tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028467.post1947524278711247164..comments2023-11-03T08:28:15.954-04:00Comments on The House of Four Cats: Assorted Thoughts and a Bold New LookAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897403336961678872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028467.post-69724509714646610722009-01-23T12:58:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:58:00.000-05:00Hi Mel! When I was setting up the newswire in the ...Hi Mel! When I was setting up the newswire in the side panel, "sex" and "reform" just popped into my head. Sort of revealing in a way I'm disinclined to scrutinize.<BR/><BR/>It was easy to set up, even for me. Just hit "customize" then "add a gadget." It's in there with polls and pictures and whatnot.<BR/><BR/>As for the spectrum, I've been diagnosed bipolar, and between my psychiatrist and I we've talked about the possibility that the "social anxiety" from which I suffer is pathologically close to the paranoia of schizophrenia. It's just with me, it manifests as paranoia over what people think of me. <BR/><BR/>The paranoia of the salon, if you will. <BR/><BR/>Thankfully, I'm not pulling apart the television looking for hidden cameras (as my uncle once did), but it's crippling in ways that are difficult to speak to here. <BR/><BR/>We could say that we're bipolar, but "atypical." I wouldn't try to explain the spectrum to people in general...they seem confused. <BR/><BR/>I hope you're on a merciful part of the spectrum, Mel, and that the drugs help. I have an array of brown bottles myself, and it took a decade (literally) to find meds that work for me. Like lithium, Effexor and lorazepam, and beyond that there's the thyroid problem that impacts all of this. Fun stuff. <BR/><BR/>Vicodin addiction didn't help, either. <BR/><BR/>But you're way smarter than I am, Mel, and equally given to self-analysis. Perhaps we should pool ideas. <BR/><BR/>Most bothersome are the brief but frantic bouts of suicidal self-loathing. It's like an irritable panic attack, but I'm also more than a little out of control. I would say on average they happen once every six weeks or so, but they are terrifying and withering. Lorazepam helps a great deal, naturally, but I spend a lot of time trying to identify the triggers, or defuse the "episode" once it starts. <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry anyone has to deal with this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897403336961678872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028467.post-47178961662905828542009-01-23T09:30:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:30:00.000-05:00Tell me how you posted the newswire thingy on the ...Tell me how you posted the newswire thingy on the side panel. I like it. Though it seems bipolar is more in the news than sex or reform...<BR/><BR/>Hey, ever heard of so-called bipolar spectrum? My doc thinks that's where I fit and I've got some nifty meds to prove it.melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905818589744861654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028467.post-87044963796583333582009-01-20T17:02:00.000-05:002009-01-20T17:02:00.000-05:00I have an advance copy of Coulter's new book. Its ...I have an advance copy of Coulter's new book. Its called "How To Be Bat Shit Crazy And Still Make Millions". In it, she describes how Jesus was, indeed, white and spoke American English, that the Native Americans had it coming to them, that the slaves were lucky that the south decided they weren't worth the trouble, and that she has a penis, and its made of pure hate, manifest into 12 inches of pulsing vitriol under her dress. <BR/><BR/><BR/>In other news, if you haven't seen it already, rent/steal Good Night and Good Luck. I think you would really like it.GamerCowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843911399491248336noreply@blogger.com