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I've been doing better than I had been in the winter. Had a major shower thought today realizing just how bad the winter screws up my mental health. I mean I was depressed so badly and being depressed combined with being born with aspergers really was a recipe for gender dysphoria I mean I really was considering trooning out, but I'm glad i didn't actually go down that hole and screw up my body with hormones. That just would've been a major mistake.

It's not just the warm spring weather that helps with my mental health, it's also remembering some of the posts here on the farms that helped keep me from making a huge mistake.
 
Have been having health issues for a while now, but have been dealing. Finished work today and now suddenly my marriage of almost a decade may be ending and I'm so depressed I can't function. May end up not being the case but I'm just waiting at this point and it's miserable. Add that with my health problems ans I've got such a real worry that I may have a panic attack that leads into a heart attack I actually let a few friends know to check on me just in case later.
 
Since the last time I posted in this thread about being tired and anxious, I've proceeded to see a psychiatrist in private. While I'm yet to be given a proper diagnosis for anything, I wound up being prescribed antipsychotic medication for various things that I brought up with the doc the first couple of times. Effectively, I've been all but fully diagnosed as a fucking schizo.

At first the meds did help, though now it's much of the same story; I'm constantly fatigued, and it's gotten worse now that my dosage of one medication has doubled and I can hardly function without needing to lie down or sleep in the middle of the day. Sure, I have less intrusive and pestering thoughts, though I seem to have much less thought in general, just more weight induced by the meds.

I don't know how much better things may be, but I hope to get off of these and get myself back in order otherwise after about three weeks when I see the doc again. This isn't working out well for me so far.

Listen I'm on some heavy anti-depressants and right now my life is going great, I'm on them as a off the normal path use case of them to help me with some damage I made worse by getting shit faced to the point of blacking out on a daily basis. At first they fucked me up in really unpleasant ways but then they found a dose that worked and I'm now doing better than ever.

You might have problems but you knew you needed help with it and got it, your doing better than you think.

I posted earlier how I was doing very well, moved close to brother and father and got a job in the new town. Things have only gotten better, I immediately made friends with my neighbours, and we have RPG tabletop (Twilight 2000) game night a few days a week. Also there are two new babies with shining blue eyes in the immediate Antikainen family. Feeling very blessed ngl.

Best wishes to you and your family! Me and the Fiancee are planning on having a kid and my sister already has one they bring joy to the whole family.

My dog is being very sweet. I’m still retarded but he can’t tell so 🤷‍♂️

Dog's are fucking awsome, full time retard best mate and best councillor you'll ever have.

Have been having health issues for a while now, but have been dealing. Finished work today and now suddenly my marriage of almost a decade may be ending and I'm so depressed I can't function. May end up not being the case but I'm just waiting at this point and it's miserable. Add that with my health problems ans I've got such a real worry that I may have a panic attack that leads into a heart attack I actually let a few friends know to check on me just in case later.

Shit I'm sorry for you I really am, I've got a friend who's life got upended like that really unexpectedly and it's hell even if your both reasonable the only advice I can give you is you'll get through this, You may feel the universe may be kicking you in the balls right now but soon enough you'll be kicking it's shit back in and you've got bigger feet and can hold a grudge.
 
I've been doing better than I had been in the winter. Had a major shower thought today realizing just how bad the winter screws up my mental health.
I'm glad to hear you're getting better. If you don't already have a SAD lamp, I'd recommend picking one up. Regular lamps won't do, you need some of that sweet UV light. They work wonders.

Also, the fact that it's abbreviated SAD is fucking hilarious.
Have been having health issues for a while now, but have been dealing. Finished work today and now suddenly my marriage of almost a decade may be ending and I'm so depressed I can't function. May end up not being the case but I'm just waiting at this point and it's miserable. Add that with my health problems ans I've got such a real worry that I may have a panic attack that leads into a heart attack I actually let a few friends know to check on me just in case later.
Shit. That sounds like a rough time. There are days where you feel like the world is collapsing and all you can do is hold on. The sun rises tomorrow.
 
My third time being sick since Christmas. As an otherwise healthy man who works out regularly, eats well, and supplements, I'm beginning to grow a little concerned.

I hope when my NHS appointment comes round in 18 months from now, they'll either be able to give me some retroactively useless advice, or provide some helpful pamphlets on funeral care to my loved ones.
 
The part of my computer charger that plugs into the PC broke, and instead of just being able to buy the replacement part by itself I was forced to buy a pack of around ten different plugs I don't need just to get the one I did. Costly and a waste of materials. I should not be so annoyed by this but I am.

On the plus side, got a fair bit of personal shit resolved. A lot of stuff with the boyfriend I mentioned earlier were communication issues. He's third language English so can often be too blunt or brash without meaning to be due to simply not knowing a nicer way to put things. I was honest about how I felt, he was honest about how he felt (he didn't make excuses for his behaviour or anything, I'm the one mentioning the third language English thing, he didn't try to use it as an excuse, all he did was apologize) and things are a bit better now. Of course I'll have to see how things are going forward, since I know these things can run in cycles, but for now it seems to be looking up.
Since the last time I posted in this thread about being tired and anxious, I've proceeded to see a psychiatrist in private. While I'm yet to be given a proper diagnosis for anything, I wound up being prescribed antipsychotic medication for various things that I brought up with the doc the first couple of times. Effectively, I've been all but fully diagnosed as a fucking schizo.

At first the meds did help, though now it's much of the same story; I'm constantly fatigued, and it's gotten worse now that my dosage of one medication has doubled and I can hardly function without needing to lie down or sleep in the middle of the day. Sure, I have less intrusive and pestering thoughts, though I seem to have much less thought in general, just more weight induced by the meds.

I don't know how much better things may be, but I hope to get off of these and get myself back in order otherwise after about three weeks when I see the doc again. This isn't working out well for me so far.

Ouch. I was on Seroquel briefly (around two or three weeks) in my mid-teens, and while it's one of the better antipsychotics, it's still an antipsychotic and came with a wonderful range of side effects. The tiredness and mental fog (I knew my brain was fucked up because my Boggle game went to shit of all things), plus the painful hunger that won't disappear no matter how much you eat (I don't know if that happens with other antipsychotics but I know it does with Seroquel) made those two or three weeks an actual hell.

If you're really full-blown schizophrenic (rather than just moderately schizoid or mildly schizotypal) it's probably best to keep taking them, but I hope for your sake that, like me, they discover your brain is less fucked than they thought it was and you don't need it/they put you on a more mild drug. Wishing you the best.
 
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FINALLY they shut down the corner shithole "grocery store" i.e. drug front nuisance that's been a source of countless issues in the 'hood! Dumb fucks got cocky, filmed themselves inside the joint flashing guns with silencers, gang signs and drugs. I am desperately hoping that far fewer thump cars go traveling through here. A huge win for the 'hood!

I cannot express how happy this makes me.
 
Right now I'm learning some advanced Microsoft Excel.
Since I already know Microsoft Excel, I'm trying my best to pay attention whenever they cover a new function I'm not familiar with. Which isn't often. I miss my previous instructor that would give us an assignment at the beginning that we as a class follow, as I can just blast through that then when i get stuck just wait for the class to get to that point.
 
Been working on a book for the past few months and sent it to an editor. Got his evaluation a couple days and he absolutely tore it to shreds.

I guess it's to be expected when writing, but I can't help but feel incredibly discouraged and frustrated with myself.
Keep trying at it. If you got something to love to do, just tell them to go fuck themselves and JUST DO IT.

I speak from experience due to dealing various careers within the entertainment industry.
 
Been working on a book for the past few months and sent it to an editor. Got his evaluation a couple days and he absolutely tore it to shreds.

I guess it's to be expected when writing, but I can't help but feel incredibly discouraged and frustrated with myself.
Take it as you learning a better way to write, and your future works will be much more improved for it.
 
Been working on a book for the past few months and sent it to an editor. Got his evaluation a couple days and he absolutely tore it to shreds.
That's seriously the best thing you can get as a writer. It stings, but you won't know what flaws to work on without it. It's sort of why fanfic writing (while it may be good to get in practice) is really ultimately terrible for your development, because most fanfic sites are a ludicrous hugbox where people just melt down when criticized about anything.
 
Been working on a book for the past few months and sent it to an editor. Got his evaluation a couple days and he absolutely tore it to shreds.

I guess it's to be expected when writing, but I can't help but feel incredibly discouraged and frustrated with myself.
It's hard to get published. I'd try submitting it to multiple editors and get more feedback. You don't want to rely on the advice on one person.
 
Antipsychotics absolutely fucking suck for a long time. I've seen people turn into absolute husks until they find a regimen that works. Hang in there, my guy. Statistically, it gets better.

Also make sure your psychiatrist does a full baseline cardiac and metabolic workup when starting the drug (EKG, blood sugar, cholesterol, liver enzymes, etc) and repeat it at regular intervals to make sure it's not doing anything fucky.

Antipsychotics have terrible long-term safety profiles (sudden cardiac death, diabetes, weight gain, liver inflammation, hypercholesterolemia, tics, etc).

I find psychiatrists have become blasé with the monitoring for these complications because antipsychotic use for things other than schizophrenia has exploded and become very mainstream.
 
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Finally got back, couldn't get my old account back after the troonercaust because my email went down too

So whatever, "you're here forever" and all that

Anyways, fuck keffals, fuck troons, total tranny death

If you excuse me I need more C A L C I U M
 
Have been having health issues for a while now, but have been dealing. Finished work today and now suddenly my marriage of almost a decade may be ending and I'm so depressed I can't function. May end up not being the case but I'm just waiting at this point and it's miserable. Add that with my health problems ans I've got such a real worry that I may have a panic attack that leads into a heart attack I actually let a few friends know to check on me just in case later.
Follow up on this. Wife admitted to actually going out with a male coworker alone when she's been telling me it's her group of coworker friends after work. This after me making it clear that the worst thing she could do to me is cheat. Leave me, hate me, whatever. Just don't cheat. She seems to want to fix things, and I'm going to try, but I'm crushed. Apologies if this is TMI.
 
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