Signs That You Are Sufficiently Jacked Up

I can tell my anti-depressant/anti-anxiety meds are finally reaching therapeutic levels because yesterday I actually had this thought: I can’t LEAVE Barrington. This town NEEDS me! And then today, when I was cutting my grapefruit into easy-spoonable sections, I thought: I’m so happy for this grapefruit knife. This thing is so HANDY. Now, if you […]

Addicted to Negativity!

I think I have been addicted to negativity. I have been addicted to negativity like an alcoholic is addicted to alcohol; like a drug addict is addicted to drugs; like a sex addict is addicted to sex! I always imagine 1970s rock stars like Pete Townsend having a hard time giving up booze and drugs […]

Dr. Psychiatrist

I went to my first Dr. Psychiatrist appointment the other day. Oh! I just remembered this funny thing. The next time you spell out a word that contains the letter P, say, “That’s P, as in psychiatrist.” Hilarity will ensue. Continue… When I walked into Dr. Psychiatrist’s office, the Front Office Lady (she of practically […]

Depressed!

I’m not sure which one of you assholes forced me to go off my anti-anxiety meds, but that was a really stupid fucking idea. (For those of you just joining us, that asshole is me.) I went off my meds because of a  3-pound winter weight gain, but I knew early on that my head […]

Why I Ross-and-Racheled Facebook

How did one of Facebook’s most dedicated users and fans come to take a break? It all started this past spring when I learned that I’d gained 3 pounds. I know you are thinking that 3 pounds is nothing, but it is not nothing when the 3 pounds is added to someone who is 5 […]

Shiny Unhappy People

Happiness is the new black and it is really pissing me off. Since when do we all have to be so fucking HAPPY? I mean I know it’s our God-given right via the Fourth of July and everything, but the blogs, books, movies, songs…everything these days is focused on happiness, what makes people happy, what […]

Mother Do You Think They’ll Like the Blog?

Hockey farging shiksa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wouldn’t it be funny if that was the entire post about my mom’s visit? For those of you who are not intimately familiar with the details of my personal life, my mother recently packed up her entire life; left her northern California home, where she’d been living for over a year; flew […]

Fighting Nemo

After sequestering myself during blizzard Nemo and tending to the fire for 24 straight hours, I emerged Sunday morning to walk the dog and saw my neighbor driving by. He shouted out to me, “Are you having fun yet?!” I replied, in all earnestness, “I LOVE this!” It’s true. I loved every second of that […]

10mg Here I Come

My experiment with going off anti-anxiety meds is officially over. I’ve been taking citalopram for 3 years and made the switch to a 1/2 dose about a month ago. But the whole nada thing? Nada happening. While running errands today, it occurred to me that it’s probably a good idea to remain medicated while living […]