Mens sana?

[juuro]

Better living through chemistry.

I have for a long time vigorously resisted that sentiment. I staunchly believe that at least partially due to not using medicaments too much and too often, I respond pretty well and pretty strongly to the absolutely necessary shortish chemical interventions.

It was only after a long and detailed discussion on the

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[saveyoursanity]

You may wish to try buspirone. It is an anxiolytic (relieving anxiety) but doesn't have any of the memory effects (which may be related to the creativity & flattening of emotional experience) of benzodiazepines because it works on a different mechanism. It also works quite a bit slower, a la SSRIs rather than benzos.

The rest of this got away from me and so I made it into an entry.

[juuro]

Thanks; I'll mention that to my psych.

I did also read the entry; well written. Having a chronic condition is something one just has to get used to, they say. But I know a pastor of my church who says that even after 60 years taking medicaments regularly, it still is a bother.

We'll cope.