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Jan van Leeuwen's avatar

I'm basically here for the comics, like this one, Pickles, off the mark and a few others. I don't engage in discussions, no matter how bizarre the statements. As they say: 'Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.'

Scott Whitmire's avatar

I use social media to avoid doing more useful things. It’s a bad habit.

Hobbes's avatar

I summed up my experience with "happy pills" in a parody of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name."

Desipramine stopped my heart, but you’re to blame

You give drugs a bad name

The doctor said a chemical imbalance had upset my mind

And these pills could help, but no one knows why

I’m sorry the desipramine damn near killed you

But you must keeping trying, must see this through

These pills are bullets that need no gun

Aimed at my brainstem but swallowed, one by one

Plowing troughs through my organs, ricochets through my blood

Bupropion never got started, and you’re to blame

You give drugs a bad name

It watched me spiral down as I questioned whether I was sane

You give drugs a bad name

Yes, you give drugs a bad name

I wake up every morning heartbroken that I am not dead

Told I am a weakling with a broken head

Hanging by my fingernails on the most threadbare of lines

All the doctor can say is give it a chance, give it more time.

Throw away these pills in favor of a gun

Aimed at my brainstem, I only need one

I love my cat so I keep plowing on.

Carbamazepine nearly shortened my thumb, and you’re to blame

You give drugs a bad name

Made me too groggy to work the chop saw used in my trade

You give drugs a bad name

Yes, you give drugs a bad name

Throw away these pills as I look at the sun

Aimed at my eyes, the day, and I need every one

Every morning I renew my promise to witness the dusk and the dawn

Your drugs stopped my life, and you’re to blame

You give drugs a bad name

I now see through eyes unfettered with your bumbling, mind numbing games

You give drugs a bad name

Yes, you give drugs a bad name.