I liked the guitar analogy, but I think it has a problem. When someone buys an “antique” guitar that turns out not to be an antique; sure they have been bamboozled, but they weren’t dumb enough to buy a guitar then receive nothing, they did receive an actual guitar (just not the guitar they paid for). When they bamboozle you with religion, you don’t actually receive anything. That is why it is important that they get you while you are young.
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In other words; “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.” Stephen Weinberg.
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I would just like to add that I was on my night patrol, and a lot of frightened rabbits were running too and fro. It saddened me as I felt peaceful and meant them no harm.
“If only,” I thought. “If only there was a way to tell them.”
“Melonge” - the thought came to me. “This means no harm in rabbit thought-communication!”
And suddenly, they stopped running. A little one would scurry a distance and I would think to him, “Melonge - no harm.”
He would stop. What noble creatures. I had to praise their bravery as I walked by and they stood their ground.
“Melonge. Strong One!”
Ahh. What beauty there is to behold at 4 in the morning. And the morning star has risen!!! The three kings usher Sirius above the horizon signalling the beginning of Autumn!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh 
I don’t think I’ll be taking my meds for a while. Everything seems pretty damn good as it is!
I strongly recommend this course of action. It almost always ends in tears.
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I had to get off the meds too after my divorce since my ex wife gas lit me into getting on medication and told me that I was crazy. I was on Celexa and Clonzipam. They’re a controlled substance. They come with a really bad withdraw if you quit taking them cold turkey. The withdraw symptoms feel like a horrible dizzy hangover that lasts for a month.
@MrDawn I have walked that same road, having to take a brew of various drugs to deal with my depression.
But personally, I make every effort to avoid drugs that support daily living. I don’t take energy drinks and I must be in real pain to take a Tylenol. And as soon as I realized I did not need chemical support I got off my meds.
Yea, the first two or three weeks were not fun and I suffered the side-effects. But I had to go through that long dark tunnel before I came out the other side to joy, peace, and sunshine.
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Those meds are no different than what you’d get from a drug dealer. My ex wife took a lot of my medication and sold it to her sister without my knowledge. I found out later that she was doing it. I always wondered why I was running out so fast.
Since I got off of it. I’m very straight edge now. I will never go back to it. It’s bad for your kidneys, heart, and liver. So no anti depressants. I try to avoid Ibuprofen or Aspirin if I can. I’m anti marijuana and liquor. I don’t like energy drinks. The most I’ll do is canned soda and I hear that’s really bad. But oh well, I drink things like Sprite and Pepsi anyway. It can’t be that bad for you.
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It doesn’t look good for sugar sweetened beverages, mate.
Sparkling water or plain coffee, perhaps?
My psychiatrist was basically a chemist. I told him how I felt, he adjusted my meds, and this went on for about four months until I was more stable.
I try to live a healthy life, but I also recognize that at times we need to find a “happy place”. I love Coke, and it’s hard to beat sitting down on my balcony with my dog at my side and opening a cold can of Coke.
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Unlike the advice here…I strongly recommend talking about this with your doctor first. YOU are schizophrenic AND feeling good NOW may be the result of taking your meds and they are working and you’re balanced.
Too many go off meds, when it’s the meds that got them (and will keep them) feeling well.
I don’t go off my meds when they are working. 
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Not that I am offering medical advice, but after getting my medical cannabis card I really don’t feel the need for any kind of other meds, not even over the counter pain meds. Definitely helped with my mental stability, I have my up and down days emotionally on occasion but nothing like I use to have. I use to be an absolute pissed off miserable son of bitch. Definitely helped mellowing out.
I stopped drinking beer, and any kind of soda. I almost immediately lost 25lbs, and I did not need to lose 25lbs! I had already lost like 15 lbs when I went vegan. I can certainly say what you put in your body affects you mentally as well as physically. I have honestly not felt better in my life, losing weight and having less pain makes for a massive mental boost.
I dunno. I’m already talking to rabbits as it is. I can’t see how it could get worse.
JK. I’ve learned my lesson twice with meds. Never again.
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I think it was about 6 months ago, perhaps sometime last year, … a while back anyway, I tried my first energy drink. That ‘Bull’ thing… Brave Bull, Bull Shot, I don’t recall it’s name… 'Tastes Like Shit!" and not the good shit. I know what good shit tastes like. Also, I didn’t feel a bit more energized by it. Not a bit. There must have been 12 spoons of sugar in a single sip. Fuck that shit was nasty.
Okay, I didn’t give up… I tried a few more flavors and a few more brands. I probably had at least 6 or 7 cans of the crap over a one-month period. (THAT’S IT FOR ME!) Lips that touch energy drinks will never touch mine.
I don’t get it. Just nasty shit. I would rather drink coffee. The original Energy Drink.
As far as drugs go… I have tried it all and liked none of it. (Well, that’s a lie. I do like the hallucinogens.) I just understand that if I use them at all, I should use them responsibly. I have not used them in 25 years, mainly due to no access, and no access is mostly due to ‘no effort.’ No effort is largely due to the fact that I don’t want to end up in a Korean jail. Makes perfect sense to me.
There is a time and place for everything. I have never been on meds and all of my psychological problems are self-induced. I’m sure I have just as many as the next guy.
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Great, my cat just jumped up on the desk and deleted the entire reply that I’d been writing on the subject of energy drinks, caffeine, and not taking your meds anymore.
I wish that I could stop taking all of the meds that I’ve been taking for several years now. I am so fucking tired of taking pills several times a day, it’s pathetic. Between my 9 prescriptions and the supplements I take, I have to take 33 fucking pills everyday.
I’m afraid of what would happen if I just stopped taking them, especially my 2 depression medications. My experiences when I’ve chosen to not take them has been unpleasant for myself and my family.
I have no idea what would happen if I stopped taking all of my other prescriptions.
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Been there.
Ours also climbed into the bath tub and took a nap this morning - after my daughters had just used the shower.
Edited for: arbitrary digression
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Well, he entered through my ear canal and made a nest. And then he invited the “Spirit of Joy” over for a drink and we all watched the game on the TV.
AND THEN … of course; they invited “team spirit” and started doing vodka shots with beef pâtés. Shit got serious and I had to call the witch doctor. Charged me 300 bucks to clean the place up.
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Fuck. You know what would be SOOOO MUCH BETTER than taking this three year old’s “I know I am but what are you” stance on the subject?
PROVE HE EXISTS YOURSELF!!!
Can you imagine how much more infinitely gratifying it would be for you to PROVE THE EXISTENCE of God rather than have someone else DISPROVE him?
Bonus points if you can guess how many people have tried to prove the existence of God and failed.
Extra bonus points if you’ve heard this Stoic argument DISPROVING the existence of God. Ahem! cough cough fleghm - one sec. patooo! rime shot. Kookaburra! Here we go.
Premises
- God is benevolent
- God created the world
- there is evil in the world
Conclusion
By contradiction, God did not create the world, or God might have, but if he did the following syllogism holds.
- god created the world
- the world is mostly evil
- god is evil (mostly).
Guess what? If God is evil I’ll bet you a pack of Marlboros that he doesn’t love you, much less give a FUCKING RAT’S ASS about you.
Edit for: syllogism all over the place
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Yeah you need to wipe that shit up…
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Now I know why he has a screen protector…
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