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CowperKettle

05:10

Idiom of the day: to be on one's beam-ends

> As day advanced the weather seem'd to abate,
And then the leak they reckon'd to reduce,
And keep the ship afloat, though three feet yet
Kept two hand and one chain-pump still in use.
The wind blew fresh again: as it grew late
A squall came on, and while some guns broke loose,
A gust—which all descriptive power transcends—
Laid with one blast the ship on her beam ends.

CowperKettle

05:32

My free urinary cortisol (24-hour) is at the highest levels ever, despite escitalopram. I'll have to go to endocrinologists again..

Now I really have no idea why it is so high. SSRI drugs must have decreased it by now.

4 hours later…

Anonymous

09:32

Frown.

CowperKettle

But the upshot is that I feel elated often.

SSRI must have some effect on me

And I'm jogging like mad.

I've been doing an average of 10 km each day, against an average of 5 km each day, according to my Strava account.

Anonymous

Wow!

CowperKettle

8 days into antidepressant, I did an 11-km jog and was preparing to stop and go home, but then I realized that I was not tired, and jogged for 3 kilometers more.

So it's an interesting effect.

I jogged for 15 kilometers yesterday

Anonymous

SSRIs take more time than that to build up in your bloodstream and start having their normal effect, I think. At least, that's what I was told.

Anonymous

But I think they can have side effects when you start or stop that don't take as long to show up.

Anonymous

09:45

From personal experience, I remember having those side effects almost right away.

Anonymous

I used to be on Sertraline.

Anonymous

Oops, maybe that shouldn't be capitalized.

CowperKettle

Yes, an SSRI only starts working after 14 days

I've translated quite a lot of articles on antidepressants

And was offered to translate a book on the treatment of resistant depression once.

Anonymous

But you didn't take that particular job?

CowperKettle

So it all might be just the placebo effect.

@snailboat They offered a pay that was less than a street sweeper gets

Anonymous

09:49

Frown part two: electric boogaloo.

CowperKettle

But I still have the book in Russian on my bookshelf

what is "electric boogaloo"?

@snailboat The side effects that I had were as follows: abrupt awakening in the morning, with a feeling of "going mad".

I was afraid of this particular effect, and had a benzo handy.

But it only lasted for 2 days and was not severe enough to quench it with a benzo

Anonymous

There's an infamous movie titled Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

CowperKettle

Ah!

Anonymous

It's a dance.

CowperKettle

The other side effect that I'm feeling is decreased libido.

I used to help myself every day, and now I can go without self-help for a week.

Anonymous

09:51

They messed with my appetite.

CowperKettle

But strangely, several days ago my desire for women returned. I again notice every curve on the street.

@snailboat Did you want to puke? My friend said he wanted to puke while on an SSRI

I felt somewhat dry in the mouth the first week, but then it passed.

I feel like my fingers are typing faster on the SSRI

Anonymous

Nothing like severe nausea.

Anonymous

I also clenched my jaw somewhat.

CowperKettle

Ah! Yes, sometimes they cause this. An antipsychotic is more likely to cause facial dyskinesia though

My friend is a psychiatrist in Moscow, and he is used to dealing with dyskinesia issues of his patients.

@snailboat Did it go up or down? My appettite did not change, but on high cortisol the appetite will always be high.

Anonymous

Down, I guess.

CowperKettle

09:59

nods

Anonymous

I didn't lose weight, though. My eating became more habit-based.

CowperKettle

Cheers! I'll go for a jog ))

It's 3 pm here

Anonymous

Enjoy your jog! It's 3 am here on the opposite side of the world.

user1732

Welcome back @snailboat

Anonymous

10:22

Thanks :-) I've been on SE every day, although I've been quite busy this past week.

SmokeDetector

11:26

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted website in body: How can I find for Home Tutors? by Suraj Yadav on ell.SE

Anonymous

11:39

Thanks, Smokey.

CowperKettle

13:53

> A new study in the journal Scientific Reports gets to the bottom of it: Why do dogs that are trained to locate poop sometimes find the wrong kind of poop?

phys.org/news/2018-09-sniffing-poop-error-dogdata.html

Science is great

@snailboat 7.8 kilometers in 40:40, at 5:10 per 1 km

It's quite windy today.

Tomorrow I get my new laptop delivered