# I've been off my meds! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395 "2012-07-25T23:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/1 "2012-07-25T23:46:15Z")
For the last few days… So, I’m sorry if I’ve been behaving a little erratically! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/2 "2012-07-26T00:05:01Z")
You don’t say… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/3 "2012-07-26T00:11:52Z")
It’s only been a few days? ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/4 "2012-07-26T00:15:49Z")
That only explains the past few days, though. Not the past several years of your posting career. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/5 "2012-07-26T00:21:42Z")
Maybe you should, like, you know, start taking your meds? Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/6 "2012-07-26T00:24:38Z")
I’m on my meds. if, by “meds” you mean a nice dry martini. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/7 "2012-07-26T02:29:19Z")
Try harder, Diamonds. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/8 "2012-07-26T02:35:00Z")
What meds, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/9 "2012-07-26T02:49:31Z")
Ok, I skip it quite often. :o Why would it matter what meds they are exactly? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/10 "2012-07-26T03:05:33Z")
Well there’s a difference between being foggy from being off your Claritin and having the sniffles, and being grumpy from missing your Nexium and having GERD pain, or off your psychotic meds. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/11 "2012-07-26T03:08:44Z")
Well, me off my meds means I stopped taking vitamin D gelcaps, birth control, and Prilosec. You off your meds likely means something else entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/12 "2012-07-26T04:43:36Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Ok, I skip it quite often. :o > > Why would it matter what meds they are exactly? I think you are being disingenuous. WTF. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/13 "2012-07-26T06:25:25Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Ok, I skip it quite often. :o > > Why would it matter what meds they are exactly? Why would it _not_ matter? Why even start a thread like this? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/14 "2012-07-26T13:11:07Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Why would it _not_ matter? Why even start a thread like this? Because he’s off his meds? Or hers…I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/15 "2012-07-26T13:22:14Z")
I ramped my Effexor. I was 225 for yoinks, now I’m down below 150 with no usual signs of withdrawal. (I say down below because every day I shake a few more teeny particles out of the XR capsule.) I haven’t gone crazy-fuck yet. If I do, I’ll be here sympathy trolling, or OP’ing on pseudo-philosophical insights you don’t give a shitcrumb about. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/16 "2012-07-26T14:02:18Z")
I just took an Excedrin, for those who are interested. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/17 "2012-07-26T16:06:36Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Ok, I skip it quite often. :o > > Why would it matter what meds they are exactly? Clearly it matters to you because you started a thread about it, figuring the rest of us would have noticed and would be interested in the effect that no medication was having on you. Wanting to know what effect the medication is supposed to have (i.e., what condition they are prescribed to treat) is a natural next question. Threads like this where the OP makes an announcement or asks a question and then takes people to task for responding irritate me greatly. A few weeks back we had someone [start a thread about her poop](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=658319) and asking people to weigh in on what the doctor might say. Naturally this included some description of diet. But when this thread—posted in In My Humble Opinion, by the way—generated responses about diet, suddenly it was off-limits and the OP got the thread closed. Here’s a tip: If you don’t want opinions, don’t post in In My Humble **Opinion**. Likewise, for this OP, if you don’t want questions and commentary about what you have shared, don’t post in Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must **Share**. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/18 "2012-07-26T16:11:50Z")
Better yet, develop a question, a commentary, an opinion, and, y’know express it in your thread! Your OP is just a silly statement. What are you wanting? Questions? Doesn’t seem like it? Commentary? On what? We don’t know what your meds are! Or what going off them will do. This OP is more blog appropriate, than thread appropriate, in my opinion! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/19 "2012-07-26T16:12:09Z")
If “least surprising thing I’ve heard lately” were an Olympic event, this thread would probably win the gold. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395/20 "2012-07-26T16:17:14Z")
Heh. It’s like one of those “I’m drunk!” threads, only rather more self-destructive. Charming. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-off-my-meds/629395.md?page=2)