phinnia: rows and rows of lucky waving cats (millions of nekos)
phinnia ([personal profile] phinnia) wrote2009-02-17 02:47 pm

just keep swimming

Still more depressed/maudlin than baseline. Stupid Paxil. down to 5mg daily; in two weeks it'll be 5mg/every other day, and then it'll be GONE FROM MY LIFE and I should really have a party.

(note: this experience with paxil is by no means a reason for others not to take antidepressants. i was seriously overdosed, but I'm mostly better now and on other more appropriate antidepressants. i believe in better living through chemistry. Me not on meds is not something anyone should experience. i'm still ashamed/embarassed by things i did without them even though i was seriously not thinking straight. this is a public service announcement from me. I'll be justifying quite a few things these days, because frankly this is really difficult*. sorry for the inconvenience.)

Don't know if I want to go to lecture tonight. Have babysitter anyway; will decide at last minute. (hate dealing with this particular babysitter as i never know if i'm getting through to her. oh well.)

clickies:

From the continually awesome [livejournal.com profile] bishojo_kitsune: surgeons use twitter in operating room.

From the forever excellent [livejournal.com profile] mactavish, a few: arkansas and five other states ban atheists from public service. ... do they not REALIZE this is discrimination? i mean, it's completely obvious to anyone with half a brain, but large numbers of politicians don't fall into that category, sadly enough.

And also The Long View. Pictures of Christchurch, NZ and Antarctica. (i can stop any time, i'm not obsessed) (much) (okay, i'm lying, i am, but it's not like it's cocaine).

One from my girl [livejournal.com profile] machineplay dancing wheelchair. No, really, it's very cool, you should watch the video.

* read: very difficult means 'oh god this is hell. i will be justifying everything, which is very irrational and yet i do it anyway.

[identity profile] presocratic.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
*Shivers* This post reminded me of an experience I had trying to wean myself from a sleeping med that was supposedly not addictive. Well, it might not have been "addictive," but I sure as hell became dependent on it. Without the med, I couldn't sleep AT ALL.

Today, although I'm still a terrible insomniac, I avoid prescription sleeping medications. Not the right choice, I know, but the experience is still too fresh.