Continuing my series about my battle with anxiety, this is a new year special. My latest medication withdrawal fail and third in a year. So I planned a vacation to Hua Hin for new years. I am anyways not completely at ease while travelling, but this time I topped it by forgetting to take my … Continue reading Anxiety Medication Withdrawal Fail-3
To continue the series of posts about my battle with anxiety, I bring the latest medication withdrawal fail story. As I wrote here, after my last misadventure with SSRIs, I stopped taking them altogether. Since I felt fine for the next few weeks, I assumed that I don’t really need them and forgot all about … Continue reading Anxiety Medication Withdrawal Fail-2
As discussed before, I have been on medication to treat my GAD for the past few years. I was lucky to have found a doctor who prescribed me medication instead of sending me to therapy. The medication had been working beautifully, but I always assumed that I won’t take them forever. When I moved to … Continue reading Anxiety Medication Withdrawal Fail
In Thailand, I see EV everywhere. I had even been on a few EV Taxis. But, before, this, I had never driven an EV before, in Thailand or elsewhere. My association with EVs started and ended with this article I researched 14 years ago. This week, we had many holidays, so we decided to take … Continue reading My Thailand EV experience
As promised, I took up reading again. In this post, I present the books I read in January 2023, in sequence. When I started reading (after a gap of many years), I was in throes of medication withdrawal. Reading books made things easier. I went to few of the biggest book stores in the city … Continue reading Books I read in January 2023
I am not one for New Year’s resolutions. Never made them. However, recently I have been quite unhappy with how some aspects of my life have been going. So I decided to make some changes. And now seems like a good time to start as any. So here are my New Year’s Resolutions for 2023. … Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions
Another Roland Emmerich disaster movie. When I saw the trailer for Moonfall a few years ago, I just burst out laughing at the premise. I didn’t think I would ever see it. But another boring Sunday at home changed my mind. Independence Day was a really good movie; one of the few disaster movies done … Continue reading Moonfall
Recently, I had a misadventure with my serotonin levels. As I posted earlier, I have been on Neuris 1mg- An Antipsychotic & Lexapro 5mg- An SSRI for my Generalized Anxiety Disorder since I moved to Thailand. Now, the Lexapro, in Thailand costs 15 times what it cost in India. Always one trying to cheap out, on my … Continue reading The Serotonin Misadventure
As an atheist, I do not believe in God & I believe that religion is the the biggest handicap for humanity. I believe religion is preventing humans from reaching full potential and living in peace with each other. Some recent news articles highlight this: Man tries to swim 7000 kms for Muslim Pilgrimage Buddhist Monk … Continue reading A note on Religion & God
Seepage is when there’s a leak in a water supply or drain pipe in your home and the water gets into the walls. Seepage has given me much grief and anxiety over the years. Just last night I had a nightmare where I discovered seepage in my flat and woke up covered in sweat. I … Continue reading Seepage Woes
