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Desperately lonely wannabe activist in #hillsboro near #Portland in the Pacific Northwest. (#PDX))
Always looking for ways to meet with people who live nearby so we can organize our community. Not... succeeding for 20 years is kind of discouraging.

#stories #writer #lonely #adhd #ponies #mlp #cryptography #idk #help

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Just was ‘diagnosed’ with anxiety today after talking to a psychiatrist for five minutes (I’m using quotes because it seems a bit too preliminary to me to diagnose whoever with whatever after about 5 minutes of general talk).
Came asking for and evaluation. Was totally ignored on that regard) Of course, didn’t have courage to ask again.

Was it so obvious? Was I just a walking stereotype: middle-aged woman from a war-thorn country living alone who voluntarily came to a psychiatrist(doesn’t matter what else she has, she can’t NOT be anxious)?
Or is it just a general experience of most of female-passing folks: to be seen as anxious, to have most of their symptoms attributed to (not like I was asked about any symptoms, but maybe have demonstrated some?)?

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cy ,
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If a doctor ever says you have anxiety after a 5 minute interview then prescribes you benzodiazepines, you need to look into getting them quietly murdered, as well as their children if possible, to prevent their tainted seed from staining this earth.

Passing out SSRIs like candy is really sleazy too, but thought I'd mention the genuine nightmare scenario.

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cy ,
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They're uh... worse than meth? I've been told you can drop dead trying to get off benzos. Horrific withdrawal, incredibly addictive, people are desperate enough to put themselves into a coma rather than endure the weaning process. Relapse is extremely common, even after going through that torture. Any drug can be used safely in the right context, but benzodiazepines are some of the most difficult, and dangerous.

Far as I know, at least.

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cy ,
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Yeah I was really only talking about benzodiazepines. I personally think SSRIs suck, and can give you some metabolic problems, but they're easy to get off of, without any really alarming side effects. And don't trust what I say I'm just some Internet rando.

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cy ,
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I lose my consciousness like every 20 seconds every time I get distracted, so I can't really speak for you, but they put me on fluoxetine once (old school SSRI) and it didn't take away my consciousness or anything. I'd just be going about normally, and stuff didn't seem all that important anymore. It took away all my fucks to give. That and I gained a bunch of weight.

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