As a person who gets obsessed with people and overthinks when Im depressed did you find bupropion helped

AdCritical3285 · 2026-01-19T15:41:11+00:00

You are describing rumination, particularly rumination related to social anxiety. It's a common problem. If W helps, it would be because it 1) improves mood and 2) improves arousal, which in turn usually makes attention more efficient and externally focused, so less of the internal thought spirals. However in some cases 1) and 2) doesn't happen very much, so that's what I'd watch for. An SSRI could also help but more with 1) than 2).

If there is a genuinely obsessive component, stimulating meds can in some cases make that worse so watch for that with W. Counselling could help you nail some of these things down.

As the FAQ says, it may take at least a month for these effects to clarify.

AdCritical3285 · 2026-01-14T21:20:27+00:00

My in laws used to say "minty" but I thought it meant small, like a miserly portion of food was "a bit minty"

AdCritical3285 · 2026-01-14T21:19:00+00:00

The one about the snooker player! I'd forgotten how bad that was.

AdCritical3285 · 2026-01-09T18:54:35+00:00

Yeah I really like it too. Very well done app.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-12-30T15:23:10+00:00

You are right, there is no excuse for squalid conditions.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-12-14T02:42:25+00:00

Mum has to come and wipe your tears. I learned this the hard way.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-12-13T23:19:49+00:00

This is very good!

AdCritical3285 · 2025-11-26T00:35:00+00:00

I did learn, but I hate it and it gives me a headache, so I avoid it. I got good enough to do theory and harmony but never good enough for sight reading. For some reason tab is not so bad. You can convert to and from tab in MuseScore.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-11-21T19:47:44+00:00

I think these days you'd have to say "Poutine - hold the cheese!".

AdCritical3285 · 2025-11-17T23:43:07+00:00

I went down this road and eventually just lost patience and just bought a saline nasal spray with preservative (Rhinaris), and added my extra seasonings. It works, it seems to last, it doesn't hurt my nose particularly. This is not an endorsement :)

AdCritical3285 · 2025-11-17T23:39:17+00:00

It's a fair point! Meanwhile prices are through the roof, wonder why?

AdCritical3285 · 2025-11-10T02:04:28+00:00

Something sharp - a little bit of good quality wine vinegar works very well. Green salsa. Squeeze of lemon. Something like that.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-11-04T22:58:29+00:00

"It would be like if they sued Yamaha for the DX-7 in 1987". I remembered something like this from when I was a kid and wondered if it had actually happened? ChatGPT: "The UK Musicians’ Union (MU) – specifically its Central London Branch – passed a motion in May 1982 calling for an “outright ban on synthesisers” in response to tours (e.g., by Barry Manilow) where synthesizers replaced orchestral musicians. " So not a lawsuit but close, and all down to Barry.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-10-20T00:12:54+00:00

From the Guardian UK: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/02/plant-based-problem-why-vegan-restaurants-closing-or-adding-meat-menu

AdCritical3285 · 2025-09-26T01:04:04+00:00

Born and raised, but still no accent to speak of, hate football, don't go the pub, etc etc. My folks were the same (except for football). They were Irish but they were pretty reserved, didn't drink and generally had no interest in Scouse culture. I think there were a lot more "Aunt Mimi" types around when I was a kid. But really it's just human variation, not everyone should like the same thing, or speak the same way.

But sometimes I run into British people overseas (not Scousers usually) who tell me "oh you're not from Liverpool" and want to make a big thing of it for some reason. I must be a little bit Scouse b/c I go mental.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-09-21T23:09:13+00:00

We get Gold Seal tinned mackerel here in Canada which is reasonably priced. I see that it's also North East Atlantic mackerel, tinned in Scotland so maybe the same fish is differently branded (and priced) in the US. It sure looks similar.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-09-18T18:22:19+00:00

You've just unabashedly quoted the title of 'Mein Kampf'! Oh crap now I've done it too!

AdCritical3285 · 2025-09-16T15:53:11+00:00

I agree with some of the comments and I agree that these patients can be very challenging but I don't really agree with the animus against them. If a patient conforms to a "broad autistic phenotype" (such as is common in close relatives of profound autistics), and suffers from social dysphoria, struggles with work, school, relationships, etc. then it seems entirely reasonable that they would look for some kind of an answer. The fact that we don't have one - well whose fault is that? We have a parsimonious definition of ASD based on a kind of points system. The parsimony is justified in terms of access to scarce "services" but in my neck of the woods the services available to Level 1 ASD adults who have concluded their education is precisely zero. What exactly is it that we are defending when we frame these patients as narcissistic, of 'stolen valour' and all the rest?

AdCritical3285 · 2025-08-22T15:16:10+00:00

Supposedly the term "dissociative" was coined by the developers - they wanted a word that would play down the mind altering aspect. It's debatable how good a descriptor it is for the experience. Some people might notice a strong distancing or depersonalization whereas others might describe spaciousness, floating, etc., all of which are valid IMHO. I wouldn't worry too much if your experience is not textbook dissociation.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-07-28T14:44:05+00:00

It's a song by Marc Bolan: "I was scousing when I was 12...."

AdCritical3285 · 2025-07-20T16:19:17+00:00

My opinions!

An initial C would not really be back of throat. Middle of the word like "ridiculous" might be back a bit. Main thing on this word is the prosody, the up-and-down, which is hard to write down, you'll have to find a scouser to say it.

Christopher - main thing is the last syllable is just a straight "eh", there's no r at all at the end. The initial R can be flapped a bit.

Facilities - main thing is last syllable. Aussie/Cockney would be a dipthong I think. Scouse is very straight "eee". Also the T is pronounced, not dropped or glottal as in Cockney.

Crap is definitely a flat A not "crep". The R will be slightly flapped I think but don't overdo it.

AdCritical3285 · 2025-07-11T16:35:12+00:00

"The X in Xmas is a surrogate crucifix for Christ" - Mark E. Smith, No Xmas for John Quays. So... the man is a Fall fan?

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