The best of times, the worst of times
2017 was a rough year, to say the least. The roughest in my life so far. Dad’s sudden and irreplaceable demise was the biggest shock of my life. Continuous health decline due to psychotropic ( prescribed) drug usage of 3+ years, and withdrawal. Loss of job, financial problems. Tumult in personal life. Quadruple whammy. I had written about my psychotropic drug struggle way back in Dec 2016. Well, the effects of that have not worn off, in fact , worsened now, and more so because I went back to them in April 2017 . I know, it sounds wacko, stupid and dangerous going back on drugs after all the fury and all the contrarian evidence! But unfortunately I did so, based on well-intended professional advice (which turned out wrong) and my own misplaced compliance and confusion, and I suffered badly. Let