I'm considering getting back on lexapro with this funk... i really stopped for financial reasons. i don't have a job or insurance and order it online and while its not that bad ($60 a month-ish), its hard right now...
this bs might be too much to handle without it...
also sucks cause i need to stay with my ex/whatever because she really does take good care of me and help me and right now i need that.
Alright, as a close friend of justreading, I got his permission to write the following rant. I am NOT flaming, I just want to shed a little light and my strong opinion on this man's situation.
First and foremost, JR's ex ruined his life. UTTERLY and COMPLETELY. Although he wants to think that she treats him well, she in fact makes any and every attempt to control every aspect of his life. JR wants a job, she does not want him to have a job that she does not have a hand in. In other words, it has to be handpicked by her. On more than one occasion she has told him that she does not want him to get a job, so that she has someone to hang out with whenever she feels like it.
She has gone as far as getting him a cell phone on her plan so that she can monitor minutes and calls. She has deleted numbers of his friends from this phone so that the only person he has contact with is HER. Funny thing is, she HAS all HIS friend's numbers, and will not hesitate to call 6000000 times to find out where he is and who he is with.
JR's ex has him exactly where she wants him...jobless, phoneless, and depending on her. While it may seem sweet that she purchases groceries, cleans their apt. obsessively, etc. it is only for means of control.
My opinion on this situation is that it is the wrong time to come off of everything. WRONG WRONG WRONG. One cannot cope with all of this stress at once. Yes, JR has probably gone overboard in his supplementation over the years, and possibly messed with his health. He has the right idea in trying to get his system back to normal, but he cannot do it while looking for a job and being controlled by his ex. This is simply too much for anyone to handle all at once.
The happiest I ever saw JR was with one of his former GFs or when he was single and we would george foreman 600 turkey burgers a day, eat, work out, work, then go out. There was no absolute obsession with one aspect of life or another, there was a happy balance.
In closing, the single JR was a pleasure to be around (minus the late night Mike Tyson sparring of the walls around the apt). I thought he was starting to come around until I saw his last few posts. Do not let someone else control every aspect of your life, JR. Take control of your life and be happy again, please.
Kind regards (end of thread hijack),
Sureshot.