We have a shrubbery in our back yard that is just out of control. We can hack it away to nothing and it will lie in wait, pretending to be dead … until one morning we wake up and it is almost the entire length of the side fence. Stupid thing. I’m going to have to completely uproot it. Steve mentioned that we need some Time Lord technology Bush Be Gone™ to get rid of it, then we wondered. Would Bush Be Gone™ be a Brazilian Wax or an impeachment? ;)
Do not bring me a shrubbery!
30 June 2008 at 11:23 am (Silly)
Tags: Bush Be Gone, Obligatory Doctor Who Reference, Silly, Time Lords
I WAS taking a nap, you idiots
23 June 2008 at 10:51 am (snark)
Tags: atheism, proselytizer questionnaire, snark
Dear Christians knocking at my door,
I don’t care. Piss off. But since you haven’t pissed off, allow me to share with you that I have read your bible and was not impressed. Too many errors. Do not give me one of your stupid tracts telling me about how the world would be a better place if we all converted to your particular brand of mumbo jumbo, for I will have to point out that the christians and the jews and the muslims all worship the same god, and look how well that’s working out. I now have a copy of the Proselytizer Questionnaire printed out for you since this is the second time you’ve come and bothered me. Thou shalt not come back until you have satisfactory answers.
Pharmaceuticals
18 June 2008 at 11:01 am (Medical, depression)
Tags: abilify, bipolar, celexa, depacote, effexor, lamictal, lithium, medication, trazodone, wellbutrin, xanax, zoloft
I was talking to a friend online about the various and sundry medications I’ve been on, and ending up writing a list of what I’ve tried and how I reacted to it. It might help someone else, so I’m reprinting it here.
Different meds work for different people. :-/ I’m bipolar: generally severe depression, mild to moderate anxiety, rapid cycling hypomania (up then crashing several times a day for about a week or so), rare full blown manic episodes. Every med I’ve been on before has been for treating depression, not bipolar. So, my depression has been more-or-less under control, while my hypomania ran unchecked.
I’ve tried:
Celexa. Lexapro is a newer version of Celexa. Celexa made me twitchy (like jumping when you’re falling asleep ‘cause you think you’re falling) and dropped my libido to non-existent levels. Moderately controlled my depression, then quit working after about a year. I also punched Steve in the face in my sleep from a violent muscle twitch. :)
Xanax. Anti-anxiety. Good for immediate control of panic attack, but never took it on a regular basis despite a shrink who gave it to me like candy.
Trazodone. Have no effing clue why I was prescribed this one. Turned me into Nessa Zombie. Bleah.
Zoloft. The Sad Rock and I were pretty cool, although again that’s an anti-depressant that does nothing for my mania. Drops my libido to nothing unless I have it at a pretty high dosage.
Effexor. Made me violently angry. Wanted to kick my dog to death because she was barking. Srsly.
Depacote. Made me Chipmunk Nessa. I have pictures around here somewhere. Gained a LOT of weight on this one. I don’t think it even touched my depression. Pretty pointless.
Wellbutrin. Pretty sure I tried this one at one point, too. Eh.
Lamictal. One of the potential side effects was a dangerous rash. While on this one (TMI alert!) I had a vaginal infection that wouldn’t go away: changed soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, diet, type of underwear, nothing changed it. Went off the medication just in case.
Abilify. Finally! A medication for bipolar! Unfortunately, it made me a twitchy, restless insomniac. No good.
Started on lithium this morning. Hopefully this will do something for my kooky head. :)
Having said all that, I hate to see what kind of spam I’m going to attract with these tags. Oy! ;)
34×365: Jennifer M.
16 June 2008 at 9:55 pm (34x365)
Tags: 34x365, Great White, high school, Jennifer M, Whitesnake
Don’t remember putting glue in your hair at three. Do remember going to concerts together as teenagers. Whitesnake and Great White, with your mom in a dress and your dad in a suit. Priceless. :)
Working
16 June 2008 at 9:53 pm (General)
Tags: 34x365, homosexuality, Ravelry, stupid people
Been trying to work a lot on my 34×365 stuff. They aren’t all getting posted as soon as I write them. I’m putting them up here as one a day, just because I think that’s going to be easier for me to keep up with how many I’ve gotten done. However, my apologies for the times when there’s nothing going on here, nothing going on, then all of a sudden a rash of several 34×365 posts in a row. But then again, who the hell am I talking to, here? Show of hands, who’s reading me? Put your hand back down if you have the same last name as I do. That’s what I thought.
Ok, kidding. I know there are a few of you out there. Would be more if I actually posted more often, so there you are.
I was reading the Big Issues Debate group (and by “Debate,” it’s generally meant “arguing and trying to shout over each other”) over on Ravelry earlier today. There was a discussion of the two women kissing at the Mariners game who were asked to cease and desist. Some of the people over there are just … wow. Makes me understand how Bush got his votes. A woman talking about explaining to her kids how homosexuality (a deviant sexual practice) is a result of a fallen world? Holy jeebus chocolate chai covered tap dancing christ on a cracker. Stupid people are a train wreck. Can’t stop looking at them in amazement.
34×365: Mrs. Johnson
14 June 2008 at 9:44 am (34x365)
Tags: 34x365, elementary school, Mrs. Johnson
Teacher, always comparing me to my older brothers. Guess your degree didn’t teach you to let children be themselves. You apologized years later, but I wonder how many other kids you made hate you.
34×365: Mrs. Whitfield
13 June 2008 at 10:42 pm (34x365)
Tags: 34x365, elementary school, Mrs. Whitfield
Teacher. Oblivious to the little girl crying in the front row. Tormented, and you didn’t notice. “What’s wrong with your face?” you asked, and I remember over twenty years later. Thanks for protecting me.
34×365: Andy U
12 June 2008 at 7:55 pm (34x365)
Tags: 34x365, Andy U, Disney, exboyfriends
Goofball. World’s only Wiccan Jew with a Christmas tree. Nutter. Skydiver. Pointy purple mohawk. Adored. And you know what? Thinking of you makes me smile. Even if you couldn’t tell Niki and me apart. ;)
Catch up! Catch up! Catch up!
12 June 2008 at 6:07 pm (Medical)
Tags: Battlestar Galactica, dehydration, sick
Isn’t there a kid joke with that as the punch line? Probably something about a slow tomato and someone jumping on it. Anywho.
It’s now Thursday. I’m not going knitting tonight. Since at least this past Sunday, *everything* I eat makes me nauseous. I’m exhausted. I sleep a good 8 or 9 hours a night, wake up for about three to be with Gavin and get him to daycare and attempt to go about my day, then I crash back out for at least a three hour nap. Wake up, repeat the trying to go about my day part, repeat nap. This frakking sucks.
Yes, Firefox, frak is a word. Don’t you ever watch Battlestar Galactica?
Went to the doctor today. I have an IUD (Mirena, just in the interest of over-sharing), but we did a pregnancy test just to rule out the impossible. Tried to draw blood three different times, but I’m so dehydrated I couldn’t bleed. I got sent home with the admonition to drink LOTS of fluids and come back tomorrow to try the bloodwork again. Goodie.
So. What’s new with you?
34×365: Tammy W
11 June 2008 at 4:15 pm (34x365)
Tags: 34x365, elementary school, Tammy W
You lived down the street. We cut snowflakes together and walked your dachshund. You taught me to own up to my screwups. You moved in elementary school. Wish I knew where you are now.
