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Oh man, I was excited for that once I saw the trailer and then I totally forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me!

I think the real question is... can rocket fuel met steel beams?

The hell? Got a message from my landlord that he was receiving complaints from other tenants about how loud my music is. I almost exlusively wear headphones. Literally the only thing I even can play music on are my crappy laptop speakers. I don't own a TV and while I own a surround set that is in a box in the basement three floors below. I have an acoustic guitar that I pick up and doodle with about once a week in the middle of the day.

I feel awful but I laughed at that so hard. But yeah, every parent I know too.

I second what Hurl said. My older brother was the exact same way. He tried to set the house on fire several times when he was 5 (don't ask me how, I don't know, I was only 1 at the time) and tried all manners of therapy and meds, none of which worked. After a couple of years, he calmed down and become a gentle ol' lug. I'm always surprised by how quick people on the internet (especially Americans) are to throw mental disorder terms like ADHD or depression around. Just feeling sad or angsty isn't depression, being an introvert does not mean you have an anxiety disorder and a kid acting out doesn't have to mean he's got developmental problems. I blame angry parents - when you've got stressed out people ready to explode in your office, I assume most doctors won't just say "doesn't seem to be anything wrong his brain, he just seems to like acting like a ****head".

Hey, it's his right to add absolutely nothing of value to the world. Just like it is for people who make threads here nowadays, it seems.

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Haha, that's amazing. I guess they were just super excited they got to kick something?

It wasn't hectic, it was just loud. No idea what was going on, upstairs neighbours haven't been there that long so I didn't bother to ask. Also, if they broke my door down I wouldn't be telling you lot, I'd be finding a place to hide their corpses.

Been up since 4 AM because the police came and knocked my upstairs neighbours' door down for some reason and then immediately called someone to put in a new door.

While I don't have kids of my own, I recently babysat three little demonspawn at the same time as a favour for someone and I'm not exaggerating when I say I liked root canal better.

Geeze, well I don't know about depression but that'd make anyone go a little mad from the stress.

Well I'd say that might be stretching the meaning of the word "irritable" a little, but since Zoloft is also used to treat a bunch of things related to stressful stimuli up to and including PTSD, it should in theory work for your complaints. Hope it works out for you. NINJA'D: No, Gromnir's sis was pretty accurate. They didn't make me happy, but they did prevent me from trying to crawl into a dark little hole and die.

I think I was lucky in that I started with that one and it worked without giving me all kinds of weird side effects. I hear lots of people get shuffled from one kind of meds to another.

That's true, but it does recognize it as a symptom of other disorders. Which leads me back to not knowing the diagnosis or medication (and Oerwinde is obviously under no obligation to reveal any of those things and I feel kinda bad his meds became a subject of debate, sorry Oerwinde). I'm just saying it's unlikely to be depression because anger is not a symptom of it. Either way, I hope whatever they gave Oerwinde helps. I took an antidepressant called citalopram for a long time and it certainly helped me. It was, however, a complete bitch to stop taking. While I was weaning off I felt like I was being electrocuted all the time because my brain chemistry was changing. That lasted several months.

You clearly have a lot of experience with it, judging by the fact you obviously don't know what it is.

Yes, but if you check the source for those statements you'll find an outdated article that still classifies bipolar disorder (a.k.a. manic depressive disorder) as a form of depression which hasn't been the case for several years. Either way, bipolar depression is actually aggravated by using inhibitors, which 99% of antidepressants are. If you read it, you'll notice that they even point out that anger is not recognized as a symptom of depression by the DSM. But it's all a moot point considering there is a pretty big gap between anger and throwing stuff across the room rage. EDIT: Either way, I'm not saying Oerwinde's doctor is wrong. I'm just expressing my surprise. I don't know what kind of diagnosis he got or which antidepressants he got, considering almost no doctor bothers to mention the difference between sedatives, inhibitors (actual antidepressants) and stimulants used to treat mood disorders. Which is unfortunate, because it has led to the idea that "antidepressants" are overprescribed and people who suffer from mood disorders like clinical depression are just whiny people who need to suck it up. Mental health is highly undervalued by society as a whole. EDIT EDIT: Wow, the source for those claims is really bad. He spends half his time discussion films and cartoons and then claims on their basis that the DSM is wrong. He literally has two paragraphs talking about an Adam Sandler film in his serious article about anger in bipolar depression. I'm going to go with acknowledged, peer reviewed sources, thanks!

Um, no. You're confusing "depression" with "mood disorder". Depression is a specific disorder with specific symptoms.

Wait, they prescribed you anti-depressants when you describe your main problem as perpetual rage? That's... odd? Depression is usually characterized by an absence of strong emotions or even emotions at all.

Does your SO watch with you? My wife wouldn't even give it a glance. She does, and so does my brother's wife and my friend's SO. Maybe you need to rethink your chosen female.