JACkory
Struggling Artist
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Post by JACkory on Oct 16, 2005 9:45:23 GMT -5
I always thought it would be really neat to have an invisible friend. He could be a spy for me. He could distract the guy who takes tickets at the door of the theater and I could slip in for free. But most of all I just think it would be fun to watch the digestion process after he's had a nice meal. Sorry to blow your cover, Mr. Raines. I thought everyone knew you were the Invisible User.  |
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Post by samplestiltskin on Oct 16, 2005 11:19:39 GMT -5
Hey, you should keep this board around to house manic and depressive swings, JAC. That would make me happy.
They put me on Lamictal (lamotragine) for bipolar and it actually tends to lift you into mania rather than quell it. And when you do hurtle back down into the dark hole it's not for as long. I still get suicidal but it lasts two or three days at most and it's back to feeling either just pleasantly "okay" (the most relieving feeling in the world!!!) or creative and speedy and alive as in mania. I'm lovin it.
As for crack whore junkies!! They attempt bummation of cigarettes off me every day. They are alternately depressing and amusing. I can't decide my true feelings on their species.
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Post by poseidon on Oct 16, 2005 11:35:27 GMT -5
For the record, I have never knowingly come in contact with an actual crack whore junkie. I just see 'em everywhere. Y'know? No JAC...I "don't know" please try to explain it for me. As for my tweety well buddy, hands off if you care to keep 'em...it was the coolest one I could find. |
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Post by poseidon on Oct 16, 2005 11:39:01 GMT -5
I've searched high and low for a winking tweety, alas...
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Post by samplestiltskin on Oct 16, 2005 11:48:01 GMT -5
I hate tweety bird.
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Post by samplestiltskin on Oct 16, 2005 11:52:33 GMT -5
Or actually maybe I more hate the phenomena of people getting Tweety/Taz/Tigger tattoos and car decorations. I thought the purpose of getting stuff like that was to feel special. How can you feel special when everyone and their aunt has one too? It's like there are cults of Looney Tunes characters.
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Post by poseidon on Oct 16, 2005 12:30:45 GMT -5
Try zyprexa the next time you and your Dr. consider psychotropics. Zyprexa works wonders. It weally, weally does!!! Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to this, Mercury (though I suppose the fact that I'm actually responding to one of your posts is cause for celebration and renders an apology for lateness a bit unnecessary...and yeah, I realize that I did offer a response to earlier, so I can't take the high ground that one who has actually NEVER responded to your posts might be able to take, but I kinda doubted that calling you a "FREAK" qualified as a "thoughtful response", sincere [and truthful] as it was)... First off, I don't HAVE a doctor unless you're counting Dr. Pepper, who sees me on a daily basis and treats my early morning lethargy. The side-effects of his treatment, however, are a troubling inability to fall asleep at night and the intensifying of an already brutal case of "restless legs syndrome". I am seriously considering terminating my relationship with this particular doctor. Nope...no doctor, though at one time I did see a doctor and tried Zyprexa for awhile. Ya see, the problem with my bipolar is that the depression cycles are viciously long, the good middle ground areas are fairly short-lived and I don't mind the mania (especially if I've got lots of leisure time and a computer to write with), but the mania seldom reaches those dangerous psychotic episodes. Sure, it's a trick to walk that tightrope, and I don't enjoy psychosis any more than you do, but Zyprexa is for quelling mania. I need anti-depressants sometimes, but doctors won't prescribe them for me because of the bipolar aspect of my condition, afraid that I might twist off into Manic Wonderland (the upper strata of Manic Wonderland, that is, where reality tends to crumble). They never understood...they'll never understand...and so I suffer when that bastard depression kicks me in the groin (and it seems like the older I get the harder the kick and the better aim at my jewels, with resulting agony lasting ever lengthening periods of time). IF I had a doctor and I even suspected that he was "considering psychotropics" I would bolt faster than a biker from a Clay Aiken concert. My experience with psychotropics cost me my first marriage, my daughter and a time span of about 2 years. I'm often tempted to give Tom Cruise a call and tell him "thanks for spreadin' the word, even if you are a Scientology dweeb"... That said, I'm glad Zyprexa is working for you. I weally, weally am. You must stroke it alot JAC...  |
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Post by poseidon on Oct 16, 2005 12:45:28 GMT -5
Hey, you should keep this board around to house manic and depressive swings, JAC. That would make me happy. They put me on Lamictal (lamotragine) for bipolar and it actually tends to lift you into mania rather than quell it. And when you do hurtle back down into the dark hole it's not for as long. I still get suicidal but it lasts two or three days at most and it's back to feeling either just pleasantly "okay" (the most relieving feeling in the world!!!) or creative and speedy and alive as in mania. I'm lovin it. As for crack whore junkies!! They attempt bummation of cigarettes off me every day. They are alternately depressing and amusing. I can't decide my true feelings on their species. I knew immediately that zyprexa was the one for me. I've been prescribed many many psychotropics by various MD'S, MDPHD'S, etc. I can honestly say that zyprexa works great for me. In my thinking, my interactions with others, etc. My doc' prescribed 30 xanax recently and I have not felt the need for a single pill. Although at night as I lay reading in bed, I seem to hear this whispering from the bathroom cupboard... Paat, oh Paat, I'm in the cupboard, come take one...PAAAATTTTTTTT.The question now my dear Dr. Watson is should I flush 'em or keep 'em? That indeed is the question of the day.... |
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Post by poseidon on Oct 16, 2005 12:56:10 GMT -5
Getting a second opinion from a headshrink to verify a disorder was what it took for me to believe that I have some sort of chemical imbalance. I roughed it for years and years flying solo with no meds-for-the-head. Inevitably my ups and downs turned into paranoid delusions (psychosis.) That was when I returned to a psychotropic.
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Post by samplestiltskin on Oct 16, 2005 14:03:54 GMT -5
For heaven's sake don't flush them, SELL THEM!
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JACkory
Struggling Artist
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Post by JACkory on Oct 16, 2005 14:44:36 GMT -5
LOL...yeah, sell 'em, Tweety!
As for Zyprexa being your mental health's saviour...oh well, different strokes, eh?
But what, pray tell, gives you the impression that I "stroke it a lot"? Fact of the matter is that I don't stroke it enough. In fact, these days I rarely stroke it at all. Age does that to a guy.
Furthermore, I've battled Manic-Depression without meds for almost 20 years now. I don't need a second opinion as to whether or not I might be Manic Depressive. I KNOW I am, and I also have developed, over the course of those years, ways and means to navigate myself through the swings. I have tried several meds, but I have never found one that I thought was worth continuing because as far as I was concerned the side effects were worse than the problem.
But, that said, the older I get the harder it is, so I may just give samps' reccomendation a try.
Thanks, you beautiful bohemian woman.
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Post by samplestiltskin on Oct 16, 2005 15:29:21 GMT -5
Absomalutely. Different drugs work for different people; i had over a dozen unsuccessful attempts and had given up, "BAH, goddamn Western Medicine, just more consumer goods!!!!" And yes they are, they are advertised products to be sold for profit, but I happened to find one that fits me and makes my life considerably easier to deal with. And it wasn't heroin!
Hope springs eternal JAC. Maybe this is The One.
I was about to throw a fit because this board disappeared, but here it is. I guess I will not whoop your depressive ass JAC. I already like this place. COs I'm MANIC and HA! Must go tickle someone and make fart noises. Whee.
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JACkory
Struggling Artist
Posts: 167
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Post by JACkory on Oct 16, 2005 16:38:29 GMT -5
Yeah, but she deleted the last post I made.  |
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JACkory
Struggling Artist
Posts: 167
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Post by JACkory on Oct 16, 2005 16:44:39 GMT -5
Samples...I know you and I used to appreciate each others poetry...Have you checked out my poetry & song blog yet? I'd be much appreciative if you'd do so and give me some feedback.
Most of the stuff is from my backlog but there are a couple of fairly recent ones. I only wish the Coffeeshop were still around so I could retrieve a few there that I didn'nt have printed anywhere else.
The blog's address is in my signature and it'e the one called Bipolar Confessional.
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Post by rockysigman on Oct 16, 2005 16:55:49 GMT -5
This board confuses and amazes me.
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