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Posted by willyee on September 8, 2005, at 19:07:06
I recently had been thinking about how usefull these meds available to us are.Also are we so depressed we accept and welcome a comptly mediacore response at best,and feel good about that?
Are we getting real treatment available to us.Well a simple thing i thought about,laughter,yess maybe i have a good or fair there mostly,but when and how often was the last time i laughed,i mean truly laughed.
I remember trying the supplment Phenibutt,three hours after taking it the chemical snuck up on me at work,scared senseless sense i couldent see i did all i could to make it to my ending shift.
On the way home however,i started laughing,no reason,just laughing,i was laughing i believe at myself changing words in my head to a song i was listening to.
But the laughter honestly hurt,it was so intense my chest hurt.Now maybe not to such an extreme,but i thought MY GOD i have not laughed like that in almost a decade.
Now i stopped phenibutt due to the many many factors and never tocuhed it again,but i have thought of this.
I watch other people,and see them laugh with no effort,spontainously,me i push out a giggle or smile.
Is this just a personality trait,or has anyone else come to find they have not truly laughed in a very very long time.I wonder just how effective can a ANTI DEPRSSANT be if i havent laughed in such a time?
Posted by linkadge on September 8, 2005, at 19:46:09
In reply to Laugh factor, posted by willyee on September 8, 2005, at 19:07:06
You are right. Laughter is powerfull.
The best laughter situations can sometimes be hard to recreate.
My depression improves after a month of seinfeld therapy.
Linkadge
Posted by willyee on September 8, 2005, at 20:48:03
In reply to Re: Laugh factor, posted by linkadge on September 8, 2005, at 19:46:09
Not that theres anything WRONG WITH THAT!
Posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 8, 2005, at 22:20:47
In reply to Re: Laugh factor, posted by willyee on September 8, 2005, at 20:48:03
Actually, one of the ways that I know that a new drug is working for me is that I catch myself laughing again. There are certainly times where I go for a very long time without even a chuckle. I don't realize it's missing unless it is back.
Of course, I have experienced this a number of times, as I am on a meds/depression roller coaster. Sigh. Keep your fingers crossed, things seem to be on the upswing...
Best,
EE
Posted by Emme on September 9, 2005, at 7:00:51
In reply to Re: Laugh factor, posted by linkadge on September 8, 2005, at 19:46:09
Invite a few friends over to play Pictionary or Cranium if you're the board game type - or even Charades. It's hard to keep a straight face when your friend is trying to imitate a buffalo. Sometimes I laugh so hard I can't breathe. That kind of laughing can only happen for me in a group setting and it's a huge stress release.
Posted by iforgotmypassword on September 9, 2005, at 11:00:23
In reply to Play Cranium, posted by Emme on September 9, 2005, at 7:00:51
i think laughter only exists to trivialize how much trouble i have trying to have a life.
i laugh for no reason other than to be written off as some lazy *sshole that calls themselves depressed as an excuse. maybe theyre right.
Posted by john berk on September 9, 2005, at 13:21:32
In reply to Laugh factor, posted by willyee on September 8, 2005, at 19:07:06
Hi Willyee,
do you ever listen to howard stern in the morning, i know he is politically incorrect,
but i always get at least one laugh out of that show, it's a good way to start the day!! also, i agree with linkadge, seinfeld therapy rocks, lol!!
hope you have a good laugh soon...john
Posted by willyee on September 9, 2005, at 15:15:45
In reply to Re: Laugh factor » willyee, posted by john berk on September 9, 2005, at 13:21:32
Oh yeah i think u guys got me wrong,im not saying i dont enjoy things,family guy ADULT SWIM period,married with children re runs king of the hill seinfeld ....
I was just saying that although i enjoy these things,i have not had the ability to laugh in the same way i used to,since so many have responded im thinking it might just be a personality trait.
But yess i love howard,u gotta love a guy who can so easly make light of his johnson lol,i just would like a big hard laugh one day.
Posted by john berk on September 9, 2005, at 15:21:33
In reply to Re: Laugh factor, posted by willyee on September 9, 2005, at 15:15:45
hey will,
i think i know what you mean, sometimes my laugh's feel like artificial, like i'm giggling from the prozac, i can remember before depression me and my friends would put on old eddie murphy tapes and be on the floor, real hard belly laughs, i don't get them much at all either anymore!!!
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