Dude, I’ve been so depressed that I needed to take medication just to be able to eat and dress myself again. Once I had that sorted (via meds) I was able to actually cope with getting counselling (lots). I think meds and counselling work in tandem and counselling is often not enough on its own. Additionally, I don’t…

So much this.

Nah, just a medical professional in neurology/psychiatry with a lot of recreational drug user friends. Never the twain shall meet!

Thank you for pointing out that medical management of chronic, invisible conditions is indeed a full time fucking job. I mean that seriously, even if I sound snarky, which I worry I might me.

Serious question here: how addictive is Xanax? I may seriously have to try and get a prescription. I’m currently an official basket case. My dad was recently diagnosed with a GBM (stage 4 brain cancer), my mom’s doing her best, but still shattered, and my younger brother and his wife are, um how can I put this…

Because I am not an idiot or an abuser, I’ve had a standing script for Xanax since 1998 (Bipolar with GAD, thanks) with more refills than I can use. I think it’s taken me that long to go through that many pills. Damn. I can’t imagine what that quantity (2mg “bars” I would imagine - it’s what the kids want) would even…

second-leading cause of impaired driving in the state after alcohol

10,000 Xanax? One for each Maniac.

OMIGOD

Well, different from what? He can be better than the people around him while also harboring prejudice of his own.

Exactly. Atticus was not a believer in civil rights, just in the law. Lest we forget, the law in many ways did and does support white supremacy.

Just based on reviews, this might in fact be a very timely book.

I know those feels. Just keep doing what you’re doing. When I can’t sleep (or falling asleep is terrifying) I like to color my grown up coloring book and listen to Tycho’s album Dive.

Sending love! Breath, sing (Gwen Stefani songs help me, don’t know why) and I highly recommend The Maria Bamford Show, you can find it on Youtube. Be kind to yourself!

I’m sorry to hear that. (((hugs)))

Do what you gotta do!

My family put our almost-14-year-old pup to sleep this morning. She was no longer able to breathe outside of an oxygenated cage and was just struggling in general after a week of being in and out of like 4 different vet hospitals. We brought her home when she was 6 weeks old (I was 10) and she’s been one of my…

I’m going with my boyfriend to his parents’ house. They’re from middle of nowhere eastern Montana and are conservative as fuck about certain things, like gay marriage. His mom had an anti-gay marriage argument with my boyfriend and his brother over fb a few days ago. This weekend should be special. I'm just going to…

To paraphrase Cicero, "no one go out of their way looking for extra suffering to endure". Yes, the miracle of modern medicine has vastly reduced our suffering, AND THAT IS NOT A BAD THING. The ability to tough out a bad situation by yourself is not praiseworthy in of itself and having to be carried through by drugs is…