Well, and if it were effective in weight loss, I might be into that. :) But since it didn't actually make me lose weight (more like it made me forget to eat lunch, on days when I was working from home?)...
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
'Trash'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
meara - Sep 13, 2013 1:38:13 pm PDT #4665 of 30002
Strix - Sep 13, 2013 2:03:56 pm PDT #4666 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Tramadol did NOT put me to sleep, but it left me feeling like a really decayed zombie. It was horrible. FWIW, I have been off Celexa for two months -- took it for ten, eleven years -- and have been on a new AD, Viibryd, for 2 months. It is REALLY helping! And no side effects. Except to my bank account, but crushing depression kinda makes it worth it.
Amy - Sep 13, 2013 2:47:23 pm PDT #4667 of 30002
Because books.
I need to score me some clomid.
There is an entirely herbal, uh, remedy that very often produces those effects.
So I hear, I mean.
beekaytee - Sep 13, 2013 3:13:49 pm PDT #4668 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
Geez, I"m with Ginger--I never get the good side effects! Heck, even benadryl doesn't make me sleepy.
I never get the fun side effects either. Not even from 'recreational' drugs...except for the one time...
Burrell - Sep 13, 2013 3:35:19 pm PDT #4669 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Amy made me snort.
Pix - Sep 13, 2013 4:51:18 pm PDT #4670 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.
sj, I had some pretty unpleasant experiences with Clomid when I was trying to get pregnant years ago. I had menopause symptoms and was wildly moody. It wasn't great for my depression, either. It definitely did not make me frisky. But honestly, it's not something you can predict, and the only way to know how it's going to affect you is to try it. I would advise having TCG on alert for symptoms, though, and have coping plans in place to get through that period. It sucked, but it would have been worth it if I had gotten pregnant.
Calli - Sep 13, 2013 4:58:34 pm PDT #4671 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My mom got the Phenfen heart attack and my dad got the Vioxx heart attack. Given my family's luck with meds, I'm waiting for the announcement that ibuprofen causes people's parathyroids to dissolve. Or maybe I'll be one of the initial data points.
Zenkitty - Sep 13, 2013 5:16:07 pm PDT #4672 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
No, it was...I wondered if I was having a psychotic break. For real. It was not a good drug for me.
Oh, no. Not good.
and have been on a new AD, Viibryd, for 2 months. It is REALLY helping! And no side effects.
Maybe I'll go back to my shitty psychiatrist and try for this. I'm really struggling with depression and anxiety, but I'm so disillusioned with therapists and shrinks and meds I don't even want to try anymore.
There is an entirely herbal, uh, remedy that very often produces those effects.
You're not gonna just let that lay there, are you? What is it?
Given my family's luck with meds, I'm waiting for the announcement that ibuprofen causes people's parathyroids to dissolve.
I have such weird, non-typical reactions to so many drugs. Trying a new one always feels like a crap shoot.
Zenkitty - Sep 13, 2013 5:23:34 pm PDT #4673 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Look at this thing: Raven Wreath. I'm gonna make that for Halloween, and then maybe keep it up all year.
Steph L. - Sep 13, 2013 5:48:55 pm PDT #4674 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm really struggling with depression and anxiety
Once I get through the wedding and honeymoon, I may need to go back on anti-depressants. It's been so long (well, 3 years, I think, but that's the longest unmedicated streak I've had since 1995 or so) that I was hoping I was on an even keel for good.
I get that I've had a lot of significant stressors in my life recently, and it's not abnormal for my mood to change in response. But I also don't want to head into the less-sunlight, cold part of the year and not be able to pull out of what feels like the beginning of a slide into depression. Boo.
As for anxiety, my understanding is that there's a BP med that's helpful with social anxiety, and I'm half-tempted to switch BP meds and see if it helps. But my BP is well-managed on the medication I'm on now (and has been for years), so I'm reluctant to switch.