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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:13 AM Original message |
If There Were A "Happy Pill", Would You Take It? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh Gods... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. hmmm.... |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. IF ?!? |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Ruh roh... |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Geez, good catch. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. that's good |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I like Tar-jhay. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. A Super Target, huh? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Damn, well this explains a lot |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Dude, call the cops! |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Nope. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. ok |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. My dear Southpawkicker... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. well since to my knowledge there is no pill like that |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. well I do take the Prozac |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. no not even the Prozac, the Lexapro, teh Paxil, the Zoloft, or the Effexor |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
49. What about Vicodin, Oxycontin, etc.? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I take the Zoloft, but it does not seem to pack the punch it used to. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. no? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. 200 mg per day is hardly too small a dose. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. it were a baby punch joke |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Well, I have pretty powerful depression |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I have been able to take other |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Prozac made me manic. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. it didn't do much for me |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I'm taking that too. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. supposedly |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. You know, I've been wondering that also. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I had that same experience on Prozac |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. maybe not a placebo effect |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
70. placebo effect |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:25 AM Original message |
No, I am very lucky that I don't need it. I do wish I could give |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. is struggling |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. I don't know SPK. She has been to all kinds of doctors and |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. at the moment no, |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. really... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. Nah, I'm generally happy anyway. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Pot is better than any pill... |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Shhhhhhh... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'd totally take a happy pill. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
34. I'd never heard of this pill lest I went to a doc |
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Rocinante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yep |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. Isn't that called Viagra? (nt) |
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Rocinante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. May be |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. I AM a happy pill. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
40. No. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
43. It exists, I've been offered access to it, and I have declined. |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. There already is a happy pill, and I take it daily... |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. ... |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. AWWWWWWWW! |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
45. Nah. "Happy" isn't a rational response to all of life's circumstances. |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. pills wear off |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
47. In a freaking New York minute |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
48. I already do. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
52. I would take twenty. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
53. If only there was a powerful selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor! |
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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
54. I want this one |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. ... |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
55. No. |
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texas1928 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. There are Happy Pills. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. there most certainly are happy pills out there but they are |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. ! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. oooh. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. ... |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
59. There is, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
63. Vicodin, THC, Percocet, Zoloft, Effexor, Welbutrin... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. not in the sense that I was speaking |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
64. Not immediately but probably eventually |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. No. Imagine how the "powers that be" could manipulate us.... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. yeah, like who's going to fund the research for that one? |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
66. Speaking as a long time depressive |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. understand that sentiment |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. No. I tirelessly work towards feeling it naturally and eliminating parts of myself |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. "eliminating parts of myself" |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. I think Huxley adequately addressed the dangers of false happiness. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
73. The thought of being happy all the time makes me depressed |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. Hell fucking yes |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
75. I used to take them...they were basically free too.....and they do exist...read on.. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
76. I'm facing a bit of a dilemma about that. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. Only if it didn't interfere with my brain functions in any other ways. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
79. There is and I do. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
81. nope, I'm happy already |
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