get in trouble." Ultimately though it's their call. Just please know you have resources and options. I'd personally be more concerned with them getting murdered by the cops than them getting in trouble. cops by virtue of being the people to do welfare checks and their policy of "shoot first if you're afraid" and suffer no consequences later aren't ideal for people experiencing a mental health crisis imo. That said, if you're cognizant of that and you're truly concerned for someone's safety and you cant check in on them, it is pretty much the only option, sadly.
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May 29, 2019 15:51
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if you're a member of audible, they have free sleep help exercise programs too. their "sleep better" and "reset your day meditations" are my go-tos. ill also second the "bed is for sleepin' or bonin'." No tv/books/phone browsing when i lay down and I usually am out before my 10 or 15 minute meditation exercise has finished playing fwiw.
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May 29, 2019 18:41
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:oh god i took my pills five minutes ago and I just belched and i can taste the inside of all of them jesus gently caress any antibiotics in the bunch? those all taste like doodoo
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May 30, 2019 02:21
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i hope tomorrow is better, pal 
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May 30, 2019 02:36
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that's cool as hell frog act. congratulations! I once worked at a university for six or seven years and they gave me free tuition as a benefit. that's how I got my worthless poly sci degree, but at least it only cost me books (lol, not that those are cheap) but i left there debt free. they also had free tuition for partners whether you were married or not and kids, including at a whole host of schools that have a reciprocal agreement. It is one hell of a bennie of you have any interest in grabbing another degree or have a s.o. or kid bearing college age though I'm guessing at 29 you dont have any kids in that situation
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May 30, 2019 19:54
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i left my university job right around the time they went to a tobacco free work place. yours may have a no smoking policy on campus or a smoking area cordoned off from the rest of the area. i eventually quit smoking after 16 years of a pack a day habit using patches and wellbutrin. as far as getting nicotine in you, patches worked pretty well for me. They're not cheap, but they are cheaper than cigarettes. Your state may even have resources to get you free nicotine replacement stuff like patches or gum. If you like tobacco, a little snus in a pouch could be a nice alternative. You dont spit like chewing tobacco, and if you tuck it away, it is discrete enough no one will know it is in. If you just want the drug, gum works pretty well, too. I also used a disposable "blu" brand nicotine vape pen to get nicotine in me when I absolutely couldn't smoke, though you probably dont want to be "that guy" blowing clouds in the bathroom. I will say once I get a terminal diagnosis, I'm going to the store to buy smokes. 18 months later, I still miss it. As far as NEET transition goes, I'm not going to be much help though getting on a regular sleep schedule should absolutely be done asap, so good idea there
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May 31, 2019 16:12
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