A grammar teacher tried to tell me that once… his liver was eaten with a side of fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Sorry – my eye somehow missed the “was” in that sentence.
And I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you survived it.
And that concludes my moment of seriousness for the day.
That made me literally laugh out loud. If only there existed an abbreviation for that.
That was going to be my suggestion.
This is the best thread of the day, no doubt about it.
RR
Marine aviation brat, please.
“Army brat” is sort of a general term for this kind of thing.
Yeah, I don’t think he has any completely clinically-diagnosable mental problems, but he clearly has huge emotional problems going on. These are not exactly treatable in the same way, however; it’s not a medical issue, but a personal one.
On the other hand, when he was on more powerful painkillers a few episodes ago, he became a much nicer, seemingly-saner person.
True. I think they’re moving away from the House-as-addict idea, and have been for quite some time. Not that they’re downplaying his addiction as such, but that they’re not blaming his churlishness on his Vicodin. It’s pretty clear that, if he could be pain-free AND brilliant without using drugs, he’d dump the Vicodin. His main thing is that he’s always–ALWAYS --in pain.
Facts and House are often two separate items.
Surely you’re not comparing ME to House. I’m not as handsome, but way eviller.
I suggest LOL.
So are he and Janitor brothers?
It’s not common knowledge, and I’ll have to wipe your memories after you read this post, but the characters on House and Scrubs are actually alternate-reality versions of one another, like Regular Marvel & Ultimate Marvel.
Which character is whose counterpart is often surpristing.
That’s a pretty typical response for an opiate addict.
What about his stated and demonstrated willingness to forgo Vicodin (which makes him high but is obviously not completely effective in managing his pain) for methodone (which, as I understand it, doesn’t make him high, but which seemed to manage his pain much better)? Or do you think the fact that he didn’t ultimately go through with it (though the reasons he started were quite different) was due to his needing the high?
I’m not arguing, just asking.
And his demonstrated willingness to forego opiates completely when his pain is gone. I think it’s pretty clearly demonstrated that House is not really an addict despite what he calls himself and what others call him.
Methadone is a potent opiate, with a ‘high’ associated with it. It’s just not as high a high as most opiate addicts get from morphine, oxycodone, etc.
Not all addicts use constantly. Many go through periods of abstinence.
Is it possible he is addicted to a substance he *actually *needs?
My diagnosis: He’s an addict and an asshole. Pay your bill to the secretary. I’ll see you in a week again. 
Sure. I’ve got Sickle Cell patients who abuse oxycodone horribly, in between crises. But when a Sickle crisis hits, they truly have a medical need for it.
Skald the Rhymer said:
Which was an inaccurate conclusion in my mind. His problem with the methodone wasn’t that it made him less brilliant. He confused not being an ass to running an unnecessary test to make the parents happy because it was easier than telling them no. All he needs is a slight attitude adjustment that he can not be mean and still say no to parents being wrong.