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Old Jun 28, 2020, 11:05 PM
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Yes, I am back on Zyprexa and Xanax now. I was feeling really anxious before work and school -- hence the Xanax, and Zyprexa helps with my mood somehow... These are the meds I was on before my pdoc decided to go down on them for whatever reason. I am really disappointed that he decided to go down on the meds during the pandemic. Right at the time when I needed some stability. These meds plus the Abilify and Effexor and Remeron. I know it is a lot of meds, but it is the combo that works for me. I mean, that's the best. If it works, it works. So I'm not really too happy with my pdoc for lowering them, but I can tell him as much.
But you can speak your mind, right? Because, if you cannot, you really, really need a new doctor. My pdoc is a toal genius in my opinion, but he always begins every potential med change by giving a lengthy explanation of his thinking. Then he stops and always, always says: :"But, does this sound at all interesting to you? Do you think you might want to try something like this?" Or words to that effect.

He cares deeply what I think, even though all I really know a lot about is antidepressants. I know little about APs and mood stabilizers. Very little.

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Old Jun 29, 2020, 12:45 AM
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I'm breaking down deeply and my identity and ego are being obliterated. I enjoy it though. I only like pain within reason.. Eh I might as well just write a long post... Where do I start?..

Everything I know is all I know. It's different from other people. There's bad people that run the world - And I seek to understand the whole thing. But I don't have the brain power or willpower.. But why?

I find it hard to relax and sit still. It's been like this since I was a child - But give me a competition (Like with the smartest kid in the class) and I could focus like crazy on just plain numbers that I didn't understand the meaning of - Just how to use them. I'm reading a book about mathematics and geometry in relation to reality - And so far I've read a bit and starting to understand.

Everything is in my own pace. I think I might be the hardest person on my self than anyone in the world is on their self - Which means that I think I'm the least hardest on myself. I have bad OCD - It's crazy. I was first diagnosed with OCD before schizophrenia. Maybe it is just completely pure obsessive OCD... But they're just labels.

If people have told me all my life that I was smart and I was praised for doing things so easily, I don't feel the need to show anyone in the world what I can do. I haven't went through enough pain to grow - So I'm sitting here, unaccomplished in anything but fighting the abuse, brainwashing and manipulation from authority figures (Including mostly ex my step dad) in my head - While having my real parents praise me - I was confused and didn't understand. That and the isolation from avoidant personality - Being too modest to think that I need to break the barrier of fitting in with anyone due to fear of being hurt.

I can't imagine how people's brains just function without 12 hours of sleep that they're able to stay up all night and read or watch a movie without having that feeling of novelty like "Well, I've done enough - I feel accomplished - Because I mostly failed at the same time". Try day by day little by little - But the world has put pressure on me, - as well as my parents dying soon, fear of going insane and being admitted to the psych ward, ending up in a group home all connected to not being able to advocate for myself is my worst fear. And I can't think about suicide - But I think about it occasionally. I made a rule for myself to just fight for the death at this point because there's something really deep that I believe in in - And that's myself. The asexuality (Which is really hard for people to understand because it's rare - Especially when I say that I know what attractiveness is in both genders), my ability to be compassionate easier than others because of empathy, my experiences, my certain special strengths, my suffering, my potential, my weird sense of humour, acceptance of who I am, how I'm positive and want to always lift people up - Even in my darkest of times, wanting good for everything and to explain myself to the world truthfully.

I heard one person saying today that "People that don't contribute to society should be executed". I've heard another person say that too from a different source. The way I think of it is.. 1. Amount of money, 2. Quality of life.. If 1 is lower than 2 compared to another person where 2 is higher than 1, isn't that what the cast system in India is all about or rather, what life is about? - It can go either ways compared to everyone else in a whole society - But these people have a point.

It brings me back to the drug war and "Heroin addicts deserve to die - It's natural selection", "Prostitutes made a choice" - But it's all the necessary brew that made up the evil in this world - Drug war being racist, sex being a religious taboo.. Although I find it weird how people are so obsessed with the way they look, myself included - Maybe life is just procreate and die? And I want to skip procreation and just wait to die? No. No. No. I can see past ALL of the ******** that society and culture is trying to condition me to be.. That's why I'm considered to have schizophrenia maybe. It's all connected. "I think schizophrenia is the absence of cultural expectation" - Terence Mckenna.

People want to be clean, messy - Clean is attractive and logical to some people and messy is repulsive and creative to some people - For me I'm trying to organize an extremely disorganized mind. Maybe I need to trip again if I want to get another head start - Still underdeveloped than anyone else. Apparently my brain is finished developing at age 25 - They told my I will be able to stop my antipsychotic by then - So doesn't this all tie into the identity and ego thing, decision making, culture and reality? There's definitely a connection that I can't articulate properly - But I'm putting all of my faith in staying strong and that's literally what I live and die for - The sociopath/borderline/narcissistic trash talking people helped me in a way because I always seek these things out, learning from the dark side and my suffering.
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Old Jun 29, 2020, 12:57 AM
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Yes, I am back on Zyprexa and Xanax now. I was feeling really anxious before work and school -- hence the Xanax, and Zyprexa helps with my mood somehow... These are the meds I was on before my pdoc decided to go down on them for whatever reason. I am really disappointed that he decided to go down on the meds during the pandemic. Right at the time when I needed some stability. These meds plus the Abilify and Effexor and Remeron. I know it is a lot of meds, but it is the combo that works for me. I mean, that's the best. If it works, it works. So I'm not really too happy with my pdoc for lowering them, but I can tell him as much.

Glad you’ve got it figured out....
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Old Jun 29, 2020, 01:03 AM
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And that post could be open to many interpretations, judgements and perspectives! Even by myself not believing some things! There's no end to it! No end in sight..
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Old Jun 29, 2020, 01:07 AM
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And that post could be open to many interpretations, judgements and perspectives! Even by myself not believing some things! There's no end to it! No end in sight..

Sorry you’re not sleeping either, that is if you want to be.....
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Old Jun 29, 2020, 01:15 AM
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Sorry you’re not sleeping either, that is if you want to be.....
I plan to sleep at ~2am. I see the doctor at 1:30pm for refills.

One sec I'll write down what I need refilled;

Vyvanse 50mg 30x
Atenolol 50mg 60x
Zopiclone 7.5mg 30x
Invega Sustenna injection (A couple)
Acne cream

What else??? I've lost track of my meds! It's hard keeping track of this many chemicals.. I have to write them all down..

5 more temazepam would be nice (I have 2 left). It would give me incentive to not use alprazolam habitually.

What's been up with your sleep? You used to have very good sleep...
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Old Jun 29, 2020, 01:16 AM
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you have no idea about how many med changes I've had. I'm in counseling but I don't know where to start.
Do you have more trouble at night? When I was symptomatic I slept with the lights on.....
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Old Jun 29, 2020, 01:17 AM
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I plan to sleep at ~2am. I see the doctor at 1:30pm for refills.

One sec I'll write down what I need refilled;

Vyvanse 50mg 30x
Atenolol 50mg 60x
Zopiclone 7.5mg 30x
Invega Sustenna injection (A couple)
Acne cream

What else??? I've lost track of my meds! It's hard keeping track of this many chemicals.. I have to write them all down..

5 more temazepam would be nice (I have 2 left). It would give me incentive to not use alprazolam habitually.

What's been up with your sleep? You used to have very good sleep...
Not really sure...usually it’s anxiety for me... probably because we did midterm prep.....stuff like that spins around in my head.....
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Old Jun 29, 2020, 01:23 AM
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Got my ocean waves on now, hopefully I sleep soon.....
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Not really sure...usually it’s anxiety for me... probably because we did midterm prep.....stuff like that spins around in my head.....
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I seem to enjoy the anxiety because I don't feel it physically (Atenolol). It can get overwhelming at times though.

Almost every night, it helps to say "Stop thinking stop thinking stop thinking" a couple times in my head before I fall asleep.. It's an army trick.
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I know it sounds kind of weird but yknow the way I fear people having sex near me and the average person doesn't really care - Since I feel more fear, is that a delusion? Is anxiety a form of delusion?

"For instance, most of the common anxiety disorders are underpinned by a set of dysfunctional beliefs that simply don’t represent the objective reality of the world, and in this sense they might be characterized as ‘delusional’ beliefs."

But anyways yeah I'm feeling tired will take zopiclone and sleep.

Good night SP. Hope you get to sleep soon =] If you're awake thinking and you have no choice, at least you get the chance to solve problems in your head.. It can be fun.. Although considered as a little crazy to do that... Although the Invega must have kicked in so I don't feel the "sense" of discomfort from weird things in reality....

Remember, I'm Jesus or Buddha. Not you. You're a figment of my imagination - Hope that helps..
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Well, got a little manic earlier today and now, wide awake at midnight. I have been going to sleep at 10ish most nights for the last week, so def a bit up. It is fine. I will sleep when I sleep.

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Did not ever bake off those brownies yesterday, so, just did that. They look pretty good. Some kind of double chocloate Ghiradlli kind. I like them underdone a bit, so, think I managed to pull that off. Will cut into them here in a minute. Only problem is I live alone so, I will have to throw some out.
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Tired, too. Had some coffee.
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Ordered a Fitbit inspire fitness tracker. It tracks heart rate, steps, and sleep.
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I might be a little hypomanic. I've been feeling euphoric and on top of the world for awhile now. It's okay though because my meds seem to keep me from getting totally manic anymore. So I'm just enjoying it
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I don't feel like walking to the library today, it's too hot and I don't have that water bottle yet, waiting on it to ship here. So I'm just gonna give my books to my sister to drop off for me when she stops by Wednesday.
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I don’t think I’m hypo. I feel good but I don’t feel like GREAT. Still ever so slightly lethargic feeling.
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Did not ever bake off those brownies yesterday, so, just did that. They look pretty good. Some kind of double chocloate Ghiradlli kind. I like them underdone a bit, so, think I managed to pull that off. Will cut into them here in a minute. Only problem is I live alone so, I will have to throw some out.

They freeze well....just FYI.....
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I don’t think I’m hypo. I feel good but I don’t feel like GREAT. Still ever so slightly lethargic feeling.

Thats perfect then...
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Well, got a little manic earlier today and now, wide awake at midnight. I have been going to sleep at 10ish most nights for the last week, so def a bit up. It is fine. I will sleep when I sleep.

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