You must have been the most tedious conservative indo reader in the entire rehab centre. Did they let you out to attend confession, mass and the devotions?
hahaha I never went to rehab. They’re more often than not an expensive waste of time. I have a mate who’s been in 23 of them, all over the world and he’s still getting drunk and high every day
I’m very sensitive to noise. Like incredibly so.
They made a point of telling ya these yokes aren’t addictive when they start you on them
Are you switching meds or stopping them altogether?
Switching
The joys of it. 
It’s a right joyful experience alright
I think it goes to show how clueless psychiatrists in general are when dealing with mental health issues.
Trial and error with pills to see which ones work. That’s 200 euro please.
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Imagine being in savage pain anywhere else and being told “the medication might work, try it for 6 weeks and see”
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Good luck pal. Don’t know how you manage the droll humour with which you post about this stuff.
In my experience psychiatrists have nothing else to offer. They don’t go into the talk therapy side of things and more or less tell you to get a counsellor.
They are medically focussed which is ridiculous when it comes to mental health.
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I suppose it’s good from a point of view of eliminating some of the more catastrophic conditions, the likes of schizophrenia and that, but yeah, when it comes to treatment it’s very much “get a counselor and take a tablet until it works” from them.
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How do the meds generally help people feel - is there a marked improvement in mood, less anxiety etc
I believe a recent study has found SSRIs to be addictive. A lot of people who planned to come off them don’t due to the discomfort of the withdrawal symptoms. I’ve been on a lot of different brands, and dosages and I’ve gotten quite used to the withdrawal, but the first time is the toughest as the sensations are often new.
I have what might be a similar sensitivity to noise. It’s not a fun attribute. When someone opening the cutlery drawer makes it sound like the collapse of a building, or someone with their mouth open whilst eating, nearly sounding like a lawnmower 
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There I was child bouncing a basketball outside recently and she may as well have been drilling into the side of my head
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Misophonia. Loud eating and the sound of somebody chewing gum are killers.
Investing in a very good pair of noise cancelling over ear headphones is the trick. I had a mate in Sweden who had something similar, and for him it led to an autism diagnosis, but he doesn’t go anywhere without the headphones now.
I’d feel like that after a big night’s drinking.
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