3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

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Ugh the last two weeks have been CRAP!!! But, some good has come of it. I'll share some good, bad, and ugly.

This week, I have learned:

1. Lexapro is a hell of a drug.

2. My body will crash my brain after 7 days of insomnia, and I will hallucinate by day 10.

3. My spouse has the patience of a saint.

4. The kickback of a gun is nowhere near as forceful as it looks.

5. I'm good at shooting!

6. I may or may not have a job right now.

7. I never expected to feel so indifferent regarding my employment status. It feels revealing to me to realize how unattached I feel to it. Maybe my dislike for it has really grown that much.

8. I feel like the Boy Child has suddenly grown more mature and its freaking me out a little. I know he's in the pre-teen zone, but I'm not ready for this. I find myself checking in on him often and smothering him with mama love just to make sure my boy is still my boy. *sigh* This poor child is stuck with me.

9. If you tell them to stop building....

They will.

(I find this hilarious to an inappropriate degree.)

10. The A-Hole Dog only likes the dog park if she's on her leash. She also acts like she feels incredibly violated when another dog sniffs her butt.

11. Go to the following thread. Go to top comments, find on page, type "Robb Stark". Only do this if you are caught up on GOT. Also, only do this if you are not offended by politics, and if you do not plan in any way to come back here and blast me for sharing a comment that compares Trump to Joffrey and Balon Greyjoy.

Link: Bernie opposing Auto Bailout, delaying Clean Power Plan, supporting Minutemen militia, Koch brothers endorsement, Reagan HIV/AIDS "activism" and today's Sanders healthcare support in the 9s are 6 things Hillary Clinton blatantly lied about in a single freaking week. : politics (Mid-way through comment begins with "The way I see it, Bernie is...")

12. I like my ellipses with 4 dots, just like I like my lights (THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!!). Farawyn, we can take this outside if you want....

13. The spouse and I owe so much money in taxes that I can't even. We changed exemptions when we got blasted by state last year. Didn't matter. We owe thousands to federal and the state we live in. As in, we owe thousands to federal and thousands more to state. Can't wait to see how much the state I work in swindled. I swear to the Bearded Commander Riker that we had more money on one crappy income than we have now, with me working, too. Maybe I need to not work during grad school. :\

14. I am so excited for grad school!!!

I know I'm forgetting stuff. Boo! I'll remember right after the edit window closes, I'm sure!

What have you learned?

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I am sorry organized chaos - I had depression basically my whole life since teenage age and know how it is to struggle with it.

I hope that things will get better for you soon!

Yeah, it's hard & people who don't have a mental health disorder don't understand. I really like coming here because everyone here understands.

What I learned this week:

The world does look different when the sun finally comes out after a winter in New England. This year I was really craving for some spring and here it is!

"Palliative care" has a such a negative image - in quite some cases when I introduce the palliative care program, patients or family ask "Am I dying?".

Related to the above - the other day I introduce myself and a patient smiles with a big smile and says she is happy that I stop by ! That really threw me off...

I wish I could speak Spanish ! I like the way the language sounds so much - perhaps I can take a class once my graduate studies are done.

The Mayo diet is sort of working for me in terms of eating habits and foods but I am not loosing much weight - to be more accurate : The weight loss in minimal. I blame it all on menopause.

Yeah, it's hard & people who don't have a mental health disorder don't understand. I really like coming here because everyone here does.

Yes, it is hard. I can not even count the days I dragged myself to work wondering how I will make it through the day. When you feel too tired to do anything ...

Ixchel - my husband and I had to take away all deductions years ago - even though we still have to pay $$$ each year. In addition I pay for graduate school and my son will start college this fall.

So - yeah , sometimes I think that working hard does not always pay off. My son was really like ??? because of our income his financial aid is basically limited to merit based scholarships....

Yes, we are in the same boat. Kid in college, our FASFA was like, seriously???

Being middle class = Not good.

Yeah, it's hard & people who don't have a mental health disorder don't understand. I really like coming here because everyone here does.

I'm sorry, but I laughed at this. At first I read it as you like coming here because we all have mental health disorders, instead of you like coming here because we understand.

Which is not untrue, but... :woot:

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I'm sorry, but I laughed at this. At first I read it as you like coming here because we all have mental health disorders, instead of you like coming here because we understand.

Which is not untrue, but... :woot:

Lol! Well maybe we all have to be a wee bit kookoo to be nurses. [emoji39]

Specializes in Hospice.
I refuse to like this post, Chaos. I love you.

I second that. ((((OC)))).

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I second that. ((((OC)))).

*hugs*

I'm sorry, but I laughed at this. At first I read it as you like coming here because we all have mental health disorders, instead of you like coming here because we understand.

Which is not untrue, but... :woot:

This is exactly what I thought!

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
This is exactly what I thought!

Haha. I reread it & it does look off. I fixed it. [emoji39]

Yes, we are in the same boat. Kid in college, our FASFA was like, seriously???

Being middle class = Not good.

Yeah I did not even want to bother with the whole FAFSA thing after I went through the CSS stuff - which took me hours and hours...

Yeah I did not even want to bother with the whole FAFSA thing after I went through the CSS stuff - which took me hours and hours...

FAFSA not FASFA. Got it. *facepalm*

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