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KaiserSoze

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  1. What Troph said, it goes a long way. I recently stopped taking my meds for bipolar disorder after ~20 years. My Psychiatrist was reluctant but we'd been discussing it every visit for the last 5-6 years. She reluctantly agreed and gave me guidance on a 3-month taper that I promised to follow, and I did- to the exact timing she told me to. I hadn't missed a dose in 20 years (doses which had fluctuated up/down occasionally) but felt I'd grown enough as a person to handle most everything without needing to be constantly medicated. I was a tiny bit apprehensive about it and swore I'd be honest with myself, though part of me knew that wouldn't be a possibility if I went too far off the rails. Anyway, I'm 5 months into beginning the taper, and 10 weeks into not taking any medication at all. The last 6-8 weeks of the taper was keeping it at a non-therapeutic level so that I could experience life without any help but still be able to ramp back up immediately if needed (something you can't do when lamictal is completely out of your system). All went pretty well... and then I hit a 2-week stretch of the worst depression I'd experienced in over a decade. It was fucking terrible, most days for a couple of weeks I couldn't get out of bed until mid-afternoon. Fortunately it coincided with a time I was between projects, and honestly that may have fed it since I'd been on a 3-year run of craziness (but not manic craziness). Ultimately I got through it and shit has been good for a while now. For the first month or so after ditching the meds I was really fucking edgy and short tempered ("why are people so fucking stupid?") and then some depression set in. Fortunately the finesse of learning to manage it over the last couple of decades came into play... and knowing when to persist and just fucking get through it was valuable (mindfulness, physical exercise, meditation... just generally looking out for yourself). Anyway, this is just some random hammered rambling but wanted to say hello and share some experience after following this thread for a long time (both incarnations) but never posting. Best wishes to you all.
  2. Early location scouting for Time Bandits?
  3. I've lived in Barton Hills for the last 10 years and figured this was coming, especially since the street signs were vandalized last year. These signs showed up in the neighborhood this week- public hearing scheduled for April 26th. A year or so ago in the neighborhood newsletter there was an article about the background of why the street has that name. According to the article it was a common path soldiers took East to join fighting in the Civil War... allegedly, I haven't verified that myself. Anyway, they should probably just rename Melridge and REL to continue Bluebonnet from S. Lamar to Barton Springs a la Kinney, or name it after a local musician or something. I'm curious to see if it turns into a shit show or not. EDIT- looks like Tapa prefers to display the pic sideways... good times.
  4. Too much clothing on the obese women?
  5. The only Mighty Fine location I've been to was the Barton Springs trailer, which has been gone for quite a while now. It was darn good.
  6. Hopefully with enthusiasm.
  7. Yeah, what a bunch of bullshit. I skipped my HS graduation because my family was out of town that weekend so I went to Austin to party with friends instead.
  8. Because it happened on Tuesday? I have no idea who any of those people are but the place seems empty, was everyone else at the bar or something? Tuesday is when we eat the birds, but apparently for these guys it's when they address an empty room. Thoughts and prayers or some such?
  9. KaiserSoze

    Austin FC

    Is that a guerrilla marketing article for Popeyes?
  10. Are you really that unfamiliar with how cocaine can cause people to die?
  11. Some friends and I played a night round at Zilker tonight- putters only- loser buys a round of beers. Surprisingly our scores weren't all that different with only throwing putters. It makes sense with how generally short and forgiving that course is but we were still a little surprised. Anyway, fun time.
  12. Crown & Anchor cheeseburger is my favorite in the thin burger category for Austin. Damn, might have to go for lunch tomorrow.
  13. Before the Colorado re-routed itself apparently.
  14. I never said they wouldn't switch. If it happens then oh well, baseball just gets that much worse.
  15. Although a bit ridiculous, that's certainly a better argument than Vic's flawed "kicker / punter" analogy; however, I still don't think it's too much to ask for a player to actually bat when they've taken up a full-time position on the field.
  16. Lulz, no, just no.
  17. DH is pussy bullshit
  18. Tracer guns were fucking awesome
  19. Are you still a great big fat person? If so that likely makes it difficult for her to want to have sex with you.
  20. I'm in Barton Hills / Zilker and the last few years we've had tons of lightning bugs- always awesome to see.
  21. Fall 2003 on the road from Baton Rouge to Houston on the middle of the night I ended up listening to his show. The topic than night was Vampires and so a steady stream of vampires were calling in to discuss their lifestyle. After a bit the show was flooded with vampires calling on to discuss how all of the other vampires were full of shit and that there was no way they "others" were real vampires. It was a total shit show and the only time I ever listened to Coast to Coast, but damn it was entertaining.
  22. God damn yes it was- one of the funniest of the movie.
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