Posted by g_g_g_unit on August 6, 2011, at 8:05:15
In reply to Re: humor me ... » g_g_g_unit, posted by floatingbridge on August 5, 2011, at 13:24:22
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> > I like Xanax .. a little too much, maybe. Only IR is available here, though I'm pretty careful with my consumption, lest I let temptation get the best of me.
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> It's difficult not to like Xanax :-/ once started. If you have the funds, the generic XR is avaiable. It wasn't wickedly expensive, and it cuts consumption because if taken like clockwork, there are way few pills to take, no withdrawal/rebound interdose issues. Just saying. I think the
> regular release is problematic if taken regularly. And just saying since Morgan mentioned overseas orders.>
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> > > You seem very med sensitive to me. I'm sorry this is so ongoing ggg. You able to do any writing?
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> I found this info on the Emsam assistance program, FYI:
> http://www.rxassist.org/Search/Prog_Details.cfm?program_Id=528&PD_Id=2640&Drug_Id=2959&Company_Id=245&search_type=2&CFID=7267046&CFTOKEN=65616120
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> I like the idea of transdermals for a number of reasons. I think I tolerate them better. The only pain medication I take now is an NSAID transdermal. If I take the same NSAID internally it does zip for pain, but transdermally, wow. And it largely bypasses all the heptic/kidney stuff. Wish, and hope more transdermals are in the pipeline because of enhanced tolerability. (Emsam, I'm not pushing it. It could be too
> agitating for you. Then there is your perfectly servicable Lexapro. It's just my own latest thing.)Sorry, I meant that EMSAM was listed on some Australian pharmaceutical distribution site, but that I heard nothing back from them via e-mail. Maybe there were plans to release it here at one point, or they were importing it exclusively .. who knows.
Lexapro is okay, I suppose .. I mean, it's ultra-clean, but I feel like a zombie on the stuff.
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> > No, I haven't written in just over 2 years now. It's sad, and, at my lowest moments, saps me of the will to even bother with treatment. What's scarier though is when I ponder that I might not have been any good to begin with :-/ (Excuse for
> the little detour into self-pity).
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> It's okay take a little wallow. I haven't written for years except chicken scratch. But I do journal, and have written a bit lately that will no doubt be found in unorganized piles upon my demise. I have a few good friends who encourage me to at least admit writing is important to me because it serves a sanity function even if there is no finished product or publication. So I encourage you. Besides, (no patronizing or dismissal here) you are young and many writers go years (sometimes painful years) between productive periods.
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> Besides. You might need certain circumstances, like quiet, in order to really function. Last we spoke, you were dealing with noise/sound issues.Well, I was mostly working on the journalism/criticism side-of-things, so I think a return to the field is unlikely - I've lost touch with what's going on in the world of the arts, and just never had a chance to develop properly, because I was always working around the OCD (which became harder and harder as time wore on). Medication (and anxiety and depression) also make it hard. I can't remember the last time I strung a worthwhile thought together (not that it wasn't always relatively difficult).
What about you? Were you more involved with fiction, poetry, etc.? Where have you published?
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