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Volzonya said:
I'm not calling you a liar, but how can you be a raver with raver friends at a rave and not indulge in the extacy?
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When you’re a lawyer and would never admit to your indiscretions, if they existed, in writing on a public message board;)
 
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apevol said:
Whats zoloft?
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It (and other SSRI’s) inhibit the neuron’s ability to reuptake or recycle the serotonin back into the presynaptic neuron. This allows the serotonin to stay in the synapse longer, thus increasing the chances for increased binding to the postsynaptic neuron in the hopes of increasing the odds of more action potentials in the postsynaptic neuron, thus propagating the signal more intensely.
 
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Volzonya said:
When I told my therapist I had been using cocaine he immediately prescribed Zoloft. I have been trying to ween myself off of it, but you get brain shocks when you stop taking it. Very uncomfortable. And irritable as hell.
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I had been on SSRI’s most of my adult life. Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro, etc. I stopped them cold turkey this summer and I feel better than I have in a long time. Meditation and introspection have done more for me than any drug ever did.
 
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I have a fairly respectable grip on various pharmaceuticals, and their methods of action. Just fuzzy on brand names.
 
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Charlie Kelly said:
I had been on SSRI’s most of my adult life. Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro, etc. I stopped them cold turkey this summer and I feel better than I have in a long time. Meditation and introspection have done more for me than any drug ever did.
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Did you have said side effects?
 
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VolNExile said:
Most people have no idea what mental illness is like, and how many people suffer (literally) from it, and how many people have it.

And I'm talking about this being separate from substance abuse, although substance abuse can allow mental illness to manifest itself, and those with mental illness are in danger of substance abuse because of the attempt to self-medicate the symptoms with drugs and alcohol.

Since the VA doesn't make people have insurance to be treated (as long as they are eligible veterans), we see a lot of MH/SA cases. I do think our population has a higher rate of these issues than does the general population, because of the military and combat experience, but I also think that it is way undertreated in the private sector due to the abysmal state of health insurance for mental and emotional issues. Most people out there suffer in silence, or appear on the 6 pm news for one thing and another.
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Most people do not understand. It’s a struggle.

As far as soccer goes: Shape! Shape! Shape! Keep your shape and pass well and you can break any defense down.

My little brother was Best of Preps 2 years when he played in high school.
 
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Charlie Kelly said:
I’ll be there Christmas Eve but only for dinner and presents. Then back to Chattanooga.
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I’m not sure how long I’m staying. At least through Christmas. This is how my visits always are. I love it back in Tennessee and I love my parents but I can’t usually stay with them more than 2-3 days.
 
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Leximax said:
I’m not sure how long I’m staying. At least through Christmas. This is how my visits always are. I love it back in Tennessee and I love my parents but I can’t usually stay with them more than 2-3 days.
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I completely understand. I doubt I would be able to stay with my parents even if they weren’t living separately right now.
 
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Volzonya said:
When I told my therapist I had been using cocaine he immediately prescribed Zoloft. I have been trying to ween myself off of it, but you get brain shocks when you stop taking it. Very uncomfortable. And irritable as hell.
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Don't take yourself off meds. Call your doc and have him/her taper you off. It can be dangerous to stop, and even if it's not, it might be pretty unpleasant. And there can be serious rebounds from a mental standpoint.

I have some weird neurological symptoms that no one seems to know how to handle.

At one point, a neurologist prescribed Effexor (venlafaxine) as an off-label treatment. It actually worked pretty well, and then we changed insurance companies.

The new insurance company said that they wouldn't cover it until I'd gone through traditional antidepressants. (I have my issues, but depression isn't one of them, thank God.) I told them that I wasn't taking it as an antidepressant but for neuro issues, and they said, we don't care, it's on our list as an antidepressant, and we won't pay for it unless you flunk the first-level antidepressants. Which I didn't need.

So I said fine, and quit. They did do a two-week taper, but it was two weeks of sweating buckets and endless electric shocks going through my body. At one point I was at a meeting with the business officer at our hospital, drenching my hair, my clothes, my papers, and my desk, while he looked on in horror, obviously wondering if I was dying or something.I remember thinking, I'm not depressed, but if I were and had to put up with this sh!t, it might well put me over the edge.

Anyway, if you've been on a psychoactive medication, get your doc to handle your taper.
 
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Volzonya said:
Does anyone else attach a mental vision of someone's face according to their post personality?
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Yes! and even worse, I tend to think that they look like their avi.

Which for the guys whose avis are girls with ginormous boobies, it's really confusing.

Ape, on the other hand, is pretty clear, I will give him that.
 
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