Dude, what the heck? Did one of us commission a cake and not tell the rest of us?

Apparently the place it's from is in Ann Arbor...Joe? Aimee?? Know anything about this?

Just took me twenty minutes to find my Ambien.

I'll take some comfort in the fact that I am, apparently, too disorganized to ever become an addict.

Wishing you less anxiety, Trudy. That is not fun, and I empathise.

I saw the cake a while back, and promptly demanded it as my wedding cake. "NO," said The Girl. She's no fun.

Cake.

I have a doctor's appointment for this morning. I told them it was urgent, to get an appt today, 'cause The Girl goes to Israel tomorrow and I can't deal with going alone. I hope I don't get into trouble.

Apologies for any possible bringing down of the thread, but this is driving me crazy and furious.

I am watching this (my) fucking country losing all reason, any shred of decency and democracy. [link] (updates in Hebrew, for the selected English translations you have to wait a few days).

An MP seriously suggested today that non-Jews shouldn't be elected to the Parliament. First as a tragedy, then as a farce. Cannot believe this is what's going on. I don't think we'll ever reach fascism - we're too disorganized for that, but ochlocracy sounds like a possible option. Well, that or military theocracy de jure, not just de (twisted) facto.

It truly, truly feels (not just by me, but by a lot of friends) as if we've reached the point of no return.

Edit: and good luck with the doctor's appointment, Seska. It sounds reasonable, at least to me.

Edit 2: done raging. At least for a while. Carry on!

I had to argue with the doctor, who wanted to put me on a different SSRI (I've been on almost all of them, over the years), but he finally agreed to give me Effexor. Anyone here been on it? Slightly worried about a couple of the named side effects - amitriptyline gave me blood pressure problems, and I wonder if this might do the same - but I haven't started it yet, so we'll see. I have to review it with the docs in a month anyway.

Been talking to my employers and they seem to support me in my fight to get a support worker. Hopefully that will help.

Shir, I wish I had something to contribute there. (The Girl is not keen on discussing Israel and politics, so we just don't. So I'm really rather ignorant. Which I shouldn't be.) I hope things change - that the pendulum swings back - if it was ever swung in the other direction.

So I'm really rather ignorant

I wish I could have that privilege. But the news and the ignorance, they're everywhere.

Shir, I mourn with you the loss of democracy in both our countries. America may not have reached the extreme that Israel has, but it seems that there are those in power who are making calculated moves toward the same end.

Seska, still sending out the ~ma for your work situation.

I'm getting ready to go to my first therapy appointment.

he finally agreed to give me Effexor. Anyone here been on it?

I'm never fully comfortable with these conversations -- the range of what happens to a given individual on a given drug varies so widely that I don't think too much weight can be given to what individuals have to say about it.

That said, I understand the impulse to ask about a drug you're looking to take. Effexor was fine for me. It was effective and my only side effect was thirst. Going off of it, however, was one of the uglier experiences I've ever had.

I'm never fully comfortable with these conversations -- the range of what happens to a given individual on a given drug varies so widely that I don't think too much weight can be given to what individuals have to say about it.

Erk. Sorry if I shouldn't be asking. I just like to have anecdotal evidence - largely because doctors won't tell me anything about these drugs.

ETA: I do also read research papers, information provided by the NHS, etc. on drugs I'm prescribed.