PLEASE TAKE YOUR F**KING MEDS - A PSA

Well a PSA specifically for future me anyway. Hello there mental health community!

Just here to remind you to not randomly stop taking your SSRI's or you will actually die.

Here's a sexy list of all my personal withdrawal effects from my specific SSRI:

+ You will sweat CONSTANTLY. Like not oh this is a lil bit annoying I'm talking Karlach you need to get the fuck back to Avernus levels like don't even bother dressing because you will soak through the clothes in a matter of minutes. + You will have ZERO body temperature regulation - no even more than usual. This will be accompanied by feverishness and flushes. CONSTANTLY. + Don't suffer from vertigo? YOU DO NOW. Which means you can't drive or see anything actually. Longer you leave it, worse it gets! + Ah remember the days when you had no idea you were unwell and either you slept for days or had to endanger yourself by going for walks at 3am due to raging insomnia? WELCOME BACKKKK :D On this occasion you stayed up for nearing the 48 hour mark. Noice. + Now, you won't remember this, obviously, but disassociating for hours at a time and being utterly delusional is a pretty sexy look for you I am sure however you know what else is sexy? Being fucking coherent.

+ Speaking of sexy - you know what isn't particularly arousing? Not being able to actually function because you keep sobbing about basically absolutely nothing. Good job asshole.

I take a hefty 40mg of paroxetine on the dillio until occasionally (thank the gods not as often as previously!) - my brain will decide of it's own accord the medication is obviously trying to kill me. That'll be the BPD friend.

Please make an attempt to banish your paranoia which you do have:

+ Big pharma is not coming for you. + Your friends/fam/work colleagues etc are not government spies. Sorry bro you ain't that special. + Your doctors are not trying to kill you. They will do what the are able to help you! Especially if you are paying them money. They can't cash in on a corpse. + Finally, no. I am afraid you have not been enlightened by the Gods. You have not magically gained intergalactic knowledge from {insert divine force here} to no longer have mental health and physical health issues. TAKE THE DAMN PILLS. + Every time you miss your meds Astarion disapproves ok? You gone taste funny you see. + Your IRL husband didn't sign up for this shit. Okay maybe a little but still not very loving of you to be psychotic now is it? + Your recreational substances are just not going to work. Doesn't matter how many tokes you have bigman. Your brain works about as well as the Dark Urge's post Orin's stabby mc stabbin. And that's with the medication.

If you are that concerned your SSRI dose may be too high / your emotional curvature is too flat then for the love of the gods JUST REDUCE YOUR DOSE don't just STOP TAKING THEM YOU ABSOLUTE SP****C.

Rant over - please take care of yourselves. It's actually really important.

Sorry about all the BG3 references for those who aren't into it - it's current hyper fixation atm.

Yes that's why I had to have a post break.