Official Mental Health Thread

[OccultHawk]

Better than not starting that’s for sure.

[goldendoodle]

Wow so literally all of us are genuinely crazy, huh, well that's comforting.

I think I was maybe just having a bad week since my brother's birthday was on the 13th this month (..and then Jan 28th marked the 2 year anniversary of his death, so).. I probably do need a dosage increase though. Latuda is great for anxiety and depression. (I was on Buspar last year for anxiety/panic attacks but I built up a tolerance super quickly and it became useless) I just wish someone would give me Ritalin so that I could have a functioning sense of time and attention span again.

Originally Posted by Exo

Go to the graveyard and talks to the dead peoples.

Hi Chio! I missed the part where you removed your goldendoodle mask to reveal your true identity so I just wanted to say hi and that it makes me happy to hear you're doing better. Welcome back duder!

Hi!! Thanks!

[WWWP]

Mood

[ribbons]

Originally Posted by goldendoodle

I think I was maybe just having a bad week since my brother's birthday was on the 13th this month (..and then Jan 28th marked the 2 year anniversary of his death, so)..

Is this a pipe dream...or has Chio returned? So glad to see you back - but sorry to note that these sad remembrances of your brother have brought you down recently (and very understandably so).

And just thought I'd mention: I'm crazy too!! (j/k - not that any of you are) I take Klonopin for anxiety, on an as-needed basis - I'm really careful with it (on bad days I'll take a whole pill, on other days I won't take it at all or just a tiny nibble to take the edge off). I would not recommend Klonopin generally because it's so highly addictive. It tends to make me tired and zoned-out, so I have to be very careful with it.

Anyway, wishing better days to everyone on this thread. So many of you are exceptionally intelligent and creative and talented - everyone should be so "crazy".

P.S. to Chio: Glad you made your way to harbor in the end, m'dear.

[Mindfulness]

update on my anxiety problem, I tried 10mg of melatonin and it seemed to work twice now. I was able to focus and be think mindfully about what I was working on last night. rather than thinking of everything and trying to do something. thoughts from you internet geniuses? my idea was to just make me a bit tried and calm me down thats all a Xanax would do, and if the xanax makes you high, then thats a 100% no working with cnc machines, one wrong button pushed and you just broke an expensive item for the machine. so melatonin sort of levels me out, without the high....

[jwb]

It didn't make you sleepy?

I take about that dose when I am having trouble sleeping.

[Mindfulness]

Originally Posted by jwb

It didn't make you sleepy?

I take about that dose when I am having trouble sleeping.

Nah, I had a good night. The mastercam class was good, i focused the whole class and finished the part early and left early.

with my machining class last night, i made a whole fly wheel part, with help, but i was focused. i think because i get hyped up once i get there, its difficult for me and im freaking out inside as i try to do stuff. but last night was different with the 10mg of melatonin, i just calmly pushed the buttons and did what the instructor said.

[DwnWthVwls]

Shouldnt take melatonin for more than 2 weeks i think? Says it right on the bottle so dont get reliant on it and expect to use it the whole semester.

[Mindfulness]

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Shouldnt take melatonin for more than 2 weeks i think? Says it right on the bottle so dont get reliant on it and expect to use it the whole semester.

[DwnWthVwls]

Itd be easier to respond of you communicated like a normal person