Last week, after saying goodbye to my nerd lobster – more, much more, about her later – I scored a major OCD victory by cutting my daily Seroquel dose in half. Almost immediately the perpetual sense of sleepiness (if not outright exhaustion) that’s been hanging over me for almost two years began to evaporate. I cannot […]
I got an email from Doc Awesome this morning which read, “Need a favour. Remind me your experience with Seroquel. What did you start on (how much and when take). Then how did you reduce and did you switch to something different.” Gladly. Firstly, though, the same disclaimer as last time: I’m not a doctor. […]
Let’s talk about drugs, baby! But first, a few disclaimers. One, I’m neither your dad nor your mom. Two, I’m not a doctor; I’ve got lots of experience with antidepressants but by no means am I trying to pass myself off as some kind of expert. I’m gonna talk about drugs in layman’s terms. Three, […]
First, a disclaimer: I’m not a doctor. (You know this.) I’m one person describing his experience with antidepressants and other, similar medicines. Take it for what it’s worth: as something that’s very much my experience. Above all, when it comes to brain candy, make sure you work with a doctor – preferably a psychiatrist. These […]
I almost forgot I even had a bottle of Ativan. I say “had” because I just got rid of it. I hadn’t taken one since June anyway, but I wanted those pills out of my life. I used to use them semi-regularly, but the more I’ve learned about Ativan in particular and benzodiazepines more generally I’ve […]
Last week, some three-and-a-half months after slashing my daily Cipralex dosage by a third, I took it down even further, from 20mg to 10mg. My goal of getting my Cipralex dose down to 5mg a day by the end of the year – one-sixth of what I was taking at the start of 2014 – […]
Last Thursday, barely a week after cutting my nightly Seroquel dosage in half, I continued my own personal war against drugs, slashing my daily Cipralex intake by a third. Cipralex is an SSRI, or a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor – an antidepressant, in other words, yet while I’m perfectly willing to take antidepressants I don’t want […]
Running Girl plays an oversize role in my life story given a, her physical stature, and b, the fact we’re no longer friends. But there was a time when we were friends, and then a brief period when we were more than friends – and it was during those couple months that OCD decided to wrap […]
Two things. One, just so we’re clear, I hate the Counting Crows. I’ve actually seen them twice; the second time, improbably, they were opening for the Who, which at least explains why there was a second time. But I needed a title for this entry, the name August and Everything After popped into my head and […]
It’s time to talk about drugs again! First, though, some famous last words. From April 12: Speaking of Ativan: I haven’t taken it since November. Not bad, huh? Inevitably, four days later I took it. OCD was ravaging me; it was either take Ativan or perform a ritual, and given that option Ativan’s got to […]
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