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		<title>Med Change of Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My pdoc decided to keep me on Pristiq because I&#8217;m doing so well on 50 mg. No more horrible side effects. I&#8217;m completely off trazodone and Klonopin, so now I only take Pristiq and Tegretol for the bipolar. It&#8217;s been OK, but I have to admit that sometimes it&#8217;s really, really hard to fall asleep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/06/14/med-change-of-plans/</link>
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		<title>National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After undergoing many medical tests, my sister-in-law was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Like mental illness, fibromyalgia is invisible and can be just as debilitating. May 12 has been designated National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. Please take time to click on the banner above to learn more about this syndrome that affects millions of people between the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/05/12/national-fibromyalgia-awareness-day-2010/</link>
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		<title>Snags</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pristiq Side Effects: Apparently I was supposed to up my dose to 100 mg after 2 weeks, which I didn&#8217;t realize until my pdoc told me. I did, which was a mistake. I went through the side effects all over again and this time they didn&#8217;t go away. He said to go back down to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/05/11/snags/</link>
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		<title>The Bumpy Road to Independence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although, living in Chicago, the road is full of potholes, rather than bumps. Things are looking up, although my therapist has emphasized the need to be careful and progress at a reasonable pace. Regular readers know that I have a pattern of taking on more than I can handle once I start feeling a tad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/03/10/the-bumpy-road-to-independence/</link>
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		<title>Star Wars:  Death Troopers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Joe Schreiber Whenever a new SW book comes out, of course I&#8217;m going to buy it and read it, but when it&#8217;s written by a first-time SW author, I&#8217;m always hesitant. Death Troopers is Joe Schreiber&#8217;s first. It starts out great with a nice pace then quickly deteriorates into a story that contains stereotypical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/03/06/star-wars-death-troopers/</link>
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		<title>Friday Cat Blogging No. 81 &#8211; Never in a Million Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;did I ever expect to see Hopper (bottom) and Angelo (top) not only lying next to each other, but touching! These 2 never liked each other. The problem is that they&#8217;re both alpha cats. After Angelo lived with us a few weeks and we let him explore outside the bedroom, Hopper stopped burying her poop. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/03/05/friday-cat-blogging-no-81-never-in-a-million-years/</link>
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		<title>Opening the Blinds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My last pdoc appointment was 2 weeks ago. Thankfully, he didn&#8217;t mention ECT; instead, he put me on Pristiq, which he described as something like a purer form of Effexor though I&#8217;m not entirely sure what he meant. Effexor has worked really well for me in the past, so we decided to give this a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/03/03/opening-the-blinds/</link>
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		<title>Bringing Down the House:  The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ben Mezrich The title sums up the entire story, other than the how. Don&#8217;t worry &#8212; this is definitely covered. Unfortunately, and ironically, the story isn&#8217;t as well-told as the movie, 21, which it inspired. It&#8217;s a quick read so it isn&#8217;t a huge waste of time, but the way the story is written [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/02/27/bringing-down-the-house-the-inside-story-of-six-m-i-t-students-who-took-vegas/</link>
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		<title>Friday Cat Blogging No. 80 &#8211; Face Plant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[featuring Angelo Angelo says: More pet pics are available for your viewing pleasure at this week&#8217;s Friday Ark. If you post your own pets&#8217; photos, leave them a trackback or comment and you&#8217;ll be listed there, too. And remember &#8212; they don&#8217;t limit pictures just to cats!]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/02/19/friday-cat-blogging-no-80-face-plant/</link>
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		<title>RedSAM:  Shutting It Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stopped using EMSAM last Thursday. As you can see in this picture (click image to enlarge), it leaves a reddish spot in the area where I use it &#8212; and I alternate right and left every day. Not only that, the &#8220;itchies&#8221; (hives/welts) I sometimes get from stress increased tremendously when I started using [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/02/15/redsam-shutting-it-down/</link>
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