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I'm back... and OFF of Paxil. But memory loss??

by Confucious in

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hey friends.... been a long time since i've posted.. some of you will remember me.. i still troll in from time to time.. one interesting thing, i'm finally off of paxil now.

my depression was real bad after a bad experience at the borg.

i was on about 40mg for about 5 years - which is a significante dossage.. about a year ago, i started weaing off and six months ago i went completely off of it.. i feel good and very refreshed.

Confucious

Thanks everybody and thanks for the welcome back.

At one time, I thought that I would never be off Paxil.

I'll be honest... it did work well for me.

But now off it, I have to "try" a little harder now and have to concentrate on NOT getting depressed.

I do feel depression creeping up on me, but I do know how to deal with it now.

Not to over simplify depression, but sometimes you just need to take a deep breath and just relax and put things in perspective.

I know Paxil has a lot of side effects, but I also consider it a "medicine" and not a "drug" per se.

Not here to debate the difference.

But I do know that I had to take it for the stress and depression I was under because of the borg.

Con

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I'm back... and OFF of Paxil. But memory loss??

by Confucious in

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hey friends.... been a long time since i've posted.. some of you will remember me.. i still troll in from time to time.. one interesting thing, i'm finally off of paxil now.

my depression was real bad after a bad experience at the borg.

i was on about 40mg for about 5 years - which is a significante dossage.. about a year ago, i started weaing off and six months ago i went completely off of it.. i feel good and very refreshed.

Confucious

Thats not to say that I necessarily want those memories back, LOL.

But it's just strange that it's like a block of my life that I just can't remember.

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I'm back... and OFF of Paxil. But memory loss??

by Confucious in

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hey friends.... been a long time since i've posted.. some of you will remember me.. i still troll in from time to time.. one interesting thing, i'm finally off of paxil now.

my depression was real bad after a bad experience at the borg.

i was on about 40mg for about 5 years - which is a significante dossage.. about a year ago, i started weaing off and six months ago i went completely off of it.. i feel good and very refreshed.

Confucious

Hey friends...

Been a long time since I've posted.

Some of you will remember me.

I still troll in from time to time.

One interesting thing, I'm finally off of Paxil now. My depression was real bad after a bad experience at the borg. I was on about 40mg for about 5 years - which is a significante dossage.

About a year ago, I started weaing off and six months ago I went completely off of it.

I feel good and very refreshed. I feel like I've put most of this behind me.

Anyway... now that my head is real clear - I think have some serious memory loss.

I was a Regualar Pioneer for 10 years from about age 22 to 32. Left the WT at 32 and was on Paxil since then. I'm 38 now.

Looking back, and it's kind of scary... but from age 23 to about age 29 or so - I've seemed to have loss all memory.

I'll remember some events, but I can't recall dates and when they happened.

And I can't structure it and put dates and events in order.

It's very bizzare. It's almost like I didn't exist for a time period.

I have a fantasic memory and can recall things way into my youth before the WT. I remember when I took vacations, where I went. Things that happened.

But while pioneering - it seems that everything runs together or is not there. I can't place one event to the next.

I'm sure it has something to do with the daily grind of being a JW.

I mean it is what it is.. just strange and didn't know if anyone else here had a similar experience.

Confucious

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Need Help Deactivating the "Low tire pressure warning system"

by BlackPearl in

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i know this may sound stupid but here goes.

i've got a 2005 lincoln aviator, in the winter i run the factory wheels, in the spring, summer and fall i run the fancy schmanci custom wheels, and here's where the problem comes in.

the factory wheels come equiped with a low tire pressure warning system, and they work great.

Confucious

BP

I have the same exact problem with my Lexus SC430.

I did some researching online and it seems that I have to live with it.

Someone suggested that there's a way to put a black piece of paper in front of it (but unter the glass) but I don't know how that could be easily done.

Con

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Need Help on New Internet Exploler 7...

by Confucious in

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hey,.

ok... ever since downloading the latest internet explorer version 7,..i've had an annoying problem.

if i go up to the address bar (where you type in the web address).... i can highlight it (with my curser) but if i go down to file and try to copy it - it doesn't copy.

Confucious

German...

That works.

Thanks.

It was just that in the old days, I would just highlight it and instead of rigth clicking - i would go down to the menu - hit File and because it was highlighted - Copy would be lit up.

Not it doesn't light up anymore.

But you took care of the problem.

Thanks!

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Need Help on New Internet Exploler 7...

by Confucious in

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hey,.

ok... ever since downloading the latest internet explorer version 7,..i've had an annoying problem.

if i go up to the address bar (where you type in the web address).... i can highlight it (with my curser) but if i go down to file and try to copy it - it doesn't copy.

Confucious

Hey,

Ok... ever since downloading the latest Internet Explorer version 7,..I've had an annoying problem

If I go up to the address bar (where you type in the web address)...

I can highlight it (with my curser) but if I go down to File and try to Copy it - it doesn't copy.

Sometimes I want to cut and paste an address. The older version of Explorer used to let me do that.

My "backdoor" is that I can go to File - Send - Link by Email and then it goes to my email program so I can cut and paste there.

Just annoying.

Anyone know? Maybe I have something "unchecked"?

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hey guys.... ok... so my friend is saying that he wants to go back to the meetings because his conscience is killing him.. and he's quoting heb 10:26 that if you sin willfully.... any suggestions.. serious comments only please..

Confucious

Hey Guys...

Ok... so my friend is saying that he wants to go back to the meetings because his conscience is killing him.

And he's quoting Heb 10:26 that if you sin willfully...

Any suggestions.

Serious comments only please.

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The Lesson of Martin Luther...

by Confucious in

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hey guys.... just felt like posting tonight.. comment or don't comment... but there was a good thought that came to mind tonight for me.. martin luther.... no... not martin luther king, jr.. the martin luther.. and forgive me please if my historical facts aren't 100 percent.. but martin luther went against the catholic church.. he posted the 95 rig-a-ma-role on the church doors.

basically condeming the sale of indulgence from pope leo.. anyway... martin luther went against the so called "norm" of the day.. but one of the things that i learned from him was his famous quote.... "here i stand.

god help me.".

Confucious

Great posts here.

Very interesting.

Actually, I too was completely blind about the parallel between the GB and the Pope.

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The Lesson of Martin Luther...

by Confucious in

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hey guys.... just felt like posting tonight.. comment or don't comment... but there was a good thought that came to mind tonight for me.. martin luther.... no... not martin luther king, jr.. the martin luther.. and forgive me please if my historical facts aren't 100 percent.. but martin luther went against the catholic church.. he posted the 95 rig-a-ma-role on the church doors.

basically condeming the sale of indulgence from pope leo.. anyway... martin luther went against the so called "norm" of the day.. but one of the things that i learned from him was his famous quote.... "here i stand.

god help me.".

Confucious

Hey Guys...

Just felt like posting tonight.

Comment or don't comment... but there was a good thought that came to mind tonight for me.

Martin Luther...

No... not Martin Luther King, Jr.

THE Martin Luther.

And forgive me please if my historical facts aren't 100 percent.

But Martin Luther went against the Catholic Church.

He posted the 95 rig-a-ma-role on the church doors. Basically condeming the sale of Indulgence from Pope Leo.

Anyway... Martin Luther went against the so called "norm" of the day.

But one of the things that I learned from him was his famous quote...

"Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me."

To me, it brought to mind how I FEEL right now - and probably YOU.

Basically, at the time, the Pope was wanting him to "repent" of his actions.

And Martin Luther basically said... "Well, what else can I do???"

It reminds me of our plight.

I mean, the GB and the Watchtower are saying basically, "Hey... stop what your doing. Fall in line with our thinking."

But in reality, what CAN we do?

Basically, we know what we know about the Organization.

So... take courage.

What we did is what we NEEDED to do.

After all, "What can we do? Here I stand. So God please help me."

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whats the deal with long hair

by aoxo in

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to add to the previous thread regaurding beards i have a similar issue with long hair.

i wanted so long to grow it out but of course couldn't.

there is, however a scripture that baffled me, 1co 11:14 "does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him; but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her?

Confucious

Tuesday... nice response.