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Posted by Willow on September 6, 2001, at 8:42:57
> thanks for a good buzzed guffaw at 8:30 in the morn.
In return I request you show off pretty little toes to entice my friend to return to the fold.
My screen has been out of sorts so I have been missing much here in the babble cyber world. So if this is a redundant question forgive me. How is your work going?
Willow
Posted by sar on September 6, 2001, at 9:04:04
In reply to you are welcome » sar, posted by Willow on September 6, 2001, at 8:42:57
dear Willow,
i hope you get your computer in order, because i think your posts are the cat's meow...
how is my work? well, i was just about to post a new thread about that, but i think i'll just say it here: i'm dealing with alot of weird emotionalism at work. i've been on prozac/klonopin for a few months now...when someone says something funny, i can't stop laughing. sometimes i pick up the phone to answer it and have to hand it off to a co-worker because i'm in a fit of giggles.
then i do stupid things like drinking before or at work, or on my break. I've twice been put on "final written warning" and both times burst into tears that quickly turned into sobs that would not stop...it's not like my job is my career, i earn just a bit over minimum wage, but it just really upset me that they know what a freak i am (having been hospitalized twice over the summer and having alcohol on my breath alot).
so at work i'm either walking around guffawing to myself or hidden in the bathroom or back office sobbing (more the former than the latter, but still--). i can't keep my cool at all. i've been very socialable and complimented by customers, invited out lots by co-workers, but they all know i'm fuct so i feel like a real weirdo...plus i can't control the laughter or the tears. i'm an exploding volcano of spontaneous giggles and tears 24 hrs/day.
Posted by Greg on September 6, 2001, at 9:23:59
In reply to you are welcome » sar, posted by Willow on September 6, 2001, at 8:42:57
Lady Willow,
Are you still having problems with you monitor? I wish you were nearby. My nephew, who is the Super Computer Geek Wizard has a closet full of retired monitors. We call it his "Visual Aid" closet. He is one of those people who, every time a new one hits the market, must have it. Believe me, this is a source of irritation to his poor wife... I'm sure I would no problem talking him out of one.
I hope you get the problem worked out soon.
Greg
> > thanks for a good buzzed guffaw at 8:30 in the morn.
>
> In return I request you show off pretty little toes to entice my friend to return to the fold.
>
> My screen has been out of sorts so I have been missing much here in the babble cyber world. So if this is a redundant question forgive me. How is your work going?
>
> Willow
Posted by Willow on September 6, 2001, at 11:05:06
In reply to Re: Still having problems? » Willow, posted by Greg on September 6, 2001, at 9:23:59
Sir Greg
Perhaps you can relay a message to your wizard nephew on my behalf. My problem is with the pedestal. It is somewhat better stacked up with videocassetes to hold the monitor so the pedestal doesn't touch the table. And vibration sends my screen into a "lsd" trip. Hard on my overtaxed brain.
Thanking you in advance kind Sir!
Whispering Wee Willow
Posted by susan C on September 6, 2001, at 13:46:58
In reply to Re: Still having problems?, posted by Willow on September 6, 2001, at 11:05:06
Hi Willow,
Previous life as Tv cameroperator here, sounds like screen control/cathode ray tube, any fiddling with the screen controls (who knows where they are you just have to hunt all over the monitor) vertical/horizonal/ especially if fiddling with the actual monitor causes problems. Could also be a jack wobbling...make sure everything is in tight and no loose wires, no short circuits (ha!) Get Stable (ha Ha)
Susan C
Mouse fiddling with the on and off button
>
> Perhaps you can relay a message to your wizard nephew on my behalf. My problem is with the pedestal. It is somewhat better stacked up with videocassetes to hold the monitor so the pedestal doesn't touch the table. And vibration sends my screen into a "lsd" trip. Hard on my overtaxed brain.
>
> Thanking you in advance kind Sir!
>
> Whispering Wee Willow
Posted by Willow on September 6, 2001, at 20:40:22
In reply to Re: Still having problems?, posted by susan C on September 6, 2001, at 13:46:58
Posted by Wendy B. on September 6, 2001, at 21:21:59
In reply to Re: you are welcome » Willow, posted by sar on September 6, 2001, at 9:04:04
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> so at work i'm either walking around guffawing to myself or hidden in the bathroom or back office sobbing (more the former than the latter, but still--). i can't keep my cool at all. i've been very socialable and complimented by customers, invited out lots by co-workers, but they all know i'm fuct so i feel like a real weirdo...plus i can't control the laughter or the tears. i'm an exploding volcano of spontaneous giggles and tears 24 hrs/day.
Hmmmm... You've got to admire her... this is another Willow intuition thing... How did she know to ask you about your work? did she just know things were weird and you were having problems? Wish I could do that...So, Sar, what are you going to do? Call the pdoc? Pleeze bring me (us) up to date on the doctor, pdoc, whatever situation. I don't remember who you're seeing now, only that the pdoc in the hospital made you feel badly about yourself, and you called her a bitch (righton!), and refused to pay her (double righton!).
So, speak to us, you funny, sweet thing... Weren't you thinking about depakote? The mood swings sound like mania/hypomania, probably brought on by the prozac. You need to mellow out. Also, you need to stop drinking, but I'm a broken record on that, your continuous nudge-person, sorta like the Energizer Bunny (she keeps nagging, and nagging, and nagging....). Maybe that's my new role in life - Get Sar Straight!
Shit, but tonight I'm not one to talk, pouring my 4th glass of wine (a velvety Pinot Noir), I worked at the vineyard today, and brought home some leftovers from the bottling process, my hands are all purple on the palms. Some chicken wings with hot sauce, some celery with bleu cheese, and several glasses of wine, my evening is complete! Except I had to nudge you a little -
Yer pain-in-the-ass friend,
Wendy
ps: plz write back...
Posted by sar on September 6, 2001, at 23:17:31
In reply to Re: Sar's ups and downs..., posted by Wendy B. on September 6, 2001, at 21:21:59
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> Hmmmm... You've got to admire her... this is another Willow intuition thing... How did she know to ask you about your work? did she just know things were weird and you were having problems? Wish I could do that...i initially misread that as "did she just know you were weird and having problems?" heh heh...Willow is an intuitive one, isn't she though? (either way you read it)
> So, Sar, what are you going to do? Call the pdoc? Pleeze bring me (us) up to date on the doctor, pdoc, whatever situation. I don't remember who you're seeing now, only that the pdoc in the hospital made you feel badly about yourself, and you called her a bitch (righton!), and refused to pay her (double righton!).i wrote a letter to the psychoanalyst whom i called a bitch explaining why a check was not enclosed and apologizing for the name-calling. a week later, a fresh bill arrived in the mail. i wrote her a longer letter explaining why a check *still* wasn't enclosed, requesting at the end that she not contact me. i haven't heard from her, and it's been a few weeks. :)
> So, speak to us, you funny, sweet thing... Weren't you thinking about depakote? The mood swings sound like mania/hypomania, probably brought on by the prozac. You need to mellow out. Also, you need to stop drinking, but I'm a broken record on that, your continuous nudge-person, sorta like the Energizer Bunny (she keeps nagging, and nagging, and nagging....). Maybe that's my new role in life - Get Sar Straight!
ah, wendy, thank you, you're kind...i've been posting with a guy named mitch over on PB about depakote and he seems to think i should start with neurontin instead. the thread is fairly long and he seems to know his stuff, so next time i see my pdoc (on the 11th) i'm going to discuss that as an alternative to depakote, though he may want to just keep me on the prozac and klonopin for now.
> Shit, but tonight I'm not one to talk, pouring my 4th glass of wine (a velvety Pinot Noir), I worked at the vineyard today, and brought home some leftovers from the bottling process, my hands are all purple on the palms. Some chicken wings with hot sauce, some celery with bleu cheese, and several glasses of wine, my evening is complete! Except I had to nudge you a little -that sounds lovely...i'm a merlot girl myself...nudge me as much as you want, at least you're nice about it, not threatening to fire me or screaming "you're an alcoholic" (as my parents are fond of doing). how is the job at the vineyards? are you in canada, wendy? where are you?
the work situation is really bizarre. i can usually get about 75% of my words out without them being garbled in laughter, but i'd say the average human being hovers around 97%. the newest pdoc did dx me as bp II (along with histrionic/borderline personality disorders) (uh!) and he's a big cheese in my city, chairman of this and that, very well-paid and renowned...but i was *drunk* when he made that diagnosis, he was so busy that he was 3 hours late to the appointment so i kept running out for tallboys, then going back in to see if he'd arrived yet...(normally i wouldn't accept a doc being 3 hours late, but i met this guy when i was in the loony bin and i really like him, and i did make him promise to not keep me waiting like that again.)
sounds like you're having a good night! how are *you,* babe? i gotta keep tabs on you, it's only fair...
:)
sar
Posted by Wendy B. on September 7, 2001, at 9:11:19
In reply to Re: Sar's ups and downs... » Wendy B., posted by sar on September 6, 2001, at 23:17:31
> i initially misread that as "did she just know you were weird and having problems?" heh heh...Willow is an intuitive one, isn't she though? (either way you read it)
>
heh heh! well, you are weird! but in a totally groovy kind of way... yeah, i love willow, she really hits the nail on the head sometimes with her pointy questions. good like that...
> i wrote a letter to the psychoanalyst whom i called a bitch explaining why a check was not enclosed and apologizing for the name-calling. a week later, a fresh bill arrived in the mail. i wrote her a longer letter explaining why a check *still* wasn't enclosed, requesting at the end that she not contact me. i haven't heard from her, and it's been a few weeks. :)double :) :)
> ah, wendy, thank you, you're kind...i've been posting with a guy named mitch over on PB about depakote and he seems to think i should start with neurontin instead. the thread is fairly long and he seems to know his stuff,
oh, yes, i've been keeping track of the 'sar-mitch chronicles,' but keeping my distance, because i'm on neurontin, and don't want everyone i love to just be on the same thing i'm on... i think i suggested this to you a while back, but that's ok... i think it would be *very* reasonable for the shrink to prescribe you an anti-convulsant like neurontin *first,* before they try something stronger like depakote. i'm not a doctor, but if i were one, i'd try something easier and with fewer side-effects first, rather than going with the depakote right off the bat. just IMHO...
>so next time i see my pdoc (on the 11th) i'm going to discuss that as an alternative to depakote, though he may want to just keep me on the prozac and klonopin for now.not if you tell him about the work stuff and that you are either laughing your butt off or crying hysterically about 24-7. demand relief. they have to do something...
> that sounds lovely...i'm a merlot girl myself...nudge me as much as you want, at least you're nice about it, not threatening to fire me or screaming "you're an alcoholic" (as my parents are fond of doing). how is the job at the vineyards? are you in canada, wendy? where are you?
i like merlot, too, and we'll probably be bottling that soon, too. it's fascinating working at this vineyard, though the pay sucks. i grew up on a farm in NY state, apples, cherries, peaches, etc. so the vineyard is right up my alley. i live in NY, but the town will have to remain a secret... (paranoia!). e-mail me at my (shitty little) yahoo account, and i'll tell you, and wail about my most recent voyage into hell: wendybabble@yahoo.com
(the yahoo thing's another whole rant)
> the work situation is really bizarre. i can usually get about 75% of my words out without them being garbled in laughter, but i'd say the average human being hovers around 97%...... not the human beings i know......
>the newest pdoc did dx me as bp II (along with histrionic/borderline personality disorders) (uh!) and he's a big cheese in my city, chairman of this and that, very well-paid and renowned...
i was wondering: what is the date you're seeing him again?
>but i was *drunk* when he made that diagnosis, he was so busy that he was 3 hours late to the appointment so i kept running out for tallboys, then going back in to see if he'd arrived yet...(normally i wouldn't accept a doc being 3 hours late, but i met this guy when i was in the loony bin and i really like him, and i did make him promise to not keep me waiting like that again.)
you mean he didn't know you were drunk?? if not, why not, and then maybe tell him next time that you were drunk last time he saw you... at least give him the chance to modify the dx. you don't want him to say: "stop drinking, go to 12-step, blah blah blah". think about it, though, honey... he can't help you if he doesn't know what's up wichoo...
> sounds like you're having a good night!oh, i most certainly was! headache this a.m., though, wine's a bit young...
>how are *you,* babe? i gotta keep tabs on you, it's only fair...oh, i dunno... sort of felt like i'm doing the 'sheltered workshop' thing, as i go up and down rows of grape vines, thinning out the vines... this means clipping off the green grape clusters, so all the energy of the plant goes into the ones which are purple already, so they have as high a sugar content as possible before harvest... do they have sheltered workshops in texas? like: half work, half occupational therapy? i'm going up and down the rows, and humming a little van morrison tune, and looking down at the lake, just thinking how beautiful it all is, and how much i like not being in an office anymore, stuck in middle management... although it's easy to romanticize the vineyard thing... reality is: the workers don't own it (they just get a lot of free or subsidized vino), and the capitalists win yet again... (remember from Monty Python & the Holy Grail: 'what about the workers?') i'll never have the money to get into such an investment-hog of a business... so i'm out in the sunshine, taking care of plants, happy about being there and doing that, and depressed at the same time, thinking about workers rights, cesar chavez and the california grape boycott of the '60s, getting poison on my hands from working with the grapevines......... etc. etc. etc.
(that's how i'm doing, thanks for asking...)
te amo,wendy
Posted by susan C on September 7, 2001, at 11:39:35
In reply to Re: Sar's wendy's ups/downs..., posted by Wendy B. on September 7, 2001, at 9:11:19
mouse up a vine
just a notes, Sar and Wendy: me pdoc ran me through antiseizure meds after dx as bipolar and ssris stopped working. neurontin first, I think, lamitical, topamax, before depakote, because of side effect profiles. I have been fortunate not to gain (more) weight with depakote and it actually helped even out the highs, I am curious why the ssri if manic, it is probably one of those doctor arguing in the night things. I cant take any, make manic worse.
Best Wishes to the field mice in your vineyard
Susan C. >
> > i initially misread that as "did she just know you were weird and having problems?" heh heh...Willow is an intuitive one, isn't she though? (either way you read it)
> >
>
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> heh heh! well, you are weird! but in a totally groovy kind of way... yeah, i love willow, she really hits the nail on the head sometimes with her pointy questions. good like that...
>
>
> > i wrote a letter to the psychoanalyst whom i called a bitch explaining why a check was not enclosed and apologizing for the name-calling. a week later, a fresh bill arrived in the mail. i wrote her a longer letter explaining why a check *still* wasn't enclosed, requesting at the end that she not contact me. i haven't heard from her, and it's been a few weeks. :)
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> double :) :)
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> > ah, wendy, thank you, you're kind...i've been posting with a guy named mitch over on PB about depakote and he seems to think i should start with neurontin instead. the thread is fairly long and he seems to know his stuff,
>
>
> oh, yes, i've been keeping track of the 'sar-mitch chronicles,' but keeping my distance, because i'm on neurontin, and don't want everyone i love to just be on the same thing i'm on... i think i suggested this to you a while back, but that's ok... i think it would be *very* reasonable for the shrink to prescribe you an anti-convulsant like neurontin *first,* before they try something stronger like depakote. i'm not a doctor, but if i were one, i'd try something easier and with fewer side-effects first, rather than going with the depakote right off the bat. just IMHO...
>
>
> >so next time i see my pdoc (on the 11th) i'm going to discuss that as an alternative to depakote, though he may want to just keep me on the prozac and klonopin for now.
>
> not if you tell him about the work stuff and that you are either laughing your butt off or crying hysterically about 24-7. demand relief. they have to do something...
>
>
>
> > that sounds lovely...i'm a merlot girl myself...nudge me as much as you want, at least you're nice about it, not threatening to fire me or screaming "you're an alcoholic" (as my parents are fond of doing). how is the job at the vineyards? are you in canada, wendy? where are you?
>
>
> i like merlot, too, and we'll probably be bottling that soon, too. it's fascinating working at this vineyard, though the pay sucks. i grew up on a farm in NY state, apples, cherries, peaches, etc. so the vineyard is right up my alley. i live in NY, but the town will have to remain a secret... (paranoia!). e-mail me at my (shitty little) yahoo account, and i'll tell you, and wail about my most recent voyage into hell: wendybabble@yahoo.com
> (the yahoo thing's another whole rant)
>
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> > the work situation is really bizarre. i can usually get about 75% of my words out without them being garbled in laughter, but i'd say the average human being hovers around 97%.
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> ..... not the human beings i know......
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> >the newest pdoc did dx me as bp II (along with histrionic/borderline personality disorders) (uh!) and he's a big cheese in my city, chairman of this and that, very well-paid and renowned...
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> i was wondering: what is the date you're seeing him again?
>
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> >but i was *drunk* when he made that diagnosis, he was so busy that he was 3 hours late to the appointment so i kept running out for tallboys, then going back in to see if he'd arrived yet...(normally i wouldn't accept a doc being 3 hours late, but i met this guy when i was in the loony bin and i really like him, and i did make him promise to not keep me waiting like that again.)
>
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> you mean he didn't know you were drunk?? if not, why not, and then maybe tell him next time that you were drunk last time he saw you... at least give him the chance to modify the dx. you don't want him to say: "stop drinking, go to 12-step, blah blah blah". think about it, though, honey... he can't help you if he doesn't know what's up wichoo...
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> > sounds like you're having a good night!
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> oh, i most certainly was! headache this a.m., though, wine's a bit young...
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> >how are *you,* babe? i gotta keep tabs on you, it's only fair...
>
> oh, i dunno... sort of felt like i'm doing the 'sheltered workshop' thing, as i go up and down rows of grape vines, thinning out the vines... this means clipping off the green grape clusters, so all the energy of the plant goes into the ones which are purple already, so they have as high a sugar content as possible before harvest... do they have sheltered workshops in texas? like: half work, half occupational therapy? i'm going up and down the rows, and humming a little van morrison tune, and looking down at the lake, just thinking how beautiful it all is, and how much i like not being in an office anymore, stuck in middle management... although it's easy to romanticize the vineyard thing... reality is: the workers don't own it (they just get a lot of free or subsidized vino), and the capitalists win yet again... (remember from Monty Python & the Holy Grail: 'what about the workers?') i'll never have the money to get into such an investment-hog of a business... so i'm out in the sunshine, taking care of plants, happy about being there and doing that, and depressed at the same time, thinking about workers rights, cesar chavez and the california grape boycott of the '60s, getting poison on my hands from working with the grapevines......... etc. etc. etc.
> (that's how i'm doing, thanks for asking...)
>
>
> te amo,
>
> wendy
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