Hi! This was a Gintama quote. I looked up some stuff on withdrawal symptoms of Effexor, because I just couldn't explain one of the main symptoms. It was really interesting, although it made me rather pissed off! >.< On some forums they call it "brain shivers". The way they described it fit it to a T. According to the forum, it's when the brain stays put for a micro- second, then tries to catch up but only in a stuttering stop start motion, accompanied by a staccato 'zzt zzt zzt' with each stop. The 'zzt' you can feel in your head, an electric sort of vertigo, and it often reverberates in your hands and fingers. Sometimes the brain overshoots and comes strobing back, then overshoots again all in a second or 2. The whole nervous system can 'shiver.' Now psychiatrists are recognizing that the side effects of withdrawal is more severe than previously thought, Effexor should be used only in cases of depression resistant to other meds. (It was one of my first meds, so I didn't have chance to try other drugs at the time. Makes me so pissed!) Another person said that it was like shaking your head side to side violently, moving your eyes up and down fast, trying to stand up, and then shocking yourself with high voltage. Very painful! But, it sounds exactly like what I'm going through. I'll tell my new psychiatrist when I see him in a couple of weeks.
Gintama was about a war of otaku. Kind of funny. ^_^ One side was the fan club of Otsu, who's a pop singer, the other group was headed by a guy who's into anime media. He wants to become the #1 otaku. So, for some reason he's fighting to be in the official Otsu fan club. (Even though I thought he had a thing against pop idols.) Also, it was hilarious when Gintoki joined, because he was just in it for the money. He really doesn't understand the otaku. In fact, he complains about them through most of the 2 episodes I watched. When Kagura hears there's money involved she joins too.
Nabari no Ou was kind of sad. The story of the supposed main evil guy of the Kairoushuu (I think that's spelled right?) was just sad. He was in the doctors without borders program. Along with his 'assistant'. Suddenly, after saving the lives of some refugees, they were attacked. His assistant lost her eyesight. I wondered why she always has her eyes closed, makes sense now. Although, she does things like flower arranging all the time. I think that would be extremely hard. Anyways he lost a lot of the refugees he saved. He become cold- hearted after that.
I finished watching Hetalia today. It was really interesting. It's really about the cultures and customs of the countries during WWII. Japan talked about how he's going through some serious culture shock hanging out with his 'western' allies. He ends up becoming very confused about their cultures. They also showed more of England and America's complicated history. Next, they talked about China's and Japan's story. How China tried to make the Japanese use kanji but they made up their own writing system. Also, the first thing Japan said to China was the sun sets in China, but rises in Japan. Obviously, that pissed China off. After having too many hamburgers, America found out he was gaining weight and became obsessed with trying to find a new diet. Eventually he asks Japan and they say they eat 3 square meals a day and a snack. Supposedly, America liked that and kept that diet. England is like a big brother to America, and China is like a big brother to Japan at the beginning. When Canada shows up at the Allies conference, nobody pays attention to him. They made Russia into a somewhat bipolar character. I think the only female character in the anime is Liechtenstein. Kind of sad, she also looks up to Switzerland who acts like a protective brother to her. They should Israel for like a brief second. He was really young, and England was taking care of him. He said the English have horrible tastes in food. The only reason why they cancelled airing more of Hetalia according to one website was because Korea didn't like how they were portrayed in a preview they saw. It was mostly North Korea who was the most upset. So, they censored it. Also, they didn't like that Israel was going to have a really positive portrayal. The creator said he'll post more episodes online behind Korea's back. Kind of sneaky but awesome! :P
I hope to try and get back to a normal routine tomorrow. Hopefully, read more manga, draw, write, walk, play the clarinet, and study Japanese. Stuff I haven't done in a while because of the heat, hitting my head really hard, and having withdrawal. I'll force myself if I have to! I think it's going to be cooler tomorrow.
