DUmmie FUnnies 06-27-05 ("How many of us here take antidepressants?")

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | June 27, 2005 | DUmmies and PJ-Comix

[PJ-Comix]

A couple of weeks ago we had a great deal of fun in the DUFU edition titled, What meds do you take? and today we go back to the same FUnnie territory in this THREAD titled, “How many of us here take antidepressants?” Especially since the November election I am sure the DUmmies are taking antidepressants in copious quantities. In fact, I think they probably just swallowed down whole bottles of antidepressants on Election Night after they found out that Kerry did NOT win despite their early victory celebrations when the exit polls came out. So sit back, pop your Prozac, and relax to the entertaining posts of DUmmies endeavoring to control their depressing demeanors in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, consulting a pharmacology dictionary in order to understand the many, many drug references, is in the [brackets]:

How many of us here take antidepressants?

[About 75% of all DUmmies are taking strong antidepressants and the other 25% are LOUSY FREEPER TROLLS!!!]

Coming from a family with a strong history of mental health issues like OCD, Alcoholism, and manic depression, a state that has just cut mental health by $36 million, and nation of "mental health experts" like Tom Cruise, I wondered how many of us here are currently taking antidepressants or have family members that have been helped by these drugs? I have taken Paxil for 2 years and doubt I will ever go off the drug. Does that mean I am weak??

[It means you are a TYPICAL DUmmie.]

Effexor here. first i was on paxil but it made me too zombie-like. have been on effexor for about 4.5 years. and we are not weak. i just didn't want to feel that way anymore and decided to do something about it.

[Effexor. Hey, that sounds like a great DUmmie screen name!]

Effexor here, too. Paxil made me hear voices in my head (not the usual ones ) and made me feel very paranoid and think that I was being stalked, but Effexor XR has worked like a charm for me for the last year. No side effects except a little stomach queasiness for the first couple of weeks.

[And I know what those voices said: “Bush won! Bush won!” Yes, you had to take massive doses of Effexor to get rid of those horrible voices.]

You should hear what the voices in my head are calling you

[“DUmmie fool! DUmmie fool!”]

I Would Call You Strong. Weak would be not admitting there is a problem or thinking medicine is wrong. Strength comes with facing reality. I am a big advocate of "legal" drugs. If you were a diabetic, you would not hesitate to take your medicine; if you had high blood pressure, you would not hesitate to take your medicine; the same goes for cholesterol. Our mental health is just as important.

[All those antidepressants you are taking… DOUBLE the dosage!]

Manic here on Trazadone because everything else makes me to HYPER!!

[What gets you into the Depressive mood? Trazadont?]

I too have a family history of depression. I was diagnosed with a anxiety disorder that bordered on depression (I used to get panic attacks). I've been taking a very low dose of cilexa (sp?) for the past couple of years.

[I bet you swallowed a whole bottle of that stuff on Election Night.]

no stigma here! tom cruise can kiss my lily white ass!

[There would only be a chance for that to happen if you have a litly white MALE ass.]

prozac here, with no apologies. i spent years working out, meditating, eating perfectly, counseling, etc. etc. etc. always on the verge of suicide. i say praise prozac.

[Remember the suicide hotline number: 1-800-BUSH-WON]

Same here, although I am now taking the generic version of fluoxetine (Brand name: Prozac) as I don't have insurance and it is much cheaper. I have tried everything and it's the only thing that has saved me from going over the edge.

[I hate to be the one to tell you this but it DIDN’T work.]

I changed because Paxil affected me like electricty.. I would sudden what seemed like electrical sparks just sitting there.

[Maybe all you need is to spray yourself down with Static Guard.]

Meds at our house. And most of us know someone who has benefited from psych drugs if we aren't on them ourselves. Leave it to an ignorant @ss like Tom Cruise to put down one of the most beneficial technologies of the 20th century.

[I’m thinking that Tom Cruise was on some sort of powerful meds when he was hopping around like an idiot on Oprah’s couch.]

doc friend told me every professor at University was on meds.

[Finally. A DUmmie post that makes sense.]

I am on Strattera. It has its benefits, including some minor antidepressant functions (I'm not eating bags of potato chips daily any more)...

[So if I want to beat my potato chips addiction, I need to get addicted to Strattera?]

One other thing about Physic meds is though...For myself, it has helped my self esteem immensely. I used to have a real problem with that, but since I have been on anti depressants, it has boosted my saritonin levels to the point that I am on top of the world.

[So was Jimmy Cagney at the end of White Heat. “Hey Ma! TOP OF THE WORLD!!!”]

I'm glad these drugs are available to my husband, even though he's not a killer or a rapist, because his untreated brain has nasty side effects.

[We know, DUmmie sfexpat2000. We know.]

Cymbalta, Provigil and Lamictal. Provigil is an upper and Lamictal is a mood stabilizer.

[And Cymbalta stems the flow of your rabid drooling.]

I just switched from Prozac to Alexapro. I had been on Prozac for 11 years. I don't think i'd survive without one antidepressant or another.

[Try a Lithium cocktail for a nightcap.]

Too poor to get the right meds, have to self medicate which is not good at all

[Self medicate? Does that mean you have to knock yourself out with a rubber mallet?]

Maybe dems win it next time and someone will have the guts to get national health insurance passed. I know that untreated bipolar people are very destructive in a relationship. Hope he's a mild case. Don't give up.

[More likely the dems will LOSE next time and you will all have to TRIPLE your dosage of whatever it is you are taking now.]

Marijuana here. F*ck the Bush Administrations stance on it; I am still gonna smoke it in the privacy of my own home for medicinal uses.

[Puff the Magic DUmmie, Down by the Sea!]

[Dr.Hilarious]

This thread answers a lot of questions I have about DU...

As for Tom Cruise, putting aside that I hate to give any credit to anyone dopey enough to fall for a scam put out by a writer who ADMITTED he wanted to invent a religion to make millions, I was actually pleased with Cruise's rant, even though he was wrong with much of it. As someone who's seen kids on the stuff they put them on, my opinions about all this stuff, ADD, etc. would take too long to put down. But I am having a ton of fun listening to the drug and psychotherapy victims, uh users whining about someone daring to offer ANY word of criticism.

[Dr.Hilarious]

"Coming from a family with a strong history of mental health"

Anyone else find that one puzzling?

I bet a lot of people who are nuts say "But my family has a strong history of mental health!!!!" as they're getting 'em into the straitjacket.

[Dr.Hilarious]

There is no strength,responsibility,resolve,or even a remote pragmatic view of the reality of living and how to deal with the disappointments and setbacks.

Just a great way to put it. We seem to have a lot of people who think there is a place called Happiness, and when you get there you are always feeling joy. It would explain the left's hatred of anyone who accomplishes anything in life--they sit and seethe, thinking Those People are having the Good Life 24/7.

[gidget7]

""Every professor at University on meds"

Not surprised in the least!! Only surprised the DUmmies admit to it.

[Allosaurs_r_us]

Amazing! What did we ever do when every mothers son was not a victim of something? After reading this it is miracle the human race has survived. Think about it.........if we didn't have all these miracle drugs, seat belts, bike helmets, safety glass, air bags, floatation devices, safety glasses, hard hats, safety harnesses, 5 mph bumpers, head rests, ergonomic keyboards............ we would have all gone the way of the dinosaur in my lifetime. We couldn't possibly survive without their learned, cram it down our throats, advice now could we?

 

We are truly blessed by the liberal "we know better than you" mindset!

 

You are all free to throw up anytime you have had enough..........LOL

[An Old Marine]

To tell you the truth, I can't bring myself to mock the DUmmies too much for this one. Sure, they're pathetic and miserable, but hey, mental illness is nothing to sneeze at.

OK I agree that mocking someone for illness is wrong. Here's the thing though. Somehow these poor paranoid loonies opinions are accepted as equally valid to those of us that keep the country going with our jobs, taxes, and other sacrifices.

Its the classic story of the lunatics trying to run the asylum.

[PJ-Comix]

No AM DUFU today. Gotta split out early.

[NRA1995]

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
To call Alice
When she was just small

When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving slow
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head
Feed your head"

[NewLand]

"prozac here, with no apologies. i spent years working out, meditating, eating perfectly, counseling, etc. etc. etc. always on the verge of suicide. i say praise prozac."

Hey DUmmies; try praising The Lord, and you won't be on the verge of suicide.

[bray]

Scary part is that this is the braindeadtrust for moveon.org.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[retrokitten]

I use the same line -- only it's my "dead, cold, frosty, refreshing hands!" 8>)

LMAO!! That is great.

[Charles Henrickson]

PJ, talk about needing anti-depressants! You have GOT to see this thread by Pied Piper Pitt:

*growl grumble grouse grrrr*

Could also be called, "Willie Pitt and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day."

[steve-b]

Paxil made me hear voices in my head (not the usual ones )

"the usual ones"??

[justshutupandtakeit]

Your book and cd should stress the fact that they are BETTER than anti-depressants. Laughing at the DUmmies is a cure for all but the most severe depression.

[najida]

Same here (the Wellbutrin/ADD/Depression)...

For me, its like wearing glasses, and my responsibility to make sure I function as a productive member of the universe.

Plus, it saves lives (other than my own ;) )

[ariamne]

LOL! Self medicating means you are on illegal drugs..it is standard substance abuse terminology. This one tops this raft of loony losers.

[Not A Snowbird]

Paxil made me hear voices in my head (not the usual ones )

Wha....?

I think I just found my coworker.

[PJ-Comix]

GOOD NEWS! Change of plans today. A new DUFU edition will be up in just a little while. Stand by.

[Not A Snowbird]

At least one FReeper who takes them also... I take Wellbutrin for "Attention Deficit Disorder and/or depression" to quote the official diagnosis.

The difference is, you'll probably never post threads on a message board gleefully comparing your meds with other FReepers. :-)

[Celtjew Libertarian]

I don't see anything wrong with taking antidepressants or other similar meds. (I was on them for a while, also.) But the difference here is that I don't think FReepers brag about it. We just do what we have to do to function, that's all. These people casually talk about meds the way they would talk about new clothes.

Good point. I have an aunt, who used to brag to my mother about how her whole family was in therapy. Let's just say, these days, she's divorced and my mother is the sister with grandchildren.

I do talk about taking Wellbutrin, but it's usually in context (threads like this, for example) or poking fun at myself.