Oh, Steph, I wanted to ask you -- someone I know has just been prescribed Cymbalta (active ingredient: duloxetine) for intermittent bouts of depression. I've been doing a bit of research into it, try and work out if it's a good choice of AD and what they should look out for. Do you know anything about it?
I don't know much about it; I think what Pix said is pretty on the money for most ADs -- something might work great for one person but be horrible for another. Which I realize doesn't give you a whole lot of info.
The most common side effects are nausea and headache, and will probably go away within a week or two. Sometimes it can cause either insomnia or hypersomnia (go figure), but that usually goes away within 2-4 weeks.
I don't have any personal experience with it, and I'm not aware of any medical articles about dangerous effects. My (unfortunately generic-sounding) advice is give it a shot and try it for at least 6-8 weeks (unless the side effects are bad enough to warrant stopping, like Pix did) to see if it works.
I don't know if this would go in Movies or Boxed Set or whatever, so it's going here.
I'm watching The Stand for the first time. I had no idea it was so Jesus-y.
I always thought one point of the Stand was that God was as big a monster as the Devil.
For the fizzy water people, are you using bottled water or tap water?
I use tap water that goes through my Brita.
What is in tonic that makes a diet version necessary?
Sugar. Soda levels of sugar.
I use tap water that goes through my Brita
Me too. That way it's also cold enough to drink right away. Though I'll toss in some straight tap water if the Brita doesn't have enough in it.
How is there sugar in tonic water? It is literally the bitterest thing I have ever tasted!
What kind of car? What show?
Cruze. Only Kidding!
(Not kidding about the car, that's the name of the show)
Cruze. Only Kidding!
Very cool, on both accounts!
Driving home from TJs just now, there was a full sized hook and ladder truck stopped at a stop sign at one of the cross streets. The nearest car behind me was at least half a block away, and seemed to be keeping to the 25 MPH speed limit, so there was no danger he would hit me, so I stopped and waved the fire truck on, even though I clearly had the right of way.
I think the guy behind me was having a bad day, because he started honking at me.
To be fair, I think he didn't realize why I was stopped at first, because the honk was pretty short, and he kind of waved at me when he stopped behind me, but still, seriously dude--how do you not notice the full size hook and ladder that was in the intersection before you honked?
Ha. I have to tell this jackass story on myself. I drive a lot of country roads late at night. It's common courtesy to dim your brights, and almost everybody does it. But one night I was coming home from rehearsal, tired and cranky and headachey. And I almost never do this, but the oncoming car had its high lights on and I flashed my lights at it to make it dim them. It did, right away. And then got close enough for me to realize it was an ambulance. With a patient in the back being worked on. Gee, Liese, you think maybe they might be better off SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE than worrying about just how close they are to you before they dim their brights? Hee. Oops.
