So a lot of people are under the incorrect assumption that the ‘magic pills’ i wrote about in the last post had to do with illegal drugs. Let me assure you people that I’m not currently in the habit of doing anything of the sort.

No, the drug of choice for me right now is Lamictal , and what really freaks me out about it is that despite the fact that there aren’t as many side effects as my last medicine [Lithium] (which basically turned me into a zombie and made me constantly feel like I was going to throw up) … One of the majorly bummer side effects is death.

I mentioned something about this before, I know, but I kind of wanted to get this off my chest.

So I’m at the doctor and they’re like, obviously this lithium shit isn’t working for you. We’re going to give you this new special medicine that doesn’t have any side effects.

I’m like, great! give it to me now.

So the doctor’s like, awesome, I’ll give you a prescription for it rightanow. Oh yeah, by the way, there’s just one little thing — you have a chance of getting this rash [Stevens-Johnson
syndrome] that can kill you.

So i’m like, okay, so what’s the possibility of me dying?

“Ohh less than 0.1%”

What I didn’t know until after I read up on it was that the chances of getting the RASH is like, 1%.

Holy crap.

So basically I’m checkin my ass in the mirror every day these days.. and every time I get an itch I think “shit, i’m gonna die”.

Anyhow, all I’m saying is that these magic pills better be worth it in the end.