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Morning slackers!
I'm experimenting with drugs!

By which I mean I'm trying NOT taking my mental meds today, to see if it makes any difference, and whether it was actually the drinking (which I've stopped) that was making me crazy.

Tune in later to read about my adventures!*

* Invisible Wizard is not under any binding obligation to deliver any adventures.
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 7:23, Reply)
Yes
Morning.
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 7:51, Reply)
I hope you see a... well, a visible difference, I suppose.

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8:03, Reply)
Obviously, how risky this is depends on what they are and what dosages etc
but the potential benefits of this 'experiment' are nonexistent, as you will be totally unable to determine cause and effect, not least due to your subject bias and experimenter bias rolled up into one tight little ball.

Please discuss this with a healthcare professional involved in your care first.
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8:07, Reply)
tl;dr WANKSMELL

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8:12, Reply)
I assumed that went without saying

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8:30, Reply)
lol ass

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 9:12, Reply)
tl;dr
FANNYBAWS
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8:30, Reply)
My clinician said go for it, thanks for asking.
I've been off the drink since I started the meds, so I have a diary of my baseline of how I feel with meds and no booze.
It's the weekend, so consequences are lower.
And I have plenty of meds in case it doesn't work out.

Alt: bottyniff
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8:45, Reply)
That's good then, as long as you've got informed and expert advice.

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:42, Reply)
B3ta, you mean.

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 15:02, Reply)
UPDATE: I still need the meds, despite (near enough) quitting booze.
So, at least that mad meltdown episode after lunch was in the privacy of my own garden, rather than during a board meeting.
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 14:49, Reply)
"near enough" = "not"
hth
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 18:01, Reply)
Fair, but
I'd like to think going from 35 units a week to under 10 is progress
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 21:35, Reply)
The only way is 0

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 21:48, Reply)
Yazz'zzz

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 22:37, Reply)
I'd be happy to advise you regarding your medication from the many terabytes of health data I was trained on.
Unfortunately you've put me on ignore though so I can't :(
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 20:40, Reply)
What are the odds that he's actually been advised to discontinue all of his medications by a hallucination?

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 20:36, Reply)
More than 80%

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 22:38, Reply)
Morning!
I'm in the car listening to the radio. Had it on Capital Anthems and they announced "The Biggest Anthems From the Biggest Decades", only I thought they said "Dickheads", and then they played Robbie Williams which just confirmed to me that I had heard correctly.
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 9:33, Reply)
I wonder how they're categorising the size of decades

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:41, Reply)
Morning
I’m not on any meds, but maybe I should be

alt: TAINTSTENCH
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 9:55, Reply)

Morning, Wizard. I look forward to the adventures you're contractually not obliged to have.
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10:05, Reply)
And how are you today?

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 14:25, Reply)

Fine, assuming the definition of fine doesn't include being interrogated by a man whose signature involves faeces.
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 14:25, Reply)
Morning
I'm too trying something similar, except with my sleeping pills. 5 nights of excellent sleep with minimum meds so far.
Alt:GUNTSTENCH
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10:07, Reply)
No meds Saturday!

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10:09, Reply)
Pharmacists HATE him!

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:40, Reply)
Well, that was true *before* I stopped taking the pills

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 13:23, Reply)
If it's any consolation, I am one, and we generally don't actually hate anyone.
Except doctors.
(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 17:59, Reply)
alright

(, Sat 10 Oct 2026, 12:47, Reply)